Did you follow the instructions here? https://packer.io/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html#building-on-a-remote-vsphere-hypervisor
With the excli command mentioned above you should get the IP of the VM if guestiohack have been enabled. On Tue, Sep 3, 2019, 11:04 Thorsten Baumeister <thorsten_baumeis...@gmx.de> wrote: > The Ubuntu Installer prints: "Network autoconfiguration has succeeded". > > The command 'esxcli network ip interface list' just lists the network > interace of the server, but if I do a 'esxcli vm process list', the machine > gets listed between all the others VMs running on the server. > xxxx-ubuntu-18.04 > World ID: 27543498 > Process ID: 0 > VMX Cartel ID: 27543497 > UUID: 56 4d a2 2c 40 4e 41 08-7d 3c 34 86 57 dc fa 9b > Display Name: xxxx-ubuntu-18.04 > Config File: > /vmfs/volumes/59c0ffa0-c794a290-37b2-001cc4972452/xxxx-ubuntu-18.04/xxxx-ubuntu-18.04.vmx > > The problem exists regardless using a E1000 or a VMXNET3 NIC. > > > Am Montag, 2. September 2019 19:52:24 UTC+2 schrieb Rickard von Essen: >> >> What's the exact output when you say there is a successful dhcp message? >> >> If you log into the ESXi, in the excli is the machine listed in: >> network ip interface list >> >> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019, 17:58 Thorsten Baumeister <thorsten_...@gmx.de> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I use packer 1.4.3 on Unbuntu 16.04 to build an Ubuntu 18.05 VM on an >>> ESXi-Server 6.0.0. >>> The "vmware-iso" builder manages to create, register and boot the VM and >>> it starts the installation. I can follow the steps at the console of the >>> vSphere Client. >>> After the DHCP-query the installation stalls: the last output the Ubuntu >>> installer generates is the success statement of the DHCP-query. After that >>> the text vanishes and nothing else happens until the time limit is reached >>> and the builder destroys the VM. >>> If I interrupt the network configuration via DHCP (by clicking "Cancel" >>> in the installer) and fill in the network parameters by hand, everything >>> works fine. The builder generates the machine and it get's exported. >>> Has anyone a tip for me? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Thorsten >>> >>> -- >>> 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/a617b2c1-9077-4119-83b7-3b574697f04f%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/a617b2c1-9077-4119-83b7-3b574697f04f%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 packer-tool+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/addfa1b9-8404-4d39-ac7c-1975bfb2bce4%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/addfa1b9-8404-4d39-ac7c-1975bfb2bce4%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 packer-tool+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt_hfTORn5ZnsvbvBJiJGxOj7RHDVC%2BJBpP26eTK%3DkSOXg%40mail.gmail.com.
