Hi all,

Having some issues using Packer and the vsphere-iso builder to create a 
Windows VM in vSphere.
VM to be created: Windows 2019 STD
vSphere version: 6.5 (vCenter and ESXi)
Packer version: 1.3.5
vSphere-iso version: 2.3

The problem is, I need to load two ISO files:  One for the Windows install 
and one for the VMWare tools install.
If I load both from a datatore using "iso_paths" it works great, the first 
CD drive mounts the Windows iso and the second one mounts the VMware Tools 
iso and I get the VM created.

If I load the Windows iso from a url using "iso_urls" and the VMware tools 
from the datastore using "iso_paths" then I get the VMware Tools loaded in 
the first CD drive and the Windows iso on the second CD drive and of course 
this doesn't work since the VM is trying to boot using the first drive.

Is there a way to force the CDs to load in the correct order?  or what 
other way can I install the VMware tools?  If I don't install VMware tools 
the build never finishes because it either never gets an IP address (when 
using vmxnet3 adapter) or gets an IP but somehow doesn't report it back to 
Packer (when using e1000 adapter).

Any help is appreciated, thanks

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