Add-ClusterResourceType

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07/03/2012

Add-ClusterResourceType

Add a resource type to a failover cluster, and specify information such as the dynamic-link library (DLL) to use with that resource type.

Syntax

Add-ClusterResourceType [-InputObject <psobject>] [-Name] <string> [-Dll] <string> [[-DisplayName] <string>] [-Cluster <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

InputObject
Name
Dll
DisplayName
Cluster

Detailed Description

The failover cluster software provides Resource DLL files for the most common types of resources. Using the application programming interface (API) provided in the Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK), other vendors can add support for other resource types.

Parameters

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

DisplayName

Specifies the display name for the resource type.

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?	3	position

Value Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	true	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength

Dll

Specifies the dll path for the resource type.

Default Value: **

Data Type: string

Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	true	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength
Accept wildcard characters?	false	globbing
Accept Pipeline Input?	false	pipelineInput
Position?	2	position

Value Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	true	required
Variable Length?	false	variableLength

InputObject

Specifies the cluster to register the new resource type on.

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 resource type to register.

Default Value: **

Data Type: string

Attributes

Name	Value	PSMAML Attribute
Required?	true	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

Input Type

Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.Cluster

Return Type

Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.ClusterResourceType

Examples

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

Command Prompt: C:\PS>

 
Add-ClusterResourceType ResType3 %systemdrive%\res3.dll 
 
Name                                    DisplayName 
----                                    ----------- 
ResType3                                ResType3

Description

-----------

This command creates ResType3 on the local cluster using res3.dll located on %systemdrive%.

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

Command Prompt: C:\PS>

 
Add-ClusterResourceType ResType4 %systemdrive%\res4.dll -DisplayName "Resource Type 4" 
 
Name                                    DisplayName 
----                                    ----------- 
ResType4                                Resource Type 4

Description

-----------

This command creates ResType4 on the local cluster using res4.dll located on %systemdrive%. The display name of the resource type is "Resource Type 4."

Add-ClusterResourceType