Hi, The issue was not wrt to the configuration, but the backend storage type being used. Thanks a lot for the support.
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 11:50:28 AM UTC+5:30, Rickard von Essen wrote: > > Provide your complete template, all scripts etc and the full output of a > build with PACKER_LOG=1 set. Also what the output of whatever command you > run to inspect the result and what exact version of ESXi you are using. > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 07:39 Pearl Dsilva <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> 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 <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> 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 <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> 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 <[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 - 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