cannot create windows cluster file share using powershell/wmi

Question

The win32_clustershare does not have a Create method on win2008r2? How does one create file shares using ideally wmi?

Answer 1

I thought the Win32_ClusterShare class was read only, but could be mistaken.

To do it without WMI, you can use the cmdlets in the FailoverClusters module, but you'll probably have to install Windows Management Framework 3 or (preferably) WMF 4 on your Windows 2008 R2 machine since these cmdlets aren't available in Powershell 2.0.

With 3.0+, you should be able to use Add-ClusterResource and the related cmdlets.

Answer 2

Apparently the win32_clustershare.create does not work as expected and is broken. Previously this class was absent altogether from windows as indicated here-

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971403

Apparently Using win32_share does the needful even for clusters. I confirmed in HKLM\\Cluster\\Resources that the share is properly registered in the cluster. Apparently windows is able to determine that the share upon creation is properly associated with a clustered disk.

I know I am not calling the win32_clustershare wrong, because I confirmed that the parameters are identical across the 2 wmi classes.

This is evident in inspecting both

(get-cimclass -ClassName win32_share).CimClassMethods["Create"].Parameters |fl *

(get-cimclass -ClassName win32_clustershare).CimClassMethods["Create"].Parameters |fl *

Answer 3

If you are using Windows Server 2012 R2/Windows 8.1, you can use the new and much improved SMB PowerShell modules. Have a look at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635726(v=wps.630).aspx and http://windowsitpro.com/powershell/managing-file-shares-windows-powershell