From d620a09dd6aeeb283b018c01d6c9802c679ee087 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Merrill Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 23:48:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation of the skip_compaction parameter. --- website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown index 7824d3ffc..c1f0d3820 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown @@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ Optional: By default this is "output-BUILDNAME" where "BUILDNAME" is the name of the build. +* `skip_compaction` (bool) - As of Packer 0.1.4, VMware-created disks are defragmented + and compacted at the end of the build process. If you are doing your own zeroing out + of the disks you may find that the compaction step results in slightly larger boxes. + Compaction will run unless you set this value to true. + * `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down the machine once all the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty string, which tells Packer to just forcefully shut down the machine.