Windows2016 guest on RHEL linux host never ending winrm loop

[Automationbuilder360 Builder]

Hi All,

Am new to Packer, am trying to create a Windows 2016 guest on VBOX hosted on RHEL VM.
using virtualbox-iso builders and trying to test my windows customized image.
the idea to create VM and get windows 2016 installed through iso and then connect with ansible and run couple of test cases. part of my image building and testing pipeline.

however after the VM gets created it waits for winrm untill the timeout and just fails,
i have no idea to see whats happening on the guest.
this is a tested iso which works great on vmware. any help is much appreciated.

Here is the output

==> virtualbox-iso: Retrieving ISO
virtualbox-iso: Using file in-place: file:///home/myhome/iso/mycustom_windows2016.v1.0.ISO
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating floppy disk...
virtualbox-iso: Copying files flatly from floppy_files
virtualbox-iso: Copying file: ./Scripts/enable_winrm.ps1
virtualbox-iso: Done copying files from floppy_files
virtualbox-iso: Collecting paths from floppy_dirs
virtualbox-iso: Resulting paths from floppy_dirs : []
virtualbox-iso: Done copying paths from floppy_dirs
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating virtual machine...
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating hard drive...
==> virtualbox-iso: Attaching floppy disk...
==> virtualbox-iso: Creating forwarded port mapping for communicator (SSH, WinRM, etc) (host port 3789)
==> virtualbox-iso: Executing custom VBoxManage commands...
virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1565282739 --natpf1 winrm,tcp,,222585,,5985
virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1565282739 --memory 4096
virtualbox-iso: Executing: modifyvm packer-virtualbox-iso-1565282739 --cpus 2
==> virtualbox-iso: Starting the virtual machine...
virtualbox-iso: The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you want to
virtualbox-iso: view the screen of the VM, connect via VRDP without a password to
virtualbox-iso: rdp://127.0.0.1:5908
==> virtualbox-iso: Waiting 10s for boot...
==> virtualbox-iso: Typing the boot command...
==> virtualbox-iso: Using winrm communicator to connect: 127.0.0.1
==> virtualbox-iso: Waiting for WinRM to become available...
==> virtualbox-iso: Timeout waiting for WinRM.
==> virtualbox-iso: Deregistering and deleting VM...
==> virtualbox-iso: Deleting output directory...
Build 'virtualbox-iso' errored: Timeout waiting for WinRM.

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:
--> virtualbox-iso: Timeout waiting for WinRM.

[Rickard von Essen]

Run with headless false, add flag --on-error=ask when this fails use the console and debug the winrm setup from the inside or check the status of the installation. 

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[Automationbuilder360 Builder]

Hi Rickard,

To verify the "headless Flase" mode i tried this on windows 2016 host VM as well.

but as soon i attach the iso the VM gets crashed with no updates.

BTW "--on-error=ask" was not of much help. as it never asked for any input.

and the last few lines of output from VBOX.log is here.

00:00:00.394503 ******************* End of VT-x features ********************

00:00:00.396851 PcBios: ATA LUN#0 LCHS=1024/255/63

00:00:00.396924 APIC: fPostedIntrsEnabled=false fVirtApicRegsEnabled=false fSupportsTscDeadline=false

00:00:00.396933 TMR3UtcNow: nsNow=1 565 703 281 470 031 000 nsPrev=0 -> cNsDelta=1 565 703 281 470 031 000 (offLag=0 offVirtualSync=0 offVirtualSyncGivenUp=0, NowAgain=1 565 703 281 470 031 000)

00:00:00.396945 VMEmt: Halt method global1 (5)

00:00:00.396986 VMEmt: HaltedGlobal1 config: cNsSpinBlockThresholdCfg=2000

00:00:00.397019 Changing the VM state from 'CREATING' to 'CREATED'

00:00:00.403717 Changing the VM state from 'CREATED' to 'POWERING_ON'

00:00:00.404306 Changing the VM state from 'POWERING_ON' to 'RUNNING'

00:00:00.404319 Console: Machine state changed to 'Running'

00:00:00.410651 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: VirtualBox 6.0.4

00:00:00.410980 PCI: Setting up resources and interrupts

00:00:00.411473 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)

00:00:00.433895 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x0

00:00:00.452285 VMMDev: Guest Log: CPUID EDX: 0x178bfbff

00:00:00.452554 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x00 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)

00:00:00.452664 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET

00:00:00.456064 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: ata0-0: PCHS=16383/16/63 LCHS=1024/255/63

00:00:00.460933 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=1 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0xec (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)

00:00:00.461049 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET

00:00:00.506867 PIT: mode=2 count=0x48d3 (18643) - 64.00 Hz (ch=0)

00:00:00.510412 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=00007f0d4996c000 w=640 h=480 bpp=32 cbLine=0xA00 flags=0x0

00:00:02.997497 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x0

00:00:03.005835 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)

00:00:03.008104 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot : bseqnr=1, bootseq=0032

00:00:03.010321 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot from Hard Disk 0 failed

00:00:03.011968 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Boot : bseqnr=2, bootseq=0003

00:00:03.015036 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from CD-ROM...

00:00:03.450411 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=00007f0d4996c000 w=1024 h=768 bpp=24 cbLine=0xC00 flags=0x0

00:00:07.035679 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: int13_diskette_function: unsupported AH=41

00:00:09.319618 RTC: period=0x10 (16) 2048 Hz

00:00:15.441594 NAT: Old socket recv size: 128KB

00:00:15.441620 NAT: Old socket send size: 128KB

00:00:22.650511 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=00007f0d4996c000 w=1024 h=768 bpp=32 cbLine=0x1000 flags=0x0

00:00:31.379280 NAT: Link up

00:00:31.413775 NAT: resolv.conf: nameserver 10.xXX.XXX.21

00:00:31.413797 NAT: resolv.conf: nameserver 10.XX.XXX.21

00:00:31.413840 NAT: DNS#0: 10.XXX.XXX.21

00:00:31.413847 NAT: DNS#1: 10.XXX.XXX.21

00:00:31.413853 NAT: DHCP offered IP address 10.0.2.15

00:00:31.415524 NAT: DHCP offered IP address 10.0.2.15

00:00:31.447769 NAT: IPv6 not supported

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[Rickard von Essen]

Can you run and install windows manually in virtualbox? Seem like you have problems with that? 

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[Automationbuilder360 Builder]

Yes..! when i try to boot VBOX VM with the ISO the server crashes again.. ( When on windows host )

but when on RHEL host ( The VM gets crated but waits on winrm endless )..!

BTW, this ISO runs just find on VMWARE environment.

it is customized such a way that it will not wait for any input and completes the whole installation.

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[Automationbuilder360 Builder]

Hi All,

Any help on this much appreciated..!

I have also tried with base image provided by MS, but still the VBOX crashed on windows host