Create a New VM-VMHost DRS Rule

You can create a VM-VMHost DRS rule within a cluster after creating a VM DRS cluster group and a VMHost DRS cluster group.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.
• Verify that virtual machines and hosts exist within a cluster with enabled DRS in the vCenter Server environment.

Procedure

1. Get the virtual machines for the VM DRS cluster group.

   $vms = Get-VM "VM1", "VM2"

2. Get the hosts for the VMHost DRS cluster group.

   $vmHosts = Get-VMHost "hostname1", "hostname2"

3. Get the cluster where you want to create the rule.

   $cluster = Get-Cluster "MyCluster"

4. Create a VM DRS cluster group.

   $vmGroup = New-DrsClusterGroup -Name "MyVmsDrsClusterGroup" -VM $vms -Cluster $cluster

5. Create a VMHost DRS cluster group.

   $vmHostGroup = New-DrsClusterGroup -Name "MyVmHostsDrsClusterGroup" -VMHost $vmHosts -Cluster $cluster

6. Create the VM-VMHost DRS rule by using the newly created VM DRS cluster group and VMHost DRS cluster group.

   New-DrsVMHostRule -Name "MyDrsRule" -Cluster $cluster -VMGroup $vmGroup -VMHostGroup $vmHostGroup -Type "MustRunOn"