Using Cluster exe l You can use the

Using Cluster. exe l You can use the Cluster. exe command line tool for all cluster administration and you can script it.

l When you install the Cluster Administrator, the command line Cluster. exe program is also installed in the %Systemroot%System 32 folder. You can also use Cluster. exe from a command line or a script to automate many cluster administration tasks. Applications and administration tools use remote procedure calls (RPC) to communicate with the Cluster. exe program.

Cluster Commands The basic cluster syntax is: CLUSTER [cluster name] /option l The cluster name is optional. If you do not specify a cluster name, Cluster. exe attempts to connect to the cluster that is running on the node on which you are running Cluster. exe. l To test connectivity with a cluster, or to ensure that you can use Cluster. exe, check the version name by using the command: CLUSTER [cluster name] /version l For specific administration commands using Cluster. exe, see the Job Aid, Cluster Commands, in the Appendix. l

Scripting Administration Using Cluster. exe l You can script all of the Cluster. exe commands. You can use scripts to build or rebuild a cluster, or to make global changes across many clusters. You can run the scripts through a batch file, for example *. bat or *. cmd. You can use Cluster. exe with a scripting tool, such as Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition.

Demonstration: Administration Using Cluster. exe l Let’s take a look at a sample script that will create a group, an IP resource and a name resource. You can follow the script step-by-step as it runs on the instructor’s computer.

l In this demonstration the instructor will run a script that creates a group, IP number, and network name using Cluster. exe. l The batch file pauses before and after every remark.

REM Line 1 – 4: Create a Group: Mygroup bring the group online, set owners and get status of the group. 1. CLUSTER mycluster group Mygroup /create 2. CLUSTER mycluster group Mygroup /Online 3. CLUSTER mycluster group Mygroup /Setowners: nodea, nodeb 4. CLUSTER mycluster GROUP mygroup /status REM Line 5: Create the IP Address resource: myip. 5. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /create /Group: mygroup / Type: "Ip Address" REM Line 6 – 10: Define the IP Address parameters and check Status. 6. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /priv network="Cluster Public" 7. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /priv address=10. 0. 0. 34 8. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /priv subnetmask=255. 0 9. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /priv Enable. Net. BIOS=1 10. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /Stat

REM Line 11: View the myip properties. 11. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /prop REM Line 12: View the private properties. 12. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /priv REM Line 13: Bring online and wait 60 sec. for completion. 13. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE myip /Online /Wait: 60 REM Line 14: Create a network name resource in mygroup. 14. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE mynetname /Create /Group: mygroup /Type: "Network Name" REM Line 15 – 17: Set parameters for mynetname and bring online. 15. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE mynetname /priv Name="Cluster. Svr" 16. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE mynetname /Adddependency: myip 17. CLUSTER mycluster RESOURCE mynetname /Online /Wait: 60 REM Line 18: Check the status of the Cluster. 18. CLUSTER mycluster GROUP mygroup /Stat REM Line 19: Move the group Mygroup to Node. B 19. CLUSTER mycluster GROUP Mygroup /Move. To: Node. B /Wait: 120