From 63077104858a926fae189af0576486d6a5f14125 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Megan Marsh Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:26:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] document workaround for upstream bug --- .../pages/docs/post-processors/vsphere-template.mdx | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/pages/docs/post-processors/vsphere-template.mdx b/website/pages/docs/post-processors/vsphere-template.mdx index eaa944b0e..0ef48e8f0 100644 --- a/website/pages/docs/post-processors/vsphere-template.mdx +++ b/website/pages/docs/post-processors/vsphere-template.mdx @@ -157,3 +157,13 @@ And this role must be authorized on the: The destination folder (not on Datastore, on the Vsphere logical view) The network to be assigned The destination datastore. + +# Troubleshooting + +Some users have reported that vSphere templates created from local VMWare builds +get their boot order reset to cdrom only instead of the original boot order +defined by the template. If this issue affects you, the solution is to set +`"bios.hddOrder": "scsi0:0"` in your builder's vmx_data. + +Packer doesn't automatically do this for you because it causes strange upload +behavior in certain versions of ovftool. \ No newline at end of file