Hi,
I'm using vCloud Director v5.1, but this issue also appears in v1.5. DPM (Dynamic Power Management) is enabled in a cluster. Some hosts are powered off (standby mode) for the power savings via the DPM. If there is not enough resources to satisfy all conditions (HA, DRS, DPM) on the currently powered-on hosts, then power-on operation (on vApp or VM) via vCloud Director fails. However, If I issue an manual power-on operation via vSphere Client, additional host is automatically powered-on (DPM in action) and after it is online, VM is also powered-on.
Is there any setting to allow vCloud Director to issue ESX power-on commands via DPM and thus allow to power-on vApps and VM's even on DPM-enabled clusters?
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Kind regards, Marko. VCP5