The VMware.vSphereDSC module is extended with the following new features:
New DSC Resources:
- DatastoreCluster: DSC Resource that is used to create, modify and remove Datastore Clusters in the specified Datacenter on the specified vCenter Server.
- DRSRule: DSC Resource: that is used to create, modify and remove DRS rules for the specified Cluster.
- DatastoreClusterAddDatastore: DSC Resource that is used to add Datastores to the specified Datastore Cluster.
- VMHostVdsNic: DSC Resource that is used to modify the settings or remove VMKernel NICs connected to the specified Distributed Port Group on the specified VDSwitch.
- VMHostStorage: DSC Resource that is used to enable or disable the software iSCSI support for the specified VMHost.
- VMHostIScsiHbaVMKernelNic: DSC Resource that is used to bind/unbind VMKernel Network Adapters to/from the specified iSCSI Host Bus Adapter.
Extended DSC Resources:
- VMHostVDSwitchMigration DSC Resource: Added a new MigratePhysicalNicsOnly parameter to allow the user to choose to migrate only Physical Network Adapters. Extended the DSC Resource to create distributed port groups with VLAN ID.
- VMHostIScsiHba DSC Resource: Added IScsiName property to configure the IScsiName of the IScsiHba.
- VDPortGroup DSC Resource: Added VLanId property to configure the VLanId for a Distributed Port Group.
Bugfixes:
- VMHostAccount DSC Resource: Fixed the bug with determiting the desired state, when the ESXi account password should be changed.
- VMHostVDSwitchMigration DSC Resource: Fixed the bug with migrating Physical Network Adapters to VDSwitch. The Physical Network Adapters should be migrated with the VMKernel Network Adapters to avoid connectivity loss for the ESXi during the migration.
- VMHostVssTeaming DSC Resource: Fixed bugs with physical network adapters when updating the teaming policy of the standard switch.
- NfsDatastore DSC Resource: Moved name validation to VmfsDatastore DSC Resource due to not being applicable for NfsDatastores.