public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { if(args.length!=3) { System.out.println("Usage: DrsAffRule url username password"); System.exit(-1); } URL url = null; try { url = new URL(args[0]); } catch ( MalformedURLException urlE) { System.out.println("The URL provided is NOT valid. Please check it."); System.exit(-1); } String username = args[1]; String password = args[2]; String drs_obj_id = "domain-c5"; // The reference ID for cluster String vm1_oid = "vm-26"; // The reference ID for VM 1 String vm2_oid = "vm-28"; // The reference ID for VM 2 // initialize the system, set up web services ServiceInstance si = new ServiceInstance(url, username, password, true); //create the MOR object for DRS cluster ManagedObjectReference mref_drs = createMOR("ClusterComputeResource", drs_obj_id); ClusterComputeResource ccr = (ClusterComputeResource ) MorUtil.createExactManagedEntity(si.getServerConnection(), mref_drs); // create a new ClusterConfigSpec and populate it with related data for affinity rule ClusterConfigSpec ccs = new ClusterConfigSpec(); ClusterAffinityRuleSpec cars = new ClusterAffinityRuleSpec(); cars.setName("App and DB Appliance Bundle"); cars.setEnabled(Boolean.TRUE); ManagedObjectReference vm1 = createMOR("VirtualMachine", vm1_oid); ManagedObjectReference vm2 = createMOR("VirtualMachine", vm2_oid); cars.setVm(new ManagedObjectReference[] {vm1, vm2}); ClusterRuleSpec crs = new ClusterRuleSpec(); //*NOTE*: the following setOperation has to be called since operation must be set. crs.setOperation(ArrayUpdateOperation.add); crs.setInfo(cars); ccs.setRulesSpec(new ClusterRuleSpec[] {crs}); // make a call to set the configuration. ccr.reconfigureCluster_Task(ccs, true); si.getServerConnection().logout(); System.out.println("Done with setting affinity rule for DRS cluster."); }