Windows 2008 R2 includes a failoverclusters PowerShell module, but you’ll probably find normal usage limiting for several reasons: Only works on Windows 2008 R2 clusters Requires the cluster service which in effect makes it difficult to run remotely except via PSRemoting Implements specialized data types instead of using WMI Although I like seeing PowerShell coverage…
Tag Archive: MSCS
Dynamically Discover Microsoft Cluster Server Information
As mentioned in my post Inventory SQL Server Databases with PowerShell most server management tools including SCCM/SMS are unware of Microsoft Cluster Servers. This presents a problem as I need an up-to-date list of clusters, physical nodes, and virtuals and this should be something discovered automatically. One of the things I’ve always appreciated about scripting…
