New-Cluster : Cannot convert 'IP address' to the type & 'System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection&' required by parameter &'StaticAddress'.

Question

I am creating the cluster with the powershell scripting
Install-Windowsfeature -name Failover-Clustering -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools -verbose
$Clustername=Read-Host "What is the Failover Cluster Name "
$ClusterIP=Read-host "What is the Failover Cluster IP"
$Hostname=[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostName()
New-Cluster -Name $Clustername -Node $Hostname -StaticAddress $ClusterIP

But when it comes to execute the last command it gives the below error
New-Cluster : Cannot convert '192.168.155.196' to the type 'System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection' required by parameter 'StaticAddress'. Unable to cast object of type 'System.Net.IPAddress' to type 'System.String'

Please help me on this i am struggling to rid off this issue since long.

Answer 1

Hi,

The type of $ClusterIP is System.Net.IPAddress and it has to be System.String.

$Clustername=Read-Host "What is the Failover Cluster Name "  
[string]$ClusterIP=Read-host "What is the Failover Cluster IP"  
$Hostname=[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostName()  
New-Cluster -Name $Clustername -Node $Hostname -StaticAddress $ClusterIP  

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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