Hi Alvaro, Thanks for the info. Finally I found another way to get past this issue of vmxnet3. create-vm.json attached. (Note : in json file i have to set "ethernet0.virtualDev": "e1000" , otherwise packer build fails.)
After running packer build myjsonfile and i see VM getting registered on esx in debug text, I'm using vsphere powercli to modify the network adapter to vmxnet3 type online. get-vm packer-vm | get-networkadapter|set-networkadapter -networkname "vlan2" -type vmxnet3 -connected:$true -confirm:$false I tested on centos7, the vmxnet3 driver is gettign loaded only after shutdown and power on, (if I just reboot instead of shutdown first time e1000 driver loaded). Thanks again Alvaro, your help is much appreciated. On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 11:48:36 PM UTC+5:30, Alvaro Miranda Aguilera wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Anil Dasmala <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> vmxnet3 > > > Hello > > What he did is a new file.go that you can use to patch packer and build a > new binary. > > I think will be easier to ask him for a build version (binary) to test. > > Other option is create a custom iso / initrd > > > https://vmwire.com/2011/06/11/vmware-tools-rpm-installation-with-pxeboot-and-kickstart-3/ > > > Can you share your packer templates and scripts? > > I have an ESX 5.5 where I can test > > > -- > Alvaro > (+31)103400555 > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/f1ecf513-a684-48f5-af7f-e4ccf2dc6d80%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
create-vm.json
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