Suspend-ClusterNode

Suspend activity on a failover cluster node, that is, pause the node.

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

InputObject
Name
Cluster

Pausing (suspending) a node is usually done when applying software updates to the node, where the recommended sequence is to move all services and applications off of the node, pause the node, then apply software updates to the node. If you need to perform extensive diagnosis or maintenance on a cluster node, it might be more workable to stop (not pause) the Cluster service on that node.

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 node to suspend.

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 suspend.

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.ClusterNode

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

Command Prompt: C:\PS>

 
Suspend-ClusterNode node1 
 
Name                                                  State 
----                                                  ----- 
node1                                                Paused

Description

-----------

This command pauses node1 on the local cluster.

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

Command Prompt: C:\PS>

 
Suspend-ClusterNode node2 -Cluster cluster2 
 
Name                                                  State 
----                                                  ----- 
node2                                                Paused

Description

-----------

This command pauses node2 on cluster2.

Reference

Add-ClusterNode
Get-ClusterNode
Remove-ClusterNode
Resume-ClusterNode
Start-ClusterNode
Stop-ClusterNode

Other Resources

Online version:

Suspend-ClusterNode