'Creates a new placement group.
:param name: The name for the new placement group
:type name: ``str``
:rtype: ``bool``'

def ex_create_placement_group(self, name):

    params = {'Action': 'CreatePlacementGroup', 'Strategy': 'cluster', 'GroupName': name}
    response = self.connection.request(self.path, params=params).object
    return self._get_boolean(response)
