I'm a bit confused here, do you use the vmware-iso builder on a remote host (ESXi)?
On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 05:15 Pearl D'Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > Setting the "disk_type_id" to "5" leads the the following error: > > [image: packer_error.PNG] > > Following is the snippet of my packer configuration: > > "builders": [ > { > "type": "vmware-iso", > "format": "ovf", > "skip_export": true, > "iso_url": "{{user `url`}}", > "iso_checksum": "{{user `checksum`}}", > "iso_checksum_type": "sha256", > "ssh_username": "{{user `ssh_username`}}", > "ssh_password": "{{user `ssh_password`}}", > "ssh_wait_timeout": "30m", > "cpus": "4", > "memory": "32000", > "disk_size": "680000", > "disk_type_id": "5", > "headless": false, > . . . > . . . > } ], > > > Any pointers as to where I am going wrong? > > On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 4:29:02 PM UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen > wrote: >> >> Post your template and a debug output from running Packer with >> PACKER_LOG=1. >> >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019, 12:48 Pearl Dsilva <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes I did, setting disk_type_id to the numeric values causes the packer >>> build to fail. However, setting it to "thin" lead to the build to proceed, >>> however the disk is thick provisioned eager zeroed >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019, 4:14 PM Rickard von Essen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Have you looked at >>>> https://packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#disk_type_id ? >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019, 11:33 Pearl D'Silva <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am trying to enable thin provisioning for the disk by using the >>>>> following: "disk_type_id": "thin", However, on vCenter, when the VM is >>>>> being provisioned, I notice that the hard disk type is set to "Thick >>>>> Provision Eager Zeroed". Any pointers on what could be causing this issue >>>>> would be really helpful. >>>>> >>>>> The partitioning recipe in the preseed file is as follows: >>>>> d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ >>>>> boot-root :: \ >>>>> 1 1 1 free method{ biosgrub } . \ >>>>> 250 250 250 ext2 \ >>>>> $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ >>>>> method{ format } format{ } \ >>>>> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext2 } \ >>>>> mountpoint{ /boot } \ >>>>> . \ >>>>> 500 180000 180000 ext4 \ >>>>> lv_name{ root } \ >>>>> method{ lvm } format{ } \ >>>>> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ >>>>> mountpoint{ / } \ >>>>> $lvmok{ } \ >>>>> . \ >>>>> 500 500000 500000 xfs \ >>>>> lv_name{ data } \ >>>>> method{ lvm } format{ } \ >>>>> use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ xfs } \ >>>>> mountpoint{ /data } \ >>>>> $lvmok{ } \ >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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