Is it possible to script creating a cluster that sets the following?
Check HA and DRS
Un-Check Enable Host Monitoring
Select Enable EVC for Intel Hosts
Select Intel Xeon Core i7 from the drop down
Creating a cluster, checking HA and DRS and un-checking "Enable Host Monitoring" can be done with:
$Cluster = New-Cluster -Location $Folder -Name TestCluster -HAEnabled -DRSEnabled -DrsAutomationLevel FullyAutomated # ------- ReconfigureComputeResource_Task ------- $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx $spec.vmSwapPlacement = "vmDirectory" $spec.dasConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDasConfigInfo $spec.dasConfig.vmMonitoring = "vmMonitoringDisabled" $spec.dasConfig.hostMonitoring = "disabled" $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDasVmSettings $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.restartPriority = "medium" $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.isolationResponse = "powerOff" $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterVmToolsMonitoringSettings $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.enabled = $true $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.vmMonitoring = "vmMonitoringDisabled" $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.failureInterval = 30 $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.minUpTime = 120 $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.maxFailures = 3 $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.maxFailureWindow = -1 $spec.drsConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDrsConfigInfo $spec.drsConfig.enabled = $true $spec.drsConfig.defaultVmBehavior = "fullyAutomated" $spec.drsConfig.vmotionRate = 3 $spec.dpmConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDpmConfigInfo $spec.dpmConfig.enabled = $false $spec.dpmConfig.hostPowerActionRate = 3 $Cluster.ExtensionData.ReconfigureComputeResource_Task($spec, $true)
The methods 'TransitionalEVCManager' and 'CheckConfigureEVC_Task' are not available in the public API. So selecting "Enable EVC for Intel Hosts" and "Intel Xeon Core i7" can not be done without inside VMware knowledge.
Regards, Robert
Creating a cluster, checking HA and DRS and un-checking "Enable Host Monitoring" can be done with:
$Cluster = New-Cluster -Location $Folder -Name TestCluster -HAEnabled -DRSEnabled -DrsAutomationLevel FullyAutomated # ------- ReconfigureComputeResource_Task ------- $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx $spec.vmSwapPlacement = "vmDirectory" $spec.dasConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDasConfigInfo $spec.dasConfig.vmMonitoring = "vmMonitoringDisabled" $spec.dasConfig.hostMonitoring = "disabled" $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDasVmSettings $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.restartPriority = "medium" $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.isolationResponse = "powerOff" $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterVmToolsMonitoringSettings $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.enabled = $true $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.vmMonitoring = "vmMonitoringDisabled" $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.failureInterval = 30 $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.minUpTime = 120 $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.maxFailures = 3 $spec.dasConfig.defaultVmSettings.vmToolsMonitoringSettings.maxFailureWindow = -1 $spec.drsConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDrsConfigInfo $spec.drsConfig.enabled = $true $spec.drsConfig.defaultVmBehavior = "fullyAutomated" $spec.drsConfig.vmotionRate = 3 $spec.dpmConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterDpmConfigInfo $spec.dpmConfig.enabled = $false $spec.dpmConfig.hostPowerActionRate = 3 $Cluster.ExtensionData.ReconfigureComputeResource_Task($spec, $true)
The methods 'TransitionalEVCManager' and 'CheckConfigureEVC_Task' are not available in the public API. So selecting "Enable EVC for Intel Hosts" and "Intel Xeon Core i7" can not be done without inside VMware knowledge.
Regards, Robert
