MSFT_SmbWitnessClient class
Represents an SMB witness client.
The following syntax is simplified from MOF code and includes all inherited properties.
Syntax
class MSFT_SmbWitnessClient
{
string ClientName;
string WitnessNodeName;
string FileServerNodeName;
string NetworkName;
string IpAddress;
string State;
uint32 ResourcesMonitored;
uint32 NotificationsSent;
uint32 NotificationsCancelled;
uint32 QueuedNotifications;
};
Members
The MSFT_SmbWitnessClient class has these types of members:
Methods
The MSFT_SmbWitnessClient class has these methods.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| MoveClient |
Moves an SMB witness client that is connected to a scale-out cluster node to a different scale-out cluster node. |
Properties
The MSFT_SmbWitnessClient class has these properties.
- ClientName
-
- Data type: string
- Access type: Read-only
- Qualifiers: Key
The fully qualified domain name of the SMB witness client.
- FileServerNodeName
-
- Data type: string
- Access type: Read-only
The file server node name.
- IpAddress
-
- Data type: string
- Access type: Read-only
The IP address for which the client needs to receive notifications.
- NetworkName
-
- Data type: string
- Access type: Read-only
The network name.
- NotificationsCancelled
-
- Data type: uint32
- Access type: Read-only
The number of notifications that have been canceled.
- NotificationsSent
-
- Data type: uint32
- Access type: Read-only
The number of notifications that have been sent to the client.
- QueuedNotifications
-
- Data type: uint32
- Access type: Read-only
The number of notifications that are currently queued for the client.
- ResourcesMonitored
-
- Data type: uint32
- Access type: Read-only
The number of resources that are currently being monitored for the client.
- State
-
- Data type: string
- Access type: Read-only
The state of this witness registration.
- "Unknown" (0)
- "Connected" (1)
- "Registered" (2)
- "Requested notification" (3)
- "Cancelled" (4)
- "Disconnected" (5)
- WitnessNodeName
-
- Data type: string
- Access type: Read-only
The witness node name.
Remarks
SMB witness is a feature that does the following:
- Accelerates recovery from an unplanned failure by alerting SMB clients that have registered for notification when a failure has occurred, rather than forcing the client to wait for a timeout.
- Enables the system administrator to redirect a client from one cluster node to another in a SMB Scale-Out file server cluster to a different scale-out cluster node for load balancing or other administrative purposes.
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 8 [desktop apps only] |
|---|---|
|
Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only] |
|
Namespace |
\ROOT\Microsoft\Windows\SmbWitness |
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MOF |
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DLL |
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Build date: 11/5/2012
