Hello. I can think on 2 options.
1. you run the VM converter and convert the VM before giving it to your customer. 2. Install ESXi host, and either build/convert a VM and then use OVFTool to export as OVA. That will be from ESXi to ESXi. Alvaro. On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 7:40 PM Elisiário Couto <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I use packer to build some appliances. Everything is working properly for > every target hypervisor except with the vmware-iso. My "builder" machine > has Workstation Player 12 installed. The build process is working but when > I try to import the VM in a ESXi 6 host, I get the following error > "Unsupported or invalid disk type 7". According to VMware KB > <https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1028943>, this error occurs if a virtual > machine that is meant for VMware Hosted products such as VMware > Workstation, VMware Player or VMware Fusion is powered-on on an ESX/ESXi > host. > My goal is to build a VM without my costumer having to do some manual > steps like converting the disk and so on. No matter how many times I read > the documentation, I'm having problems building a ESXi-compatible VM with > Workstation Player. The disk_type_id apparently does not work, even though > the documentation states that disk_type_id 4 is ESX compatible. > > Does anyone know how to build a ESXi-compatible VM without a ESXi host? > > Thanks in advance > > -- > 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/832029b0-8054-49f3-b8ae-f6753705358d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/832029b0-8054-49f3-b8ae-f6753705358d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alvaro -- 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/CAHqq0ezQOD1aum1_59tG5cynkCYKMAZKu0AOnzJyR1-%3D7yNu-w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
