Hi.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
# mukarram
On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 7:22:09 PM UTC-8, Mukarram wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
> I know you've seen this problem before, however I am having the issue now.
> I have tried these settings about a 100 times in the last 2 days but none
> of them work.
>
> Basically the "vm_data_post" does not work...at least it looks that way:
>
> I tried this:
> "vmx_data_post": {
> "ide1:0.startConnected": "TRUE",
> "ide1:0.clientDevice": "TRUE",
> "ide1:0.fileName": "emptyBackingString"
> },
>
> This:
> "vmx_data_post": {
> "ide1:0.deviceType" : "atapi-cdrom",
> "ide1:0.fileName" : "emptyBackingString",
> "ide1:0.present" : "TRUE",
> "ide1:0.clientDevice" : "TRUE"
> },
>
> And also I tried the "inline" in the "post-processor" section with the
> "vmware-cmd" script, that also didn't work. It "invalidates" the VM.
> So before I create the template, I start the VM, try to disconnect the
> "CD/DVD drive 1" and then power off the VM.
>
> "post-processors": [
> [
> {
> "inline": [
> "/opt/scripts/vmware-perl-sdk/bin/vmware-cmd -U {{ user
> `source_esxi_user` }} -P {{ user `source_esxi_password` }} -H {{ user
> `VCENTER_IP` }} --vihost {{ user `REMOTE_ESXI` }} /vmfs/volumes/{{ user
> `REMOTE_DATASTORE` }}/output-vmware-iso/{{ user `vm_name` }}.vmx start
> soft",
> "/opt/scripts/vmware-perl-sdk/bin/vmware-cmd -U {{ user
> `source_esxi_user` }} -P {{ user `source_esxi_password` }} -H {{ user
> `VCENTER_IP` }} --vihost {{ user `REMOTE_ESXI` }} /vmfs/volumes/{{ user
> `REMOTE_DATASTORE` }}/output-vmware-iso/{{ user `vm_name` }}.vmx
> disconnectdevice \"CD/DVD drive 1\"",
> "/opt/scripts/vmware-perl-sdk/bin/vmware-cmd -U {{ user
> `source_esxi_user` }} -P {{ user `source_esxi_password` }} -H {{ user
> `VCENTER_IP` }} --vihost {{ user `REMOTE_ESXI` }} /vmfs/volumes/{{ user
> `REMOTE_DATASTORE` }}/output-vmware-iso/{{ user `vm_name` }}.vmx suspend
> soft"
> ],
> "type": "shell-local"
> }
> ]
>
> So I am outta luck now.
>
> Please help.
>
> # mukarram
>
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