Resource Types

Cluster resources are categorized by type. Failover Clustering defines several types of resources and provides resource DLLs to manage these types. Third-party developers are encouraged to create new types to fit the specific needs of their cluster-aware applications and services. By creating a new resource type, developers can have more control over how failover clusters manage their application or service.

The following default resource types are included with all failover clusters.

• Cluster Name
• DFS Replicated Folder
• DHCP Service
• Distributed File System
• Distributed Network Name
• Distributed Transaction Coordinator
• File Server
• Generic Application
• Generic Script
• Generic Service
• IP Address
• IPv6 Address
• IPv6 Tunnel Address
• iSNS
• Message Queuing
• Message Queuing Triggers
• Physical Disk
• Print Spooler
• Scale Out File Server
• Storage Pool
• Task Scheduler
• Virtual Machine
• Virtual Machine Configuration
• Virtual Machine Replication Broker
• WINS Service
• Cloud Witness
• Health Agent
• Storage Policies
• Storage QoS Policy Manager
• Virtual Machine Cluster WMI

**Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008:  **

The following resource types are not supported:

• DFS Replicated Folder
• Distributed File System
• Distributed Network Name
• File Server
• iSNS
• Message Queuing Triggers
• Scale Out File Server
• Storage Pool
• Task Scheduler
• Virtual Machine Replication Broker

For more information on working with resource types, see the following topics.

• Resource Type Common Properties
• Resource Type Control Codes
• Cluster Management Functions
• Creating Resource Types