Yes, I have used vmware-iso builder on a remote host. On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:09:24 AM UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> > 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. >>>>>> 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/0f5b9b82-4cba-4e8c-81c9-5bfa2e803119%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/0f5b9b82-4cba-4e8c-81c9-5bfa2e803119%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines >>>>> - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. 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