Add support for datastore cluster storage

[ghost]

This issue was originally opened by @vheon as hashicorp/packer#10004. It was migrated here as a result of the Packer plugin split. The original body of the issue is below.

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Description

From the documentation doesn't seems to be possible to have a packer build with the vsphere-iso builder specifying a Storage DRS, only a specific Datastore is allowed. I've tried to set the Storage DRS name as the datastore property but it fails with:

==> vsphere-iso.packer-build-name: error creating vm: datastore 'Storage-DRS-name' not found

Use Case(s)

Usually using the Storage DRS allows to keep the same configuration even if new datastores are added for more storage.

Potential configuration

I'm not sure if new configuration would be required. Packer could first search for Storage DRS and look for a match of the datastore property and if found use it otherwise look for a match of single datastores.

Potential References

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-827DBD6D-08B7-4411-9214-9E126671457F.html

[tenthirtyam]

Recommend updating the context of this issue. The enhancement request is the to support a datastore cluster.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-A2294106-A2B5-4AE4-8F45-9D22B20B5146.html

Ryan

[FlorianLaunay]

Hi @tenthirtyam. It may be a fantastic feature! Will it be planned in the next milestone ?

[DonBower]

This seems like a highly valued feature. Is there an ETA?

[Shackelford-Arden]

I wanted to note that Terraform currently supports using datastore clusters:

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/vsphere/latest/docs/data-sources/datastore_cluster

Would be nice to be able to follow a similar pattern here in Packer.

[tenthirtyam]

Labels updated. The scope would need cover each of the builders a post-processors.

[Zheer09]

This is very essential to have and this might be a blocker for us that we don't have this feature , as we have up coming project we really needed this feature.

We would appreciate if this feature will be available soon in v1.4.1 @tenthirtyam.

[tenthirtyam]

Per the milestones, this would be targeted for v1.8.0 minor release based on priorities and available personal time to work on the project.

[Zheer09]

Appreciated your hard work