DisableGroupPreferredOwnerRandomization
[This property is no longer available for use as of Windows Server 2012.]
This property is not supported.
**Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003: **
Controls whether the cluster service randomizes its internal list of available nodes in the event of a group failover event.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | DWORD |
| Access | Read/write |
| Structure | CLUSPROP_DWORD |
| Minimum | FALSE (0). The cluster service selects a node at random when a group failover event occurs. |
| Maximum | TRUE (1). The cluster service selects a node in order of the internal node list when a group failover event occurs. |
| Default | FALSE |
Remarks
If a preferred owner list for resource groups is not specified, the cluster service randomizes the list it keeps internally to describe which node is selected for use when a group failover event occurs. If an ordered list is required for failover, this property should be set to true to disable this randomization
Examples
The property value portion of a property list entry for EnableEventLogReplication can be set with the following example code:
CLUSPROP_DWORD PropertyValue;
PropertyValue.Syntax.dw = CLUSPROP_SYNTAX_LIST_VALUE_DWORD;
PropertyValue.cbLength = sizeof(DWORD);
PropertyValue.dw = TRUE;
Requirements
| Minimum supported client |
None supported |
| Minimum supported server |
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter |
| End of client support |
None supported |
| End of server support |
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter |