We will now try to carry out some higher-level infrastructure management. We will try to create a VMware cluster and add an ESXi host to it:

---
- name: Create a VMware cluster and populate it
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: False
  tasks:
    - name: Create a VMware virtual cluster
      vmware_cluster:
          hostname: 'vcenter.edu.lab'
          username: '[email protected]'
          password: 'VMp@55w0rd'
          datecenter: 'vcenter.edu.lab'
          validate_certs: no
          cluster_name: "LabCluster"
          state: present
          enable_ha: yes 
          enable_drs: yes
          enable_vsan: no 

    - name: Add a VMware ESXi host to the newly created 
      Cluster
      vmware_host:
          hostname: 'vcenter.edu.lab'
          username: '[email protected]'
          password: 'VMp@55w0rd'
          datecenter: 'vcenter.edu.lab'
          validate_certs: no
          cluster_name: " LabCluster "
          esxi_hostname: "esxi1.lab.edu"
          esxi_username: "root"
          esxi_password: "E5X1P@55w0rd"
          state: present

These playbooks can replace both the PowerCLI commands that are used to manage the VCenter and the manual process of accessing the Windows client or the web interface to manage hosts and clusters.