Hey all, Am using Packer version 1.2.1 Host Platform - ESXi 5.0
Am using Packer to create a Windows 7 image against one of our ESXi 5.0 hosts. Now, as the remote_type is esxi5, I didn't perceive any issues. However, as the default virtualHW.version is 9, I have specified "virtualHW.version": "8" in the "vmx_data" section of my JSON file. I also specified "version": 8 in the Builders section of the JSON file. When Packer tries building and writing the VMX file, the VM is registered on the ESXi host as 'unknown'. The VM fails to start and is then deleted as part of the clean-up process. Before the VM is deleted, I downloaded the VMX file and noted that virtualhw.version = "9". Does anyone know why? I am explicitly setting the virtual hardware version to 8 in the JSON file but it is being ignored. The ESXi host is being managed by a vCenter server (I am targeting the ESXi host directly) but is not part of any cluster so wondering if this is anything to do with it. Any clues as to why I am seeing this issue would be gratefully received. Cheers, Dave. -- 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/031bc20c-7701-4e77-b906-852eb6740c4c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
