Creating Windows Cluster with Powershell

Question

I have a Windows cluster provisioning script. I am not able to execute the New-Cluster command as Administrator. It says that the user should be a domain user to be able to execute the command.

I m trying to use PSExec to login as a domain user and try if the command is working, but still with no success.

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\PSTools\PsExec.exe -s -u name -p "pass" -accepteula cmd /c "powershell  -noprofile & { Start-Process powershell.exe "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `"C:\scripts\cluster-config.ps1`" " -Verb RunAs; exit }"

(I have passed the params correctly while executing)

The cluster-config.ps1

param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$clusterName,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$srv1,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$srv2,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$clusterIP
)

#Create and configure the WinCluster
New-Cluster -Name $clusterName -Node $srv1,$srv2 -StaticAddress $clusterIP -AdministrativeAccessPoint ActiveDirectoryAndDns

How can I create a Windows Cluster as ad Administrator? Unfortunately direct login with domain user credentials is not possible.

The whole set up is part of automatio. Unfortunately, wimrn login with domain user is not possible. — Vini, Nov 27 '19 at 12:51
Doing a `New-PSSession` as the appropriate user isn't an option? — Matthew Wetmore, Dec 01 '19 at 19:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '19 at 19:55

No:

New-Cluster doesn't need to be run on the actual cluster node.
New-Cluster creates AD objects and DNS records. You will need an AD authentication
New-Cluster cannot be run remotely without Credential Security Service Provider (CredSSP) authentication on the server computer.

And without knowing more about your situation, I can't really make better recommendations, but consider working with your AD admins to prestage clusters and nodes

Creating Windows Cluster with Powershell

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