First published on TECHNET on Aug 14, 2012
We have seen multiple queries on the steps required to create the Hyper-V Replica Broker using Powershell, a
previous post
describes the process but adding more details on the end to end workflow.
To create a Hyper-V Replica Broker in a DHCP environment, use the following cmdlets:
1: #Specify the name for the Broker and static IP address
2: $BrokerName = "ReplicaBroker"
3:
4: #These are derived parameters and need not be specified
5: $BrokerResourceName = "Virtual Machine Replication Broker"
6: $TempBrokerGroupName = $BrokerName + "Group"
7:
8: #Creating a cluster server role to create the Broker CAP
9: Add-ClusterServerRole -Name $BrokerName | Out-Null
10:
11: #Creating Hyper-V Replica Broker Group using WMI
12: ([wmiclass]"root\MSCluster:MSCluster_ResourceGroup").CreateGroup($TempBrokerGroupName, 115) | Out-Null
13: Add-ClusterResource -Name $BrokerResourceName -Group $TempBrokerGroupName -ResourceType "Virtual Machine Replication Broker" | Out-Null
14:
15: #Moving the Broker CAP to the right group"
16: Move-ClusterResource -name $BrokerName -Group $TempBrokerGroupName | Out-Null
17: Add-ClusterResourceDependency $BrokerResourceName $BrokerName | Out-Null
18:
19: #Moving the temoporary group used to create the Broker CAP"
20: Remove-ClusterGroup -name $BrokerName -RemoveResources -Force | Out-Null
21:
22: #Rename cluster group to get parity in name between the group and CAP"
23: Get-ClusterGroup $TempBrokerGroupName | %{ $_.Name = $BrokerName }
24:
25: #Starting Hyper-V Replica Broker Resource"
26: Start-ClusterGroup -Name $BrokerName | Out-Null
To specify a static IP address for the Hyper-V Replica Broker, specify the IP address in the StaticAddress parameter of the
Add-ClusterServerRole
1: #Specify the name for the Broker and static IP address
2: $BrokerName = "ReplicaBroker"
3: $IPAddressOfBroker = "172.22.57.87"
4:
5: #These are derived parameters and need not be specified
6: $BrokerResourceName = "Virtual Machine Replication Broker"
7: $TempBrokerGroupName = $BrokerName + "Group"
8:
9: #Creating a cluster server role to create the Broker CAP
10: Add-ClusterServerRole -Name $BrokerName -StaticAddress $IPAddressOfBroker | Out-Null
11:
12: #Creating Hyper-V Replica Broker Group using WMI
13: ([wmiclass]"root\MSCluster:MSCluster_ResourceGroup").CreateGroup($TempBrokerGroupName, 115) | Out-Null
14: Add-ClusterResource -Name $BrokerResourceName -Group $TempBrokerGroupName -ResourceType "Virtual Machine Replication Broker" | Out-Null
15:
16: #Moving the Broker CAP to the right group"
17: Move-ClusterResource -name $BrokerName -Group $TempBrokerGroupName | Out-Null
18: Add-ClusterResourceDependency $BrokerResourceName $BrokerName | Out-Null
19:
20: #Moving the temoporary group used to create the Broker CAP"
21: Remove-ClusterGroup -name $BrokerName -RemoveResources -Force | Out-Null
22:
23: #Rename cluster group to get parity in name between the group and CAP"
24: Get-ClusterGroup $TempBrokerGroupName | %{ $_.Name = $BrokerName }
25:
26: #Starting Hyper-V Replica Broker Resource"
27: Start-ClusterGroup -Name $BrokerName | Out-Null
Once the Hyper-V Replica Broker is created, enable the cluster to receive replication traffic by using the
Set-VMReplicationServer
cmdlet.
