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Stop-Cluster

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Module:
FailoverClusters

Stops the Cluster service on all nodes in a failover cluster, which will stop all services and applications configured in the cluster.

Syntax

Stop-Cluster
    [-Cluster <String>]
    [-Force]
    [-InputObject <PSObject>]
Stop-Cluster
    [[-Name] <String>]
    [-Cluster <String>]
    [-Force]

Description

The Stop-Cluster cmdlet stops the Cluster service on all nodes in a failover cluster, which will stop all services and applications configured in the cluster. A node can only function as part of the cluster when the Cluster service is running on that node.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

PS C:\>Stop-Cluster

This example stops the Cluster service on all nodes in the local cluster, which will stop all services and applications configured in the cluster.

EXAMPLE 2

PS C:\>Stop-Cluster cluster1

This example stops the Cluster service on all nodes in the cluster named cluster1, which will stop all services and applications configured in the cluster.

Parameters

-Cluster

Specifies the name of the cluster on which to run this cmdlet. If the input for this parameter is . or it is omitted, then the cmdlet runs on the local cluster.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Force

Runs the cmdlet without prompting for confirmation. By default the cmdlet will ask for confirmation from the user before proceeding.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-InputObject

Specifies the cluster to stop.

Type:PSObject
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies the name of the cluster to stop.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.Cluster

Outputs

None