WINS Service

The WINS Service resource type supports the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) as a cluster resource. There can be only one instance of a resource of this type in the cluster; in other words, a cluster can support only one WINS Service.

The following table summarizes the characteristics of the WINS resource type.

Characteristic	Description
Required dependencies	Storage class resource, such as a Physical Disk, and an IP Address resource
Required private properties	DatabasePath, BackupPath
Optional private properties	None