when you weite 1.1.3/1.1.2 have issues, that means 1.1.1 and earlier do
have not ?

What os is the guest os ?

Alvaro



On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Mukarram <[email protected]> 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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