Add-ClusterNode
Adds a node (server) to a failover cluster.
Syntax
Add-ClusterNode
[[-Name] <StringCollection>]
[-NoStorage]
[-InputObject <PSObject>]
[-Cluster <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Add-ClusterNode
cmdlet adds a node, or server, to a failover cluster. Before adding the new
node, you should run validation tests on the existing nodes together with the proposed new node.
Before adding the new node, you should run validation tests on the existing nodes together with the proposed new node. By running the validation tests, you can confirm that the server to be added is connected correctly to the networks and storage and that it contains the same software updates.
Note
This cmdlet cannot be run remotely without Credential Security Service Provider (CredSSP) authentication on the server computer.
Examples
Example 1
Add-ClusterNode -Name node4
This example adds node named node4
to the local cluster.
Example 2
Get-Cluster -Name cluster1 | Add-ClusterNode -Name node3
This example adds the node named node3
to cluster called cluster1
.
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 |
-InputObject
Specifies the cluster to which to add the new cluster node.
Type: | PSObject |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
Specifies the name of the cluster node to add.
Type: | StringCollection |
Position: | 0 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-NoStorage
Ensures that shared storage, on the node being joined to the cluster, will not be added to the
cluster during the join operation. Shared storage can be added by piping the ClusterDiskInfo object
from the Get-ClusterAvailableDisk
cmdlet into the Add-ClusterDisk
cmdlet.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.Cluster
Outputs
Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.ClusterNode