vmware_cluster – Manage VMware vSphere clusters

Synopsis

  • Adds or removes VMware vSphere clusters.

  • Although this module can manage DRS, HA and VSAN related configurations, this functionality is deprecated and will be removed in 2.12.

  • To manage DRS, HA and VSAN related configurations, use the new modules vmware_cluster_drs, vmware_cluster_ha and vmware_cluster_vsan.

  • 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
string / required
The name of the cluster to be managed.
datacenter
string / 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.
Use drs_default_vm_behavior of vmware_cluster_drs instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use drs_enable_vm_behavior_overrides of vmware_cluster_drs instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
drs_vmotion_rate
-
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3 ←
  • 4
  • 5
Threshold for generated ClusterRecommendations.
Use drs_vmotion_rate of vmware_cluster_drs instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
enable_drs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes, will enable DRS when the cluster is created.
Use enable_drs of vmware_cluster_drs instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
enable_ha
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes will enable HA when the cluster is created.
Use enable_ha of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
enable_vsan
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes will enable vSAN when the cluster is created.
Use enable_vsan of vmware_cluster_vsan instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use slot_based_admission_control, reservation_based_admission_control or failover_host_admission_control of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use slot_based_admission_control, reservation_based_admission_control or failover_host_admission_control of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use ha_host_monitoring of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use ha_restart_priority of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use ha_vm_failure_interval of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use ha_vm_max_failure_window of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use ha_vm_max_failures of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use ha_vm_min_up_time of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
Use ha_vm_monitoring of vmware_cluster_ha instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.
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.
ignore_drs
boolean
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes, DRS will not be configured; all explicit and default DRS related configurations will be ignored.
ignore_ha
boolean
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes, HA will not be configured; all explicit and default HA related configurations will be ignored.
ignore_vsan
boolean
added in 2.9
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If set to yes, VSAN will not be configured; all explicit and default VSAN related configurations will be ignored.
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.
proxy_host
string
added in 2.9
Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.
The format is a hostname or a IP.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.
This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port
integer
added in 2.9
Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.
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.
Use vsan_auto_claim_storage of vmware_cluster_vsan instead.
Deprecated option, will be removed in version 2.12.

See Also

See also

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

The official documentation on the vmware_cluster_drs module.

vmware_cluster_ha – Manage High Availability (HA) on VMware vSphere clusters

The official documentation on the vmware_cluster_ha module.

vmware_cluster_vsan – Manages virtual storage area network (vSAN) configuration on VMware vSphere clusters

The official documentation on the vmware_cluster_vsan module.

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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