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Add-AntiAffinityRule

Synopsis

Creates a vSphere Anti-Affinity rule

Syntax

Add-AntiAffinityRule [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [-domain] <String>
 [-ruleName] <String> [-antiAffinityVMs] <String> [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Add-AntiAffinityRule cmdlet creates a vSphere Anti-Affinity rule. The cmdlet connects to SDDC Manager using the -server, -user, and -password values:

  • Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to SDDC Manager
  • Validates that network connectivity and authentication is possible to vCenter Server
  • Validates that the anti-affinity rule has not already been created in the vCenter Server inventory
  • Creates the anti-affinity rule in the vCenter Server inventory.

Examples

Example 1

Add-AntiAffinityRule -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user administrator@vsphere.local -pass VMw@re1! -domain sfo-m01 -ruleName sfo-m01-anti-affinity-rule-wsa -antiAffinityVMs "xint-wsa01a,xint-wsa01b,xint-wsa01c"
This example shows how to create a vSphere Anti-Affinity rule in the vCenter Server of the sfo-m01 workload domain

Parameters

-server

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-user

The username to authenticate to the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-pass

The password to authenticate to the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-domain

The VMware Cloud Foundation domain name.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ruleName

The name of the anti-affinity rule to create.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-antiAffinityVMs

The comma separated list of VMs to add to the anti-affinity rule.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 6
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

Progress Action

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.