WaitForCluster

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
Name	Key	String	Name of the cluster to wait for.
RetryCount	Write	UInt32	Maximum number of retries to check for cluster existence. Default value is 50 (retries).
RetryIntervalSec	Write	UInt64	Interval to check for cluster existence. Default values is 10 (seconds).

Description

Ensures that a node waits for a remote cluster is created.

Requirements

• Target machine must be running Windows Server 2008 R2 or later.

Examples

Example 1

This example shows how to wait for the failover cluster to be present. For example if the failover cluster was created on the first node and the second node at the same time, then second node must wait for the first node to create the cluster. Otherwise both nodes might try to create the same cluster.

Configuration WaitForCluster_WaitForFailoverClusterToBePresentConfig
{
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $ActiveDirectoryAdministratorCredential
    )

    Import-DscResource -ModuleName FailoverClusterDsc

    Node localhost
    {
        WindowsFeature AddFailoverFeature
        {
            Ensure = 'Present'
            Name   = 'Failover-clustering'
        }

        WindowsFeature AddRemoteServerAdministrationToolsClusteringPowerShellFeature
        {
            Ensure    = 'Present'
            Name      = 'RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell'
            DependsOn = '[WindowsFeature]AddFailoverFeature'
        }

        WindowsFeature AddRemoteServerAdministrationToolsClusteringCmdInterfaceFeature
        {
            Ensure    = 'Present'
            Name      = 'RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface'
            DependsOn = '[WindowsFeature]AddRemoteServerAdministrationToolsClusteringPowerShellFeature'
        }

        WaitForCluster WaitForCluster
        {
            Name             = 'Cluster01'
            RetryIntervalSec = 10
            RetryCount       = 60
            DependsOn        = '[WindowsFeature]AddRemoteServerAdministrationToolsClusteringCmdInterfaceFeature'
        }

        Cluster JoinSecondNodeToCluster
        {
            Name                          = 'Cluster01'
            StaticIPAddress               = '192.168.100.20/24'
            DomainAdministratorCredential = $ActiveDirectoryAdministratorCredential
            DependsOn                     = '[WaitForCluster]WaitForCluster'
        }
    }
}