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How do I shut down SQL Server from the command line without the Cluster Service interpreting the shutdown as a failure?

April 26, 2017cluster Command failure interpreting line service shutdown SQL Server

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How do I shut down SQL Server from the command line without the Cluster Service interpreting the shutdown as a failure?

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The proper way to shut down SQL Server from the command line is to use the Cluster.exe application that comes with Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Edition, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, or Microsoft Windows 2000 Data Center. Cluster.exe is installed as part of the normal Cluster setup, which can also be run on a Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, or Microsoft Windows 2000 Server member server computer to install just the Cluster Administrator and the other administrative applications. The basic syntax for this command is as follows.