Vcap-Dca, Objective 3.3 - Commands And Steps

Front 1

Create and Change DRS Rule

Back 1

Resource Management Guide, pages 73-77

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select a Cluster
2. Right-click on the cluster and click Edit Settings

NOTE: Make sure DRS is turned on - if it is, you should see DRS options here. If it is not turned on, you will need to turn it on by clicking on Cluster Features and selecting "Turn on vSphere DRS"

3. Select DRS groups manager.
4a. To setup VM to host affinity/anti-affinity, create a group of VMs and create a group of hosts, then create a rule that should or must keep the VMs together or apart from the hosts.

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4b. Click on Rules and setup a VM to VM affinity or anti-affinity rule.

Front 2

To Create and Modify Storage DRS Rules

Back 2

Resource Management Guide, page 89

From Inventory-> Datastores and Datastore Clusters

1. Right-click on the DS Cluster and click Edit.
2. Click on Rule to set Inter-VM affinity/anti-affinity.
3. Click on Virtual Machine Settings to set Intra-VM affinity/anti-affinity.

Front 3

Modify cluster EVC mode

Back 3

Host Management Guide, pages 119-124

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters View

1. Click on Cluster, right-click and Edit.
2. Select VMware EVC
3. Click on Change EVC Mode to modify the cluster EVC mode.

Front 4

Configure IPMI or iLO on Host

Back 4

Resource Management Guide, P 69

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select a host.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Under software, select Power Management
4. Click Properties.
5. Enter the username, password, IP address, and MAC address (use colons) of the BMC. Click OK, and you will get immediate feedback if this was successful.

Front 5

Enable DPM

Back 5

Resource Management Guide, P 71

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Right-click on the cluster and select Edit Settings.
2. Select Power Management, under vSphere DRS
3. Select Power Management settings for each host in cluster (Manual is recommended to start.
4. Click OK.

Front 6

Disable the Host Power Management Setting

Back 6

Resource Management Guide, P 70

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Right-click on the cluster and select Edit Settings.
2. Select Power Management, under vSphere DRS
3. Under Power Management, click on Host Options.
4. In the right-hand pane, find the hosts that failed to exit standby and under the Power Management column select Disabled from the drop-down box.
5. Click OK.

Front 7

Configure EVC on a new cluster

Back 7

Host Management Guide, pages 119-124

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Right-click on the datacenter and click New Cluster
2. Enter a name for the new cluster.
3. Click Next.
4. Choose Enable EVC for AMD Hosts or Enable EVC for Intel Hosts
5. Choose an EVC mode.
6. Complete the cluster configuration.

Front 8

Change the EVC mode on an existing DRS cluster

Back 8

Host Management Guide, pages 119-124

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters View

1. Click on Cluster, right-click and Edit.
2. Select VMware EVC
3. Click on Change EVC Mode to modify the cluster EVC mode.
4. Select the desired mode from the dropdown box (if the mode is not compatible with the processors running in your hosts, you will get errors).
5. When you choose a mode that is compatible it will show as Validation Succeeded.
6. Click OK.

Front 9

Create DRS and DPM Alarms

Back 9

Resource Management Guide, page 72
Performance Guide, pages 33-35

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select a cluster and click the Alarms tab.
2. Click the Definitions button.
3. Right-click a white area of that pane and select New Alarm.
4. Enter in an Alarm name and Description.
5. From the Alarm type drop-down, select Cluster.
6. Click the Triggers tab.
7. Click the Add Button
8. Click the Event in the Event column to get a drop-down menu.
9. Select the Event you want to alarm on.
10. Click on the Actions tab.
11. Click Add and select a desired action from the drop-down and when the action should be initiated (when alarm goes from green to red, red to green, etc.).
12. Click OK when finished.

Front 10

Set the active Power Management Policy for an ESXI host

Back 10

Resource Management Guide, pages 24-25

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Select a host.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Under Hardware, click the Power Management link.
4. Click on the Properties Button.
5. Choose from one of the following power management policies:

High Performance
Balanced
Low Power
Custom

Front 11

Set the Power Management setting for DRS/DPM

Back 11

Resource Management Guide, page 71

From Inventory->Hosts and Clusters

1. Select a DRS cluster, right-click and Edit Settings.
2, Under vSphere DRS -> Power Management, select Host Options.
3. Here you will see a list of hosts that are part of the DRS cluster.
4. Under the Power Management column, chose from one of the following settings;

Default
Disabled
Manual
Automatic

5. Click OK.

Front 12

Apply automation levels to individual virtual machines

Back 12

Resource Management Guide, P 59

From Inventory -> Hosts and Clusters

1. Right-click on a DRS cluster and click Edit settings.
2. Under vSphere DRS, select Virtual Machine Options.
3. Ensure that the "Enable individual virtual machine automation levels" check box is checked.
4. In the Automation Level column, change the virtual machines to the desired automation level using the drop-down.
5. Click OK.