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‎06-23-2017 11:38 AM

Why DRS disables POOLS

Hi folks, I have a question I know  what is DRS and Resource POOL, wondering why when we disable DRS it removes the resource Pools

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TheBobkin
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‎06-23-2017 12:41 PM

Hello,

This is due to DRS being a requirement to have resource pools in the first place.

You can of course snapshot and revert them to avoid their loss, disabling DRS in Web Client will prompt you to do this when attempting to disable:

kb.vmware.com/kb/2032893

Bob

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dekoshal
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Hot Shot
‎06-23-2017 12:52 PM

You can retain the resource pool from webclient  when disabling DRS

Retaining resource pools when disabling VMware DRS clusters in the vSphere Web Client (2032893) | VM...

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Deepak Koshal

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