Import of 4.1 VMs in vSphere 6

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  You can try if it works:

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  + New-DrsRule < < < <-Cluster (Cluster-Get-name $DRSR.cluster)-name DRSR. Name - Enabled $True - KeepTogether $False - VM (VM - Get $DRSR.vms)
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (:)) [new DrsRule], VimException)
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  Thank you.

  You are right, the New-DrsRule cmdlet when it is used for an anti-affinite rule limits the number of guests to 2.

  I suspect that this is for historical reasons.

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  }