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Orf Gelbrich
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee
Task Name

Get best Datastore and get best ESXi host

Description

Prerequisites
  1. Tested on 5.4
CategoryWorkflow
ComponentsvSphere 5.x
User Inputs
Output

Instructions for Regular Workflow Use:

  1. Download the attached .ZIP file below to your computer. *Remember the location of the saved file on your computer.
  2. Unzip the file on your computer. Should end up with a .WFD file.
  3. Log in to UCS Director as a user that has "system-admin" privileges.
  4. Navigate to "Policies-->Orchestration" and click on "Import".
  5. Click "Browse" and navigate to the location on your computer where the .WFDX file resides. Choose the .WFDX file and click "Open".
  6. Click "Upload" and then "OK" once the file upload is completed. Then click "Next".
  7. Click the "Select" button next to "Import Workflows". Click the "Check All" button to check all checkboxes and then the "Select" button.
  8. Click "Submit".
  9. A new folder should appear in "Policies-->Orchestration" that contains the imported workflow. You will now need to update the included tasks with information about the specific environment

Thank you for creating this a big thank you goes out to:  Alejandro Madurga Ainoza

This workflow gets the host from a cluster with the least amount of memory overcommitted and the best datastore with most space availalble.



Comments

Thanks for this Orf, much appreciated!

cristel1221
Level 5
Level 5

i agree with Amanda

ceci13501
Level 5
Level 5

correct!

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