There are indeed several DRS rules related cmdlets in the VITK 1.5.
The following script will save all rules to a .txt file.
$outfile = "C:\rules.txt"
Remove-Item $outfile
$clusterName = <cluster-name>
$rules = get-cluster -Name $clusterName | Get-DrsRule
foreach($rule in $rules){
$line = (Get-View -Id $rule.ClusterId).Name
$line += ("," + $rule.Name + "," + $rule.Enabled + "," + $rule.KeepTogether)
foreach($vmId in $rule.VMIds){
$line += ("," + (Get-View -Id $vmId).Name)
}
$line | Out-File -Append $outfile
}
The reason we write the rules to a .txt file is because the "Keep together" type of rules can have 2 or more guests defined.
This type of info (variable length array) is impossible to export to a .CSV file.
The 2nd script reads this external file and defines the rules.
$file = "C:\rules.txt"
$rules = Get-Content $file
foreach($rule in $rules){
$ruleArr = $rule.Split(",")
if($ruleArr[2] -eq "True"){$rEnabled = $true} else {$rEnabled = $false}
if($ruleArr[3] -eq "True"){$rTogether = $true} else {$rTogether = $false}
get-cluster $ruleArr[0] | `
New-DrsRule -Name $ruleArr[1] -Enabled $rEnabled -KeepTogether $rTogether -VM (Get-VM -Name ($ruleArr[http://4..($ruleArr.Count - 1)|http://4..($ruleArr.Count - 1)]))
}
The trick used for the guests is that we select part of an array with the \[a..b\] notation.
Currently you will have to run the first script for each cluster separately but this could easily be adapted to run against all cluster in your VI.
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