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

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status

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

Examples

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

- name: Enable DRS and set default VM behavior to partially automated
  vmware_cluster_drs:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    validate_certs: no
    datacenter_name: DC0
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    enable_drs: True
    drs_default_vm_behavior: partiallyAutomated
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

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