VMware DRS / virtual machine options

[thb_]

i would like to extract the vmware drs / virtual machine options via powershell.

Does anybody know a way to do that?

[LucD]

You can do that this way

$cluster = Get-Cluster <cluster-name> | Get-View
Write-Host "Default DRS behaviour : " $cluster.ConfigurationEx.DrsConfig.DefaultVmBehavior
foreach($vmConfig in $cluster.ConfigurationEx.DrsVmConfig){
  $vm = Get-View -Id $vmConfig.Key
  Write-Host "`t" $vm.Name $vmConfig.Behavior
}

[thb_]

thanks but the output lists the server where the default is not set:

Server where Automation Level is disabled are listed as "fullyAutomated".

All other servers are not listed...

any ideas?

[LucD]

The script runs against a cluster not a server, since you define the DRS settings for a cluster not a server.

On the VMware DRS form you define the default setting.

On the Virtual Machine Options form you can override the default cluster DRS settings per guest.

Could you perhaps include your DRS settings and what the script displays ?

[thb_]

thanks but the output lists the server where the default is not set:

Server where Automation Level is disabled are listed as "fullyAutomated".

All other servers are not listed...

any ideas?

the output lists the VMs ( not the server as i wrote before ) where the default is not set.

Example: Cluster DRS Setting ( default = fully automated ) for VM1 is disabled.

Script lists:

Default DRS behaviour : fullyAutomated

VM1 fullyAutomated

but VM1 is set to disabled.

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Ok, I understand.

The Behavior property is apparently not valid if the Enabled property is set to $false.

And since I don't have any guests where the DRS is set to "disabled" I didn't notice that before.

This updated script should do the trick.

$cluster = Get-Cluster <cluster-name>| Get-View
Write-Host "Default DRS behaviour : " $cluster.ConfigurationEx.DrsConfig.DefaultVmBehavior
foreach($vmConfig in $cluster.ConfigurationEx.DrsVmConfig){
	$vm = Get-View -Id $vmConfig.Key
	if(-not $vmConfig.Enabled){$state = "Disabled"}
	else {$state = $vmConfig.Behavior}
	Write-Host "`t" $vm.Name $state
}