You can administer Distributed Computing Cluster from PowerShell with the LfDccClusterAdmin PowerShell module installed with Distributed Computing Cluster. This PowerShell module has all of the functionality available in the (Undefined variable: Primary.DCCWAC).
Distributed Computing Cluster comes with two PowerShell modules:
- The LfDccLocalNodeAdmin PowerShell Module is useful for troubleshooting issues that occur before Distributed Computing Cluster can be administered from the Web Administration Console. If the (Undefined variable: Primary.DCCServiceName) will not start, use this PowerShell module to administer the service.
- TheLfDccClusterAdmin PowerShell Moduleprovides cmdlets to administer a Distributed Computing Cluster installation.
Note: To access the Distributed Computing Cluster PowerShell help at any time in PowerShell, use the Get-Help cmdlet.
To access the LfDccClusterAdmin PowerShell Module
- On the machine where the Distributed Computing Cluster service is installed, open Windows PowerShell, making sure to right-click it select Run as administrator.
- In PowerShell, type Import-Module LfDccClusterAdmin and press ENTER.
Note: By default, PowerShell doesn't allow you to run scripts. To run these scripts, you must change the Script Execution Policy to AllSigned. To do so, type Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned in PowerShell and press ENTER.