make scheduled task active/passive cluster aware

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I have 2 nodes using win server 2008 r2 in my active/passive cluster setup. They have the same set of scheduled tasks and i want them to run only when the node is active. Does Windows support something? If not, is there a way to query the system to find out if the machine is the active node? Thanks

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '13 at 01:46

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This is only available in Windows 2012. You'd need to upgrade.

answered Nov 06 '13 at 01:46

Shane Madden

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Oh wow. Did not know that about 2012 – mfinni Nov 06 '13 at 02:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '14 at 18:26

Put your scheduled task on the disk shared between the cluster nodes. Then put identical scheduled tasks on both nodes running the task from the shared drive. The drive will not exist on the inactive node, so you should get what you want and the task will run only on the active node.

mfinni · Answer 3 · 2013-11-09T16:23:23.677

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Scheduled tasks aren't cluster able with windows native tools (prior to 2012, thanks Shane!). There are 3rd party tools for scheduling tasks that can do this, they tend to be expensive.

You could parse cluster.exe output to see what's active. I imagine there's also a powershell method.

edited Nov 09 '13 at 16:23

answered Nov 06 '13 at 01:23

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make scheduled task active/passive cluster aware

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