Hi all, I'm migrating from RKE1 (now deprecated) to RKE2 and encountering an issue with datastore cluster provisioning in vSphere 8. Environment*:*

Rancher: 2.12.3

vSphere: 8

Datastore cluster with multiple datastores (DRS balancing required)

When provisioning RKE2 clusters, all VMs are being created on a single datastore instead of being distributed across the datastore cluster via DRS. This happens with both provisioning methods I've tried: Method 1: Terraform Provider Using the official Rancher provider (https://registry.terraform.io/providers/rancher/rancher2/latest/docs):

rancher2_cluster_v2

rancher2_machine_config_v2

The

rancher2_machine_config_v2

module supports datastore cluster configuration (as does the Rancher API), but machine pools still create all VMs in one datastore. Method 2: Cluster Templates Following the documentation: https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/new-user-guides/manage-cluster-templates https://github.com/rancher/cluster-template-examples Datastore cluster is supported here as well, but same result - all VMs land on a single datastore. RKE1 clusters provision correctly with proper DRS distribution across multiple datastores using the same configuration. Has anyone experienced this issue with RKE2? Is there a workaround or specific configuration needed to enable proper datastore cluster DRS balancing for RKE2 machine pools? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!