I did a bit of digging and The *Disk_type_Id* value uses the numbers Only if you are using Desktop VmWare Clients, I used ESXi and the values are different; In the link below you can find the different Options
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1022242 <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nk44Dlk1NRY/Wmuv4eGXLKI/AAAAAAAAPjA/c3uhWwOxjN4zCK4_goH4bWhWZqrazi0cwCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-01-27%2Bat%2B11.46.23%2BAM.png> On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 11:33:16 AM UTC+13, Gabo Kete wrote: > > If you use ESXi 6.x, I used the following > > "disk_type_id":"thin", > > So better check the documentation based on the ESXi version you are > running on > > On Friday, January 26, 2018 at 2:30:08 PM UTC+13, [email protected] wrote: >> >> https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/346 >> >> -t [0|1|2|3|4|5] Specifies the virtual disk type. This option is required >> when you create or convert >> a virtual disk. Choose one of the following types: >> 0 – create a growable virtual disk contained in a single file (monolithic >> sparse). >> 1 – create a growable virtual disk split into 2GB files (split sparse). >> 2 – create a preallocated virtual disk contained in a single file >> (monolithic flat). >> 3 – create a preallocated virtual disk split into 2GB files (split flat). >> 4 – create a preallocated virtual disk compatible with ESX server (VMFS >> flat). >> 5 – create a compressed disk optimized for streaming >> >> -- 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/c1d611c2-d951-4318-b8dd-9eb2748f71bb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
