vmware_cluster – Manage VMware vSphere clusters

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to add, remove and update VMware vSphere clusters and its configurations.

  • Module can manage HA, DRS and VSAN related configurations.

  • 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
cluster_name
- / required
The name of the cluster to be managed.
datacenter
- / required
The name of the datacenter.

aliases: datacenter_name
drs_default_vm_behavior
-
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • fullyAutomated ←
  • manual
  • partiallyAutomated
Specifies the cluster-wide default DRS behavior for virtual machines.
If set to partiallyAutomated, then vCenter generate recommendations for virtual machine migration and for the placement with a host. vCenter automatically implement placement at power on.
If set to manual, then vCenter generate recommendations for virtual machine migration and for the placement with a host. vCenter should not implement the recommendations automatically.
If set to fullyAutomated, then vCenter should automate both the migration of virtual machines and their placement with a host at power on.
drs_enable_vm_behavior_overrides
boolean
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Determines whether DRS Behavior overrides for individual virtual machines are enabled.
If set to True, overrides drs_default_vm_behavior.
drs_vmotion_rate
-
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3 ←
  • 4
  • 5
Threshold for generated ClusterRecommendations.
enable_drs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes, will enable DRS when the cluster is created.
enable_ha
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes will enable HA when the cluster is created.
enable_vsan
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes will enable vSAN when the cluster is created.
ha_admission_control_enabled
boolean
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Determines if strict admission control is enabled.
It is recommended to set this parameter to True, please refer documentation for more details.
ha_failover_level
-
added in 2.8
Default:
2
Number of host failures that should be tolerated, still guaranteeing sufficient resources to restart virtual machines on available hosts.
Accepts integer values only.
ha_host_monitoring
-
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • enabled ←
  • disabled
Indicates whether HA restarts virtual machines after a host fails.
If set to enabled, HA restarts virtual machines after a host fails.
If set to disabled, HA does not restart virtual machines after a host fails.
If enable_ha is set to no, then this value is ignored.
ha_restart_priority
-
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • disabled
  • high
  • low
  • medium ←
Determines the preference that HA gives to a virtual machine if sufficient capacity is not available to power on all failed virtual machines.
This setting is only valid if ha_vm_monitoring is set to, either vmAndAppMonitoring or vmMonitoringOnly.
If set to disabled, then HA is disabled for this virtual machine.
If set to high, then virtual machine with this priority have a higher chance of powering on after a failure, when there is insufficient capacity on hosts to meet all virtual machine needs.
If set to medium, then virtual machine with this priority have an intermediate chance of powering on after a failure, when there is insufficient capacity on hosts to meet all virtual machine needs.
If set to low, then virtual machine with this priority have a lower chance of powering on after a failure, when there is insufficient capacity on hosts to meet all virtual machine needs.
ha_vm_failure_interval
-
added in 2.8
Default:
30
The number of seconds after which virtual machine is declared as failed if no heartbeat has been received.
This setting is only valid if ha_vm_monitoring is set to, either vmAndAppMonitoring or vmMonitoringOnly.
Unit is seconds.
ha_vm_max_failure_window
-
added in 2.8
Default:
-1
The number of seconds for the window during which up to ha_vm_max_failures resets can occur before automated responses stop.
This setting is only valid if ha_vm_monitoring is set to, either vmAndAppMonitoring or vmMonitoringOnly.
Unit is seconds.
Default specifies no failure window.
ha_vm_max_failures
-
added in 2.8
Default:
3
Maximum number of failures and automated resets allowed during the time that ha_vm_max_failure_window specifies.
This setting is only valid if ha_vm_monitoring is set to, either vmAndAppMonitoring or vmMonitoringOnly.
ha_vm_min_up_time
-
added in 2.8
Default:
120
The number of seconds for the virtual machine's heartbeats to stabilize after the virtual machine has been powered on.
This setting is only valid if ha_vm_monitoring is set to, either vmAndAppMonitoring or vmMonitoringOnly.
Unit is seconds.
ha_vm_monitoring
-
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • vmAndAppMonitoring
  • vmMonitoringOnly
  • vmMonitoringDisabled ←
Indicates the state of virtual machine health monitoring service.
If set to vmAndAppMonitoring, HA response to both virtual machine and application heartbeat failure.
If set to vmMonitoringDisabled, virtual machine health monitoring is disabled.
If set to vmMonitoringOnly, HA response to virtual machine heartbeat failure.
If enable_ha is set to no, then this value is ignored.
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
added in 2.5
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.
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Create present or remove absent a VMware vSphere cluster.
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
    Choices:
  • 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 yes, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
vsan_auto_claim_storage
boolean
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Determines whether the VSAN service is configured to automatically claim local storage on VSAN-enabled hosts in the cluster.

Examples

- name: Create Cluster
  vmware_cluster:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: datacenter
    cluster_name: cluster
    enable_ha: yes
    enable_drs: yes
    enable_vsan: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create Cluster with additional changes
  vmware_cluster:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
    validate_certs: no
    datacenter_name: DC0
    cluster_name: "{{ cluster_name }}"
    enable_ha: True
    ha_vm_monitoring: vmMonitoringOnly
    enable_drs: True
    drs_default_vm_behavior: partiallyAutomated
    enable_vsan: True
  register: cl_result
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete Cluster
  vmware_cluster:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_server }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_user }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_pass }}"
    datacenter_name: datacenter
    cluster_name: cluster
    enable_ha: yes
    enable_drs: yes
    enable_vsan: yes
    state: absent

Status

Authors

  • Joseph Callen (@jcpowermac)

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

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