---
title: "New-VBRHighAvailabilityClusterNode"
description: "Defines settings of the secondary node of an HA cluster. Product Edition: Premium This cmdlet defines the VBRHighAvailabilityClusterNode object. This object contains settings of the host that will be used as the secondary node of an HA cluster."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbrhighavailabilityclusternode.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > High Availability Cluster > New-VBRHighAvailabilityClusterNode"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRHighAvailabilityClusterNode

## Short Description
Defines settings of the secondary node of an HA cluster.

**Product Edition**: Premium

## Syntax
```
New-VBRHighAvailabilityClusterNode -SecondaryNodeIPAddress <String> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet defines the `VBRHighAvailabilityClusterNode` object. This object contains settings of the host that will be used as the secondary node of an HA cluster.

To assemble a HA cluster, run the [`Add-VBRHighAvailabilityCluster`](add-vbrhighavailabilitycluster.md) cmdlet.

## Parameters

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      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">SecondaryNodeIPAddress</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the IP address of the secondary node.</p><p>Aliase: <code>HostName</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
[`VBRHighAvailabilityClusterNode`](vbrhighavailabilityclusternode.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Defining Settings of Secondary Node for HA cluster

This command defines the settings of the secondary node for the HA cluster. Save the result to the `$secondary` variable.

```
$secondary = New-VBRHighAvailabilityClusterNode -SecondaryNodeIPAddress "203.0.113.24"
```

:::