When a RemoteGroup resource is configured inside parallel service groups, it can come online on all the cluster nodes, including the offline nodes. Multiple instances of the RemoteGroup resource on cluster nodes can probe the state of a remote service group.
A RemoteGroup resource in parallel service groups has the following characteristics:
The RemoteGroup resource continues to monitor the remote service group even when the resource is offline.
The RemoteGroup resource does not take the remote service group offline if the resource is online anywhere in the cluster.
After an agent restarts, the RemoteGroup resource does not return offline if the resource is online on another cluster node.
The RemoteGroup resource takes the remote service group offline if it is the only instance of RemoteGroup resource online in the cluster.
An attempt to bring a RemoteGroup resource online has no effect if the same resource instance is online on another node in the cluster.