community.vmware.vmware_cluster_drs – Manage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) on VMware vSphere clusters

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.7.0).

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

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

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples

Synopsis

Manages DRS on VMware vSphere clusters.
All values and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Requirements

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

Tested on ESXi 5.5 and 6.5.
PyVmomi installed.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
advanced_settings dictionary	Default: {}	A dictionary of advanced DRS settings.
cluster_name string / required		The name of the cluster to be managed.
datacenter string / required		The name of the datacenter. aliases: datacenter_name
drs_default_vm_behavior string	fullyAutomated ← manual partiallyAutomated	Specifies the cluster-wide default DRS behavior for virtual machines. If set to `partiallyAutomated`, vCenter generates recommendations for virtual machine migration and for the placement with a host, then automatically implements placement recommendations at power on. If set to `manual`, then vCenter generates recommendations for virtual machine migration and for the placement with a host, but does not implement the recommendations automatically. If set to `fullyAutomated`, then vCenter automates both the migration of virtual machines and their placement with a host at power on.
drs_enable_vm_behavior_overrides boolean	no yes ←	Whether DRS Behavior overrides for individual virtual machines are enabled. If set to `True`, overrides `drs_default_vm_behavior`.
drs_vmotion_rate integer	1 2 3 4 5 Default: 3	Threshold for generated ClusterRecommendations.
enable_drs boolean	no ← yes	Whether to enable DRS.
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.
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.
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.

Examples

- name: Enable DRS
  community.vmware.vmware_cluster_drs:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: datacenter
    cluster_name: cluster
    enable_drs: true
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enable DRS and distribute a more even number of virtual machines across hosts for availability
  community.vmware.vmware_cluster_drs:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: datacenter
    cluster_name: cluster
    enable_drs: true
    advanced_settings:
      'TryBalanceVmsPerHost': '1'
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Enable DRS and set default VM behavior to partially automated
  community.vmware.vmware_cluster_drs:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    datacenter_name: DC0
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    enable_drs: True
    drs_default_vm_behavior: partiallyAutomated
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)
Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/vmware/vmware_cluster_drs_module.html