![]() NAME New-DrsRule SYNOPSIS Creates a new DRS rule. SYNTAX New-DrsRule [-Name] DESCRIPTION Creates a new DRS rule. Each rule defines the virtual machines that can run on the same host (affinity rule) or mus t run on different hosts (anti-affinity rule). PARAMETERS -Name Specify a name for the new DRS rule. Required? true Position? 1 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Cluster Specify the clusters for which the new DRS rule applies. Required? true Position? 2 Default value Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue) Accept wildcard characters? true -Enabled [ If the value of this parameter is $true, the new DRS rule is enabled for the specified clusters. If the value i s $false, it is disabled. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -KeepTogether [ If the value of this parameter is $true, the new DRS rule is an affinity rule. If the value is $false, the DRS rule is an anti-affinity rule. Required? true Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -VM Specify the virtual machines that are referenced by the new DRS rule. Required? true Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? true -RunAsync Indicate that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the outpu t of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the -RunAsync parameter run " help About_RunAsync" in the vSphere PowerCLI console. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Server Specify the vSphere servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the co mmand runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-V IServer. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue) Accept wildcard characters? true -WhatIf Indicate that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modi fied. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Confirm If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation. Required? false Position? named Default value $true Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type, "get-help about_commonparameters". INPUTS OUTPUTS DrsVMAffinityRule NOTES -------------- Example 1 -------------- C:\PS>New-DrsRule -Cluster $cluster -Name antiAffinityRule1 -KeepTogether $false -VM $antiAffinityVMs Creates a new DRS rule for the cluster saved in the $cluster variable with the specified parameters. RELATED LINKS Online version: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI501/html/New-DrsRule.html Get-DrsRule Remove-DrsRule Set-DrsRule |