The navigation options are not appearing during the creation of DRS VM Groups

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

Unable to view the complete list of virtual machines in the inventory when attempting to add them to DRS VM Groups.

Cause

An issue identified with the vCenter 8.0 user interface.

Resolution

The issue has been resolved in vCenter version 8.0 Update 3e.

Additional Information

As a workaround can use PowerCLI to create the VM Groups

https://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2017/06/spotlight-new-drs-cmdlets.html

Get-DRSClusterGroup

Retrieves DRS VM and host groups from a DRS-enabled cluster.

New-DRSClusterGroup

Creates a new DRS VM group or host group in a specified cluster.

Example:

New-DRSClusterGroup -Cluster Cluster01 -Name "WebTierGroup" -VM $vmList

Set-DRSClusterGroup

Modifies an existing group (e.g., add or remove VMs or hosts).

Remove-DRSClusterGroup

Deletes a specified DRS group from the cluster.

Get-DRSClusterRule

Retrieves existing DRS rules (like affinity/anti-affinity rules).

New-DRSClusterRule

Creates a new DRS rule for VM-to-VM or VM-to-host relationships.

New-DRSClusterRule -Cluster Cluster01 -Name "KeepWebTogether" -Enabled $true -KeepTogether -VMGroup $webVMGroup

Set-DRSClusterRule

Updates properties of an existing rule (e.g., enable/disable).

Remove-DRSClusterRule

Deletes a DRS rule.