Automation

Hi Guys,

I am able to check VM Overrides Rule using the powercli commands and i need to disable them but not able to find the powercli command would appreciate if someone help here ?

Below commands to check-

Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.DrsAutomationLevel -eq "Disabled"}

and set this is the command Set-VM -DrsAutomationLevel Disabled

what is the command to disable above configuration? 

Thanks

So what is the actual question?
The Set-VM cmdlet is the one to use with the DrsAutomationLevel parameter.

Hi LucD,

Sorry for the confusion, I want to remove the overrides tick mark from  again the DRS Automation level, below is the screenshot for your reference,  is there any powercli command to remove the tick mark ?

Just to make sure I understand it correctly, you want to remove the VM from the Overrides list?

I am looking for either to remove the vm from the list or remove the full list.

yes you understand correct.

You could do something like this

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 wrote:

I am looking for either to remove the vm from the list or remove the full list.

yes you understand correct.

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Thanks LucD, It works.

Hi LucD,

Your below code works and it remove all the VMs from the Overrides List, but I have got another use case I want to remove the few VM's running on specific host from the cluster VM overrides List is it possible ? if yes can you share the powershell commands..

$cluster = Get-Cluster -Name $cluster_Name
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx
$cluster.ExtensionData.Configuration.DrsVmConfig |
ForEach-Object -Process {
$drsVM = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDrsVmConfigSpec
$drsVM.Operation = [VMware.Vim.ArrayUpdateOperation]::remove
$drsVm.RemoveKey = $_.Key
$spec.DrsVmConfigSpec += $drsVM
}

$cluster.ExtensionData.ReconfigureComputeResource($spec,$true) >$null

Thanks

You would need to select the VMs running on that host.
The rest is the same as with the cluster

Hi LucD,

Thanks for your reply, 

This is how I tried this code but its giving the error..

Get-VMHost 192.168.200.42 | Get-VM |
>> ForEach-Object -Process {
>> $drsVM = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDrsVmConfigSpec
>> $drsVM.Operation = [VMware.Vim.ArrayUpdateOperation]::remove
>> $drsVm.RemoveKey = $_.Key
>> $spec.DrsVmConfigSpec += $drsVM
>> }

InvalidOperation:
Line |
6 | $spec.DrsVmConfigSpec += $drsVM
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| The property 'DrsVmConfigSpec' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
InvalidOperation:
Line |
6 | $spec.DrsVmConfigSpec += $drsVM
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| The property 'DrsVmConfigSpec' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
InvalidOperation:
Line |
6 | $spec.DrsVmConfigSpec += $drsVM
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| The property 'DrsVmConfigSpec' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
InvalidOperation:

Thanks

Looks like you didn't create the $spec content.

Hi LucD,

below is the script for all cluster VM to get removed from VM Overrides

$clusterName = 'cluster'
$cluster = Get-Cluster -Name $clusterName

$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx

$cluster.ExtensionData.Configuration.DrsVmConfig |
ForEach-Object -Process {
$drsVM = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDrsVmConfigSpec
$drsVM.Operation = [VMware.Vim.ArrayUpdateOperation]::remove
$drsVm.RemoveKey = $_.Key
$spec.DrsVmConfigSpec += $drsVM
}
$cluster.ExtensionData.ReconfigureComputeResource($spec,$true)

Now I am bit confused, with below code which you shared, i have folllow the same way but I am not sure about the $spec content how to create for specific host. 

$esxName = 'MyESX'

Get-VMHost -Name $esxName | Get-VM |
Foreach-Object -Process {

# Same as with the cluster

}

The VM Overrides are done on the cluster level, you have to call a Cluster API method.
But since you want to limit the removal to a specific ESXi node, you will have to filter which VMs to add to the $spec.
In the following example, I use a Where-clause.

Hi,

I get an error:

Exception calling "ReconfigureComputeResource" with "2" argument(s): "A specified parameter was not correct: spec.drsVm
ConfigSpec[0].key"
At C:\Users\hentho\Desktop\removeVMfromOverride.ps1:15 char:1
+ $cluster.ExtensionData.ReconfigureComputeResource($spec, $true)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException

You will have to check what is in $spec.DrsVM.
Are there any VMs in there?
Are all these VMs located on the DSC?

I don't know how to "check what is in $spec.DrsVM"?

See attached screen shot, that's the VMs I would like to be removed from the VM Overrides list. I want the list to be empty.

Did you also try the solution provided in Solved: Re: How to disable or remove VM from VMoverrides ? - VMware Technology Network VMTN

You mean this? it didn't work, got errors. And it doesn't seem to target a Datastore Cluster, instead the Host Cluster?

get-vm | Where-Object { $_.DrsAutomationLevel -notlike "AsSpecifiedByCluster" } | set-vm -DrsAutomationLevel AsSpecifiedByCluster -Confirm:$false 

This thread is about DRS on a cluster, not about SDRS 

Ah, I confused this thread with the thread "Remove Storage DRS override"

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Remove-Storage-DRS-override/m-p/2819678/highlight/true#M98979

Can you please answer me there instead? We have a dialogue there, as you might remember?

Done

You can remove the tick from checkbox of DRS automation level with following PowerCLI cmdlets: