<div class="content"><p>The <b>GenerateClusterCert</b> method SHOULD<a id="Appendix_A_Target_36"></a><a aria-label="Product behavior note 36" href="6ea29e14-9c33-4927-90a8-258fd1d6d042#Appendix_A_36" data-linktype="relative-path">&lt;36&gt;</a> generate and return a new
certificate.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre>    HRESULT GenerateClusterCert(
      [in,out] CLUSTER_CERT * ClusterCert
    );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>ClusterCert:</b> The new certificate for the
cluster. The <b>CLUSTER_CERT</b> structure is defined in section <a href="bcec2abc-1a37-4b67-8574-71affa665d4c" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2.23</a>.</p><p><b>Return Values:</b> A signed 32-bit value that
indicates return status. If the method returns a negative value, it has failed.
Zero or positive values indicate success, with the lower 16 bits in positive
nonzero values containing warnings or flags defined in the method
implementation. For more information about Win32 error codes and HRESULT
values, see <a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a>
section <a href="../ms-erref/0642cb2f-2075-4469-918c-4441e69c548a" data-linktype="relative-path">2.1</a>
and section <a href="../ms-erref/18d8fbe8-a967-4f1c-ae50-99ca8e491d2d" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2</a>.</p><dl>
<dd>
<table><thead>
  <tr>
   <th>
   <p>Return value/code</p>
   </th>
   <th>
   <p>Description</p>
   </th>
  </tr>
 </thead><tbody><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0x00000000</p>
  <p>S_OK</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>The call was successful.</p>
  </td>
 </tr></tbody></table>
</dd>
<dd>
<p>For any other condition, this method MUST return a
value that is not one of the values listed in the preceding table. The client
MUST behave in one consistent, identical manner for all values that are not
listed in the preceding table.</p>
</dd></dl><p>Exceptions Thrown: No exceptions are thrown beyond those
thrown by the underlying RPC protocol <a href="../ms-rpce/290c38b1-92fe-4229-91e6-4fc376610c15" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-RPCE]</a>.</p><p>The opnum field value for this method is 11.</p><p>When processing this call the server MUST generate the new
certificate.</p><p>The server returns the certificate to the client.</p></div>