Suspend-ClusterNode -Drain && move-clusterGroup

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Suspend-ClusterNode -Drain && move-clusterGroup

abdalah.mehdoini

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August 2, 2019 at 10:12 am

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Hello everyone ,
if I proceed to do a suspended from the main node of my cluster
```
 Suspend-ClusterNode -Drain
```
Are all resources automatically transferred to the second node or I have to do
```
Move-ClusterGroup
```
thanks

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Site Owners SSC Guru Points: 80330 More actions · Answer 1

Thanks for posting your issue and hopefully someone will answer soon.

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Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 2

It only pauses the node and isn't suppose to trigger a failover. So you'd want to still do the move.

Sue

abdalah.mehdoini Ten Centuries Points: 1012 More actions · Answer 3

Sans titre

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/failoverclusters/suspend-clusternode?view=win10-ps

Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 4

Suspend moves services and applications off the node but not the cluster resources. Your question was about moving all resources.

abdalah.mehdoini Ten Centuries Points: 1012 More actions · Answer 5

does this command move the sql server service and the agent service

sorry I'm a little confused

Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 6

Yes. The difference is really why you want to change the nodes. Move and suspend are used for different things. If you need to failover, you use move. Drain was added for patching, updates that type of thing. Drain, patch/update, then resume. Which route you go is driven by what you are trying to accomplish.