Resource Types
Cluster resources are categorized by type. Failover Clustering defines several types of resources and provides resource DLLs to manage these types. Third-party developers are encouraged to create new types to fit the specific needs of their cluster-aware applications and services. By creating a new resource type, developers can have more control over how failover clusters manage their application or service.
The following default resource types are included with all failover clusters.
- Cluster Name
- DFS Replicated Folder
- DHCP Service
- Distributed File System
- Distributed Network Name
- Distributed Transaction Coordinator
- File Server
- Generic Application
- Generic Script
- Generic Service
- IP Address
- IPv6 Address
- IPv6 Tunnel Address
- iSNS
- Message Queuing
- Message Queuing Triggers
- Physical Disk
- Print Spooler
- Scale Out File Server
- Storage Pool
- Task Scheduler
- Virtual Machine
- Virtual Machine Configuration
- Virtual Machine Replication Broker
- WINS Service
- Cloud Witness
- Health Agent
- Storage Policies
- Storage QoS Policy Manager
- Virtual Machine Cluster WMI
**Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008: **
The following resource types are not supported:
- DFS Replicated Folder
- Distributed File System
- Distributed Network Name
- File Server
- iSNS
- Message Queuing Triggers
- Scale Out File Server
- Storage Pool
- Task Scheduler
- Virtual Machine Replication Broker
For more information on working with resource types, see the following topics.
- Resource Type Common Properties
- Resource Type Control Codes
- Cluster Management Functions
- Creating Resource Types