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Unable to remove index components from a server

I'm attempting to replace one of the app servers in my SP2013 farm, and as part of that I am moving the search components off of that server and onto the new one, which has already been joined to the farm.  I created the index component on the new server without a problem, but when I went through the steps to remove it from the existing, I get the following error:

"Topology activation failed.  Removing index partitions from a non-empty is not supported"

The old server has 2 index partitions that I'm attempting to remove.  Anyone know what causes this, and how I can be sure to avoid it in the future?  We will be going through this same process in production next.  Thanks!
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Walter Curtis
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Not sure what version you are using or if you are using a setup that involved Min-roles, but if your server is assigned the App-Server + Search role, change the role to a different role or custom role and the search components should be removed automatically.

Good luck...
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Sorry, this is SharePoint 2013
Yes, SharePoint 2013 uses Min-roles.
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