From 4ac6e2a08c4c83e9094d36e468d84f8313823699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Tran <dantran@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 04:21:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Dont check for poweron command error to force retry at state
 check (#3195)

---
 builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go b/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
index 8fe503886..a8b5d92cf 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
@@ -65,10 +65,8 @@ func (d *ESX5Driver) ReloadVM() error {
 
 func (d *ESX5Driver) Start(vmxPathLocal string, headless bool) error {
 	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
-		err := d.sh("vim-cmd", "vmsvc/power.on", d.vmId)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		//intentionally not checking for error since poweron may fail specially after initial VM registration
+		d.sh("vim-cmd", "vmsvc/power.on", d.vmId)
 		time.Sleep((time.Duration(i) * time.Second) + 1)
 		running, err := d.IsRunning(vmxPathLocal)
 		if err != nil {