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  • 1.  New-Cluster Question

    Posted Feb 22, 2012 06:13 PM

    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



  • 2.  RE: New-Cluster Question
    Best Answer

    Posted Feb 23, 2012 07:49 AM

    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