For nova/neutron it would be to disable the service/agent:(overcloud) $ openstack compute service list(overcloud) $ openstack compute service set [hostname] nova-compute --disable(overcloud) $ openstack network agent list(overcloud) $ openstack network agent set --disable [openvswitch-agent-id]After service is stopped/or host delete(overcloud) $ openstack compute service delete [service-id](overcloud) $ openstack network agent delete [openvswitch-agent-id]