New Windows Server 2008 R2 Clustering Features

When Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 clustering, they made many improvements over Windows Server 2003 clustering. Microsoft has taken Windows Server 2008 R2 clustering a step further. Now that you have an understanding of clustering, let’s look at some of the R2 improvements.

Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Failover Clusters

As we have explained throughout this book, Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool. Windows Server 2008 R2 clustering has new cmdlets that provide powerful ways to script cluster configuration and management tasks. Windows PowerShell cmdlets will eventually replace the Cluster.exe command-line interface.

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