using artifact ID

post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.go

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	Username            string `mapstructure:"username"`
 	Password            string `mapstructure:"password"`
 	Datacenter          string `mapstructure:"datacenter"`
-	VMName              string `mapstructure:"vm_name"`
 	Folder              string `mapstructure:"folder"`
 
 	ctx interpolate.Context
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) Configure(raws ...interface{}) error {
 		"host":     &p.config.Host,
 		"username": &p.config.Username,
 		"password": &p.config.Password,
-		"vm_name":  &p.config.VMName,
 	}
 
 	for key, ptr := range vc {
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) PostProcess(ui packer.Ui, artifact packer.Artifact) (pac
 			Folder: p.config.Folder,
 		},
 		&stepMarkAsTemplate{
-			VMName: p.config.VMName,
+			VMName: artifact.Id(),
 			Source: source,
 		},
 	}

website/source/docs/post-processors/vsphere-template.html.md

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ An example is shown below, showing only the post-processor configuration:
    "insecure": true,
    "username": "root",
    "password": "secret",      
-   "vm_name": "distro-7.3",
    "datacenter": "mydatacenter",
    "folder": "/packer-templates/os/distro-7"   
 }
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ Required:
 
 -   `username` (string) - The username to use to authenticate to the vSphere endpoint.
 
--   `vm_name` (string) - The name of the VM once it is uploaded.
-
 Optional:
 
 -   `datacenter` (string) - If you have more than one, you will need to specify which one the ESXi used.