Add-ClusterNode

Add a node (server) to a failover cluster. Before adding the new node, you should run validation tests on the existing nodes together with the proposed new node.

Add-ClusterNode [[-Name] <StringCollection>] [-InputObject <psobject>] [-Cluster <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Name
InputObject
Cluster

Before adding the new node, you should run validation tests on the existing nodes together with the proposed new node. By running the validation tests, you can confirm that the server to be added is connected correctly to the networks and storage and that it contains the same software updates.

Cluster

Specifies the name of the cluster to run this cmdlet on. If you type "-Cluster ." or omit the parameter, the cmdlet runs on the local cluster.

Default Value:

Data Type: string

Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	false	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength
Accept wildcard characters?	false	globbing
Accept Pipeline Input?	false	pipelineInput
Position?	named	position

Value Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	true	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength

InputObject

Specifies the cluster to add the new cluster node to.

Default Value:

Data Type: psobject

Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	false	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength
Accept wildcard characters?	false	globbing
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByValue)	pipelineInput
Position?	named	position

Value Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	true	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength

Name

Specifies the name of the cluster node to add.

Default Value:

Data Type: StringCollection

Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	false	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength
Accept wildcard characters?	false	globbing
Accept Pipeline Input?	false	pipelineInput
Position?	1	position

Value Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	true	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength

Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.Cluster

Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.ClusterNode

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

Command Prompt: C:\PS>

 
Add-ClusterNode node4 
 
Name                                                State 
----                                                ----- 
node4                                                  Up

Description

-----------

This command adds node4 to the local cluster.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

Command Prompt: C:\PS>

 
Get-Cluster cluster1 | Add-ClusterNode node3 
 
Name                                                State 
----                                                ----- 
node3                                                  Up

Description

-----------

This command adds node3 to cluster1.

Reference

Test-Cluster
Get-ClusterNode
Remove-ClusterNode
Resume-ClusterNode
Start-ClusterNode
Stop-ClusterNode
Suspend-ClusterNode

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Add-ClusterNode

Add-ClusterNode

Syntax

Detailed Description

Parameters

Cluster

InputObject

Name

Input Type

Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.Cluster

Return Type

Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.ClusterNode

Examples

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

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See Also

Reference

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