diff --git a/commands/cmd_list_all_nodes.go b/commands/cmd_list_all_nodes.go
index d0bfb23..68e7cc7 100644
--- a/commands/cmd_list_all_nodes.go
+++ b/commands/cmd_list_all_nodes.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/vertica/vcluster/vclusterops"
+	"github.com/vertica/vcluster/vclusterops/util"
 	"github.com/vertica/vcluster/vclusterops/vlog"
 )
 
@@ -101,6 +102,18 @@ func (c *CmdListAllNodes) validateParse(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 
 func (c *CmdListAllNodes) Run(vcc vclusterops.ClusterCommands) error {
 	vcc.V(1).Info("Called method Run()")
+	c.fetchNodeStateOptions.SandboxedNodesOnly = true
+	dbConfig, configErr := readConfig()
+	if configErr != nil {
+		c.fetchNodeStateOptions.SandboxedNodesOnly = false
+		vcc.DisplayWarning("Failed to read the configuration file", "error", configErr)
+	} else {
+		for _, n := range dbConfig.Nodes {
+			if n.Sandbox == util.MainClusterSandbox {
+				c.fetchNodeStateOptions.SandboxedNodesOnly = false
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	nodeStates, err := vcc.VFetchNodeState(c.fetchNodeStateOptions)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/commands/cmd_revive_db.go b/commands/cmd_revive_db.go
index 63126af..f759398 100644
--- a/commands/cmd_revive_db.go
+++ b/commands/cmd_revive_db.go
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ func (c *CmdReviveDB) validateParse(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if c.reviveDBOptions.Sandbox != "" && c.reviveDBOptions.MainCluster {
+		return fmt.Errorf("sandbox and main_cluster_only are mutually exclusive")
+	}
+
+	if c.reviveDBOptions.Sandbox == "" && !c.reviveDBOptions.MainCluster {
+		logger.DisplayWarning("neither --sandbox nor --main_cluster_only option is specified, proceeding to revive to main cluster")
+	}
+
 	// when --display-only is provided, we do not need to parse some base options like hostListStr
 	if c.reviveDBOptions.DisplayOnly {
 		return nil