ESXi Remote command exited with '1': vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off 954 with latest source of Packer
Steven Langlois
* https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/3087
* https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/pull/3050
However, in so doing, I am getting an error when the VMware VM is being shut down
==> vmware-iso: Gracefully halting virtual machine...
2016/10/10 12:09:56 packer: 2016/10/10 12:09:56 starting remote command: /sbin/halt -h -p
2016/10/10 12:09:56 packer: 2016/10/10 12:09:56 Remote command exited without exit status or exit signal.
2016/10/10 12:09:56 packer: 2016/10/10 12:09:56 opening new ssh session
2016/10/10 12:09:56 packer: 2016/10/10 12:09:56 starting remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 954
2016/10/10 12:09:57 ui: ==> vmware-iso: Stopping virtual machine...
==> vmware-iso: Stopping virtual machine...
2016/10/10 12:09:57 packer: 2016/10/10 12:09:57 opening new ssh session
2016/10/10 12:09:57 packer: 2016/10/10 12:09:57 starting remote command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off 954
2016/10/10 12:09:58 packer: 2016/10/10 12:09:58 Remote command exited with '1': vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off 954
2016/10/10 12:09:58 ui error: ==> vmware-iso: Error stopping VM: 'vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off 954'
==> vmware-iso:
==> vmware-iso: Stdout: Powering off VM:
==> vmware-iso:
==> vmware-iso:
==> vmware-iso: Stderr: Power off failed
==> vmware-iso:
==> vmware-iso: Error stopping VM: 'vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off 954'
==> vmware-iso:
2016/10/10 12:09:58 ui: ==> vmware-iso: Unregistering virtual machine...
If I go back to 0.10.2 I do not get this error but of course I still have the issue where the output directory need to exist on the local machine.
I searched for this error in the group but could not find it so apologies if this is already a known issue.
Thank you.
