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Set-DrsClusterGroup

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NAME Set-DrsClusterGroup



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet adds or removes either virtual machines or VM hosts to or from the specified DRS cluster group,

depending on the used parameter set.





SYNTAX

Set-DrsClusterGroup [-DrsClusterGroup] <DrsClusterGroup> [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [-Add] [-Remove] [-RunAsync]

[-Server <VIServer[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]



Set-DrsClusterGroup [-DrsClusterGroup] <DrsClusterGroup> [-VMHost] <VMHost[]> [-Add] [-Remove] [-RunAsync]

[-Server <VIServer[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet adds or removes either virtual machines or VM hosts to or from the specified DRS cluster group,

depending on the used parameter set. You must either specify the Add or Remove parameter for both parameter sets.

If not specified, you receive a terminating error.





PARAMETERS

-Add [<SwitchParameter>]

Specifies that you want to add virtual machines or VM hosts to the DRS cluster group.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-DrsClusterGroup <DrsClusterGroup>

Specifies the DRS cluster group you want to modify.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Remove [<SwitchParameter>]

Specifies that you want to remove virtual machines or VM hosts from the DRS cluster group.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-RunAsync [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the

output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter run "help

About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Server <VIServer[]>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this

parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the

description of Connect-VIServer.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-VM <VirtualMachine[]>

Specifies the virtual machines which you want to add or remove to or from the specified DRS cluster group.



Required? true

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-VMHost <VMHost[]>

Specifies the VM hosts which you want to add or remove to or from the specified DRS cluster group.



Required? true

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]

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 False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are

modified.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

Zero or more modified DrsClusterGroup objects







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



$vm = Get-VM "MyVM"

Get-DrsClusterGroup "MyClusterGroup" | Set-DrsClusterGroup -VM $vm -Add



Adds the "MyVM" virtual machine to the "MyClusterGroup" DRS cluster group by using a pipeline.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------



$vmhost = Get-VMHost "MyVMHost"

Get-DrsClusterGroup "MyClusterGroup" | Set-DrsClusterGroup -VMHost $vmhost -Remove



Removes the "MyVMHost" VM host from the "MyClusterGroup" DRS cluster group by using a pipeline.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... Group.html

Get-DrsClusterGroup

New-DrsClusterGroup

Remove-DrsClusterGroup