CreateClusterGroupEx function (clusapi.h)

Creates a new cluster group with the options specified in the CLUSTER_CREATE_GROUP_INFO structure in a single operation.The PCLUSAPI_CREATE_CLUSTER_GROUPEX type defines a pointer to this function.

Syntax

HGROUP CreateClusterGroupEx(
  [in]           HCLUSTER                   hCluster,
  [in]           LPCWSTR                    lpszGroupName,
  [in, optional] PCLUSTER_CREATE_GROUP_INFO pGroupInfo
);

Parameters

[in] hCluster

The handle to the cluster in which the group will be created.

[in] lpszGroupName

The name of the new cluster group.

[in, optional] pGroupInfo

The additional information used to create the group.

Return value

If the operation is successful, the function returns a handle to the newly created group. If the operation fails, the function returns NULL.

Remarks

The CLUSTER_CREATE_GROUP_INFO structure enables additional properties for group creation. Currently, only the group type can be specified, which enables the group type to be set when the group is created.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client None supported
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2012
Target Platform Windows
Header clusapi.h
Library ClusAPI.lib
DLL ClusAPI.dll