Release

The Release entry point function releases the quorum resource from arbitration.

DWORD WINAPI Release(
  RESID ResourceId  
);
 

Parameters

ResourceId

[in] Resource identifier for the quorum resource to be released.

Return Values

ERROR_SUCCESS

The quorum resource was successfully released and is no longer being defended.

ERROR_HOST_NODE_NOT_OWNER

The quorum resource was not being previously arbitrated.

Win32 error code

The quorum resource was not successfully released.

Remarks

Release is implemented for quorum resources only. A quorum resource might have to be released when the Cluster Service is shut down or when the quorum resource has to be physically moved to a different node in the cluster.

Notes to Implementers

Attempt to make your implementation of Release finish in less than 300 milliseconds.

QuickInfo

  Version: Use Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition 4.0.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in resapi.h.