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Add-ClusterGroup



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Add-ClusterGroup', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

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SYNOPSIS

Adds an empty resource group to the failover cluster configuration, in preparation for adding clustered resources to the group.

SYNTAX


Add-ClusterGroup [-Name] <StringCollection> [[-GroupType] {AvailableStorage | Cluster | ClusterSharedVolume | ClusterStoragePool | DhcpServer | Dtc | FileServer |
GenericApplication | GenericScript | GenericService | IScsiNameService | IScsiTarget | Msmq | ScaleoutFileServer | StandAloneDfs | TaskScheduler | Temporary |
TsSessionBroker | Unknown | VirtualMachine | VMReplicaBroker | Wins}] [-Cluster <String>] [-InputObject <PSObject>] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Add-ClusterGroup cmdlet adds an empty resource group to the failover cluster configuration, in preparation for adding clustered resources to the group. A resource group,
or a clustered role, is the unit of failover. During failover, all resources in the resource group move together.



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RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=321010
Get-ClusterGroup
Move-ClusterGroup
Remove-ClusterGroup
Start-ClusterGroup
Stop-ClusterGroup

REMARKS

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Examples


EXAMPLE 1

PS C:\>Add-ClusterGroup –Name Group1
Name OwnerNode State
---- --------- -----
Group1 node1 Online



This example adds an empty resource group called Group1 to the failover cluster.