I am giving the disk_type_id as a string, but still am facing the issue. On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 10:40 AM Rickard von Essen < rickard.von.es...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You are supposed to use the strings and not the numbers. See > https://packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#disk_type_id > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 07:00 Pearl D'Silva <pearl1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 <pear...@gmail.com> 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 <pearl...@rubrik.com> 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 <rickard...@gmail.com> >>>>>> 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 <pear...@gmail.com> 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 packe...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>> 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 packe...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt_4_KL_L%2BaR%3DwEz3magJ5tLwouwmt%2Bt1Z%2ByWBcy1W3%2B2Q%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt_4_KL_L%2BaR%3DwEz3magJ5tLwouwmt%2Bt1Z%2ByWBcy1W3%2B2Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 packe...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAA5LV_ayh%2BCaFOvxq1Cn2shT-SxeiQVk1coazLYPBVr%2BABc%3D9g%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CAA5LV_ayh%2BCaFOvxq1Cn2shT-SxeiQVk1coazLYPBVr%2BABc%3D9g%40mail.gmail.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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