community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule – Configure VMware DRS Affinity rule for virtual machines in the given cluster

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.6.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

This module can be used to configure VMware DRS Affinity rule for virtual machines in the given cluster.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
affinity_rule boolean	no yes ←	If set to `True`, the DRS rule will be an Affinity rule. If set to `False`, the DRS rule will be an Anti-Affinity rule. Effective only if `state` is set to `present`.
cluster_name string / required		Desired cluster name where virtual machines are present for the DRS rule.
drs_rule_name string / required		The name of the DRS rule to manage.
enabled boolean	no ← yes	If set to `True`, the DRS rule will be enabled. Effective only if `state` is set to `present`.
hostname string		The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
mandatory boolean	no ← yes	If set to `True`, the DRS rule will be mandatory. Effective only if `state` is set to `present`.
password string		The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer	Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string		Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer		Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
state string	present ← absent	If set to `present`, then the DRS rule is created if not present. If set to `present`, then the DRS rule is already present, it updates to the given configurations. If set to `absent`, then the DRS rule is deleted if present.
username string		The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vms list / elements=string		List of virtual machines name for which DRS rule needs to be applied. Required if `state` is set to `present`.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.5

Examples

- name: Create DRS Affinity Rule for VM-VM
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    vms:
        - vm1
        - vm2
    drs_rule_name: vm1-vm2-affinity-rule-001
    enabled: True
    mandatory: True
    affinity_rule: True
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create DRS Anti-Affinity Rule for VM-VM
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    enabled: True
    vms:
        - vm1
        - vm2
    drs_rule_name: vm1-vm2-affinity-rule-001
    mandatory: True
    affinity_rule: False
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete DRS Affinity Rule for VM-VM
  community.vmware.vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule:
    hostname: "{{ esxi_server }}"
    username: "{{ esxi_username }}"
    password: "{{ esxi_password }}"
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    drs_rule_name: vm1-vm2-affinity-rule-001
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
result dictionary	when state is present	metadata about DRS VM and VM rule Sample: {'rule_enabled': False, 'rule_key': 20, 'rule_mandatory': True, 'rule_name': 'drs_rule_0014', 'rule_uuid': '525f3bc0-253f-825a-418e-2ec93bffc9ae', 'rule_vms': ['VM_65', 'VM_146']}

Authors

Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/vmware/vmware_vm_vm_drs_rule_module.html