VM does not boot

[rezagol99]

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Overview of the Issue

I am trying to build a VM to run in VMware vSphere using the Packer vsphere-iso plugin. Packer hangs on "Waiting for IP". I see that the VM is powered-on, but nothing is running on the console. Looks like that it can not boot. I have the following versions: Packer: version 1.9.1 VMware ESXi: version 7.0 U3 vCenter: ESXi compatibility Version 7.0 U2. This was originally set for ESX5.5and I upgraded that to ESXi 7.0 U2

Reproduction Steps

Just run the attached packer file on a similar VMware setup. Packer starts and hangs on "Waiting for IP"

Packer version

1.9.1 From packer version

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Operating system and Environment details

The VM is the Windows Server 2019 built on top of ESXi 7.0 U3

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Set the env var PACKER_LOG=1 for maximum log detail. Packer-output.txt MyFiles.zip

[tenthirtyam]

Please transfer to hashicorp/packer-plugin-vsphere.

cc @nywilken

[tenthirtyam]

@rezagol99 - a couple questions:

• Are you statically setting the IP or using DHCP?
• Do you see an address reported in the vSphere Client?
• Does your Packer host have the ability to the network of the guest using SSH (or WinRM for Windows)?
• Do you have more than one network adapter assigned to the build configuration?

[tenthirtyam]

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