looks like you access is being rejected when it tries to ssh into the vmware... can you look into your json file and find the *ssh_username *and* ssh_password entries *and try to logging into your vmware with those values and check if it works
On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 8:51:13 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > Hi everyone, I am building an image and during the build I have the > following error below. Any clue of what it can be ? > > 2021/02/02 16:44:57 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening new > ssh session > 2021/02/02 16:44:57 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting > remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 221 > 2021/02/02 16:44:58 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [ERROR] Remote > command exited with '1': vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 221 > 2021/02/02 16:45:17 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening new > ssh session > 2021/02/02 16:45:17 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting > remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 221 > 2021/02/02 16:45:18 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening new > ssh session > ==> vmware-iso: Error starting VM: Retry limit exceeded > 2021/02/02 16:45:18 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting > remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 221 > ==> vmware-iso: Destroying virtual machine... > 2021/02/02 16:45:18 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening new > ssh session > 2021/02/02 16:45:18 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting > remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/destroy 221 > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening new > ssh session > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting > remote command: test ! -e "/vmfs/volumes/DataStorage/Appliance2_dev" > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] Opening new > ssh session > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [DEBUG] starting > remote command: test -e "/vmfs/volumes/DataStorage/Appliance2_dev" > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 packer-builder-vmware-iso plugin: [ERROR] Remote > command exited with '1': test -e "/vmfs/volumes/DataStorage/Appliance2_dev" > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 [INFO] (telemetry) ending vmware-iso > ==> Wait completed after 3 minutes 44 seconds > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 machine readable: error-count []string{"1"} > ==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors: > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 machine readable: vmware-iso,error []string{"Error > starting VM: Retry limit exceeded"} > ==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created. > 2021/02/02 16:45:19 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing. > Build 'vmware-iso' errored after 3 minutes 44 seconds: Error starting VM: > Retry limit exceeded > -- 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/hashicorp/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/4071302d-8f6b-4cbf-ab0c-f6d5bf0bc842n%40googlegroups.com.
