Add-ClusterNode
Adds a node (server) to a failover cluster.
Syntax
Default (Default)
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.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-InputObject
Specifies the cluster to which to add the new cluster node.
Parameter properties
| Type: | PSObject |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Name
Specifies the name of the cluster node to add.
Parameter properties
| Type: | StringCollection |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | 0 |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | 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.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.