Test-SCVMHostCluster

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager

Test-SCVMHostCluster

Validates whether hosts that are managed by VMM are suitable as a nodes of a failover cluster.

Syntax

Parameter Set: ValidateCluster
Test-SCVMHostCluster -VMHostCluster <HostCluster> [-Credential <PSCredential> ] [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: ValidateNodes
Test-SCVMHostCluster -VMHost <Host[]> [-Credential <PSCredential> ] [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Test-SCVMHostCluster cmdlet validates whether one or more hosts that are managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is suitable as a node of a failover cluster.

For more information about Test-SCVMHostCluster, type: "Get-Help Test-SCVMHostCluster -online".

Parameters

-Credential<PSCredential>

Specifies a credential object or, for some cmdlets, a Run As account object that contains the user name and password of an account that has permission to perform this action. Or, in the case of Restart-SCJob, has permission to complete a restarted task.

For more information about the PSCredential object, type: "Get-Help Get-Credential".

For more information about Run As accounts, type: "Get-Help New-SCRunAsAccount".

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-JobVariable<String>

Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-PROTipID<Guid>

Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-RunAsynchronously

Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-VMHost<Host[]>

Specifies an array of virtual machine host objects.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-VMHostCluster<HostCluster>

Specifies a VMM host cluster object.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-VMMServer<ServerConnection>

Specifies a VMM server object.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

  • ClusterValidationResult

Examples

1: Validate nodes to be clustered

The first command gets the host group object named New York in All Hosts and stores the object in the $HostGroup variable.

The second command gets all host objects with names beginning with "Cluster" from the New York host group and stores the objects in the $Nodes variable.

The third command validates the host objects stored in $Nodes for failover cluster creation and stores the results in $Result.

The fourth command displays the validation result to the user.

The last command displays the location of the validation report file to the user.

PS C:\> $HostGroup = Get-SCVMHostGroup -Name "New York"
PS C:\> $Nodes = Get-SCVMHost | where {$_.Name "like "Cluster*" -and $_.VMHostGroup "eq $HostGroup}
PS C:\> $Result = Test-SCVMHostCluster -VMHost $Nodes
PS C:\> Write-Output $Result.ValidationResult
PS C:\> Write-Output $Result.ResultFileLocation

2: Validate an existing cluster.

The first command gets the cluster object named Cluster01 and stores the object in the $Cluster variable.

The second command tests the cluster stored in $Cluster and stores the results of the test in $Result.

The third command displays the results for the user.

The last command displays the location of the validation report file for the user.

PS C:\> $Cluster = Get-SCVMHostCluster -Name "Cluster01"
PS C:\> $Result = Test-SCVMHostCluster -VMHostCluster $Cluster
PS C:\> Write-Output $Result.ValidationResult
PS C:\> Write-Output $result.ResultFileLocation

Get-SCVMHost

Install-SCVMHostCluster

Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster