VMware vSphere vCenter Server 4.0 - Manual (Page 51)

12 Select a location for the swapfiles of your virtual machines.
You can either store a swapfile in the same directory as the virtual machine itself, or a datastore specified
by the host (host-local swap)
13 Click Next.
14 Review the summary page that lists the options you selected.
15 Click Finish to complete cluster creation, or click Back to go back and make modifications to the cluster
setup.
A new cluster does not include any hosts or virtual machines.
To add hosts and virtual machines to the cluster see
“Adding Hosts to a Cluster,” on page 55 and “Removing
Virtual Machines from a Cluster,” on page 57.
Set a Custom Automation Level for a Virtual Machine
After you create a DRS cluster, you can customize the automation level for individual virtual machines to
override the cluster’s default automation level.
Procedure
1 Select the cluster in the vSphere Client inventory.
2 Right-click and select Edit Settings.
3 In the Cluster Settings dialog box, under VMware DRS select Virtual Machine Options.
4 Select the Enable individual virtual machine automation levels check box.
5 Select an individual virtual machine, or select multiple virtual machines.
6 Right-click and select an automation mode.
7 Click OK.
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Other VMware products or features, such as VMware vApp and VMware Fault Tolerance, might
override the automation levels of virtual machines in a DRS cluster. Refer to the product-specific
documentation for details.
Disable DRS
You can turn off DRS for a cluster.
When DRS is disabled, the cluster’s resource pool hierarchy and DRS rules (see
“Using DRS Rules,” on
page 53) are not reestablished when DRS is turned back on. So if you disable DRS, the resource pools are
removed from the cluster. To avoid losing the resource pools, instead of disabling DRS, you should suspend
it by changing the DRS automation level to manual (and disabling any virtual machine overrides). This
prevents automatic DRS actions, but preserves the resource pool hierarchy.
Procedure
1 Select the cluster in the vSphere Client inventory.
2 Right click and select Edit Settings.
3 In the left panel, select General, and deselect the Turn On VMware DRScheck box.
4 Click OK to turn off DRS.
Chapter 5 Creating a DRS Cluster
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