The RetrieveSvcSecret method returns the cluster secret stored on this server.

 HRESULT RetrieveSvcSecret(
   [out] BSTR* SecretBLOB
 );

SecretBLOB: The value of the cluster secret as stored on this server.

Return Values: 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 [MS-ERREF] sections 2.2 and 2.1.

Return value/code

Description

0x00000000

S_OK

The call was successful.

0x80070002

ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

The cluster secret has not yet been configured by a previous call to ConfigSvcSecret.

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.

Exceptions Thrown: No exceptions are thrown beyond those thrown by the underlying RPC protocol [MS-RPCE].

The opnum field value for this method is 4.

When processing this call the server MUST do the following:

The server returns the following information to the client: