ConsolidatedCluster Template

The Cluster spreadsheet provides a simple interface for defining server clustering. It is useful when combined with the ClusterGroup and ClusterHostAffinityRule spreadsheets.

Table 1. Columns included with ConsolidatedCluster templates

Column

Details

ClusterID

Type: big integer. Key

The unique identifier for this imported cluster. This may be a string or an integer.

Destination:

ImportedCluster.ExternalID

ClusterName

Type: text (max 128 characters)

The name of the cluster in the external cluster management system.

Destination:

ImportedCluster.ExternalName

ImportedCluster.Name

Namespace

Type: text (max 256 characters). Nullable

Where the cluster is contained: + The fully-qualified domain name (for HyperV clusters) - example: ‘france.thc.myenterprise.com’ + The datacenter name (for VMWare clusters) - example: ‘MelProdDataCenter’

Destination:

ImportedCluster.Namespace

ClusterType

Type: text (max 128 characters)

The kind of cluster. The value must be an exact case-insensitive match to one of the permitted values.

Possible values:

  • vMotion Cluster
  • Hyper-V Cluster
  • Host Affinity Group
  • VM Affinity Group
  • Oracle VM
  • Kubernetes Cluster

Destination:

ImportedCluster.ClusterTypeID

InventoryDate

Type: datetime. Nullable

The date (with optional time) that the cluster last had inventory reported. The date must be entered in one of the supported formats.

Possible values:

  • yyyy/MM/dd
  • yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:Ss
  • yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm
  • yyyy-MM-dd
  • yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:Ss
  • yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm
  • yyyyMMdd
  • yyyyMMdd HH:mm:Ss
  • yyyyMMdd HH:mm

Destination:

ImportedCluster.InventoryDate

InventoryAgent

Type: text (max 64 characters). Nullable

The name of the person or tool that performed the last inventory. For imported spreadsheets, you may wish to include the name of the person preparing the data, in case there is subsequent follow-up required.

Destination:

ImportedCluster.InventoryAgent

DRS

Type: boolean. Nullable

Whether Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is enabled on the cluster.

Possible values:

true, false, 0 or 1

Destination:

ImportedCluster.DRS

DPM

Type: boolean. Nullable

Whether Distributed Power Management (DPM) is enabled on the cluster.

Possible values:

true, false, 0 or 1

Destination:

ImportedCluster.DPM