Build 'vmware-vmx' errored with latest version of VM Fusion

[Paul Mortimer]

Hi,

im trying to create a packer image using a fully licensed version VM-Fusion 6.05 Professional on Mac OS Yosemite. 

I'm recieving the following error:

"Build 'vmware-vmx' errored: Clone is not supported with your version of Fusion. Packer only works with Fusion 6 Professional or above. Please verify your version."

Here is my simple packer script

{

    "variables": {

        "hostname": "packer-test"

    },

    "builders": [{

        "type": "vmware-vmx",

        "source_path": "/Users/paulrmortimer/Desktop/packer/2012/WindowsServer2012.vmwarevm",

        "ssh_username": "root",

        "ssh_password": "root",

        "ssh_wait_timeout": "20m",

        "shutdown_command": "shutdown -P now"

    

    }]

}

Is anyone else seeing this behavior ?

Thanks

Paul Mortimer

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

Hello,

What version of packer are you using?

Can you run in debug mode and upload a gist with the information?

https://packer.io/docs/other/debugging.html

PACKER_LOG=debug packer .....

that should tell more information.

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[Paul Mortimer]

Hi Alvaro,

Thanks for looking at this , here is the debug output . i'm running packer 0.75

Pauls-MacBook-Pro:~ paulrmortimer$ PACKER_LOG=debug  packer build /Users/paulrmortimer/Desktop/packer/2012/Windows2012.json

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [INFO] Packer version: 0.7.5  9cd66feeacbd9cb318b72eb5ed59428c5b8c37ac+CHANGES

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Packer Target OS/Arch: darwin amd64

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Built with Go Version: go1.3.3

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: amazon-chroot = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-amazon-chroot

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: amazon-ebs = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-amazon-ebs

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: amazon-instance = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-amazon-instance

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: digitalocean = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-digitalocean

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: docker = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-docker

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: googlecompute = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-googlecompute

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: null = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-null

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: openstack = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-openstack

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: parallels-iso = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-parallels-iso

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: parallels-pvm = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-parallels-pvm

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: qemu = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-qemu

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: virtualbox-iso = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-virtualbox-iso

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: virtualbox-ovf = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-virtualbox-ovf

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: vmware-iso = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-vmware-iso

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: vmware-vmx = /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-vmware-vmx

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: atlas = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-atlas

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: compress = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-compress

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: docker-import = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-docker-import

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: docker-push = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-docker-push

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: docker-save = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-docker-save

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: docker-tag = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-docker-tag

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: vagrant = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-vagrant

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: vagrant-cloud = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-vagrant-cloud

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: vsphere = /usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-vsphere

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: ansible-local = /usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-ansible-local

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: chef-client = /usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-chef-client

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: chef-solo = /usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-chef-solo

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: file = /usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-file

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: puppet-masterless = /usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-puppet-masterless

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: puppet-server = /usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-puppet-server

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: salt-masterless = /usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-salt-masterless

2015/03/03 09:54:19 [DEBUG] Discoverd plugin: shell = /usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-shell

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Detected home directory from env var: /Users/paulrmortimer

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Detected home directory from env var: /Users/paulrmortimer

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Attempting to open config file: /Users/paulrmortimer/.packerconfig

2015/03/03 09:54:19 File doesn't exist, but doesn't need to. Ignoring.

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Packer config: &{DisableCheckpoint:false DisableCheckpointSignature:false PluginMinPort:10000 PluginMaxPort:25000 Builders:map[digitalocean:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-digitalocean null:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-null virtualbox-iso:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-virtualbox-iso vmware-iso:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-vmware-iso virtualbox-ovf:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-virtualbox-ovf googlecompute:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-googlecompute openstack:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-openstack parallels-iso:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-parallels-iso parallels-pvm:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-parallels-pvm amazon-chroot:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-amazon-chroot amazon-ebs:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-amazon-ebs amazon-instance:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-amazon-instance docker:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-docker qemu:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-qemu vmware-vmx:/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-vmware-vmx] PostProcessors:map[compress:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-compress docker-import:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-docker-import docker-push:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-docker-push atlas:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-atlas docker-save:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-docker-save docker-tag:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-docker-tag vagrant:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-vagrant vagrant-cloud:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-vagrant-cloud vsphere:/usr/local/bin/packer-post-processor-vsphere] Provisioners:map[chef-client:/usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-chef-client chef-solo:/usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-chef-solo file:/usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-file puppet-masterless:/usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-puppet-masterless puppet-server:/usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-puppet-server salt-masterless:/usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-salt-masterless shell:/usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-shell ansible-local:/usr/local/bin/packer-provisioner-ansible-local]}

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Setting cache directory: /Users/paulrmortimer/packer_cache

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Detected home directory from env var: /Users/paulrmortimer

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Reading template: /Users/paulrmortimer/Desktop/packer/2012/Windows2012.json

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Creating build: vmware-vmx

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Loading builder: vmware-vmx

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Creating plugin client for path: /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-vmware-vmx

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Starting plugin: /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-vmware-vmx []string{"/usr/local/bin/packer-builder-vmware-vmx"}

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Waiting for RPC address for: /usr/local/bin/packer-builder-vmware-vmx

2015/03/03 09:54:19 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:19 Plugin minimum port: 10000

2015/03/03 09:54:19 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:19 Plugin maximum port: 25000

2015/03/03 09:54:19 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:19 Plugin address: unix /var/folders/f4/s7q76q6s379c9pcnxm3bhhs40000gn/T/packer-plugin115352296

2015/03/03 09:54:19 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:19 Waiting for connection...

2015/03/03 09:54:19 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:19 Serving a plugin connection...

2015/03/03 09:54:19 ui: vmware-vmx output will be in this color.

2015/03/03 09:54:19 ui:

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Build debug mode: false

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Force build: false

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Preparing build: vmware-vmx

vmware-vmx output will be in this color.

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Waiting on builds to complete...

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Starting build run: vmware-vmx

2015/03/03 09:54:19 Running builder: vmware-vmx

2015/03/03 09:54:20 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:20 Detected VMware version: 6

2015/03/03 09:54:20 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:20 No floppy files specified. Floppy disk will not be made.

==> vmware-vmx: Cloning source VM...

2015/03/03 09:54:20 ui: ==> vmware-vmx: Cloning source VM...

2015/03/03 09:54:20 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:20 Cloning from: /Users/paulrmortimer/Desktop/packer/2012/WindowsServer2012.vmwarevm

2015/03/03 09:54:20 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:20 Cloning to: output-vmware-vmx/packer-vmware-vmx-1425336859.vmx

2015/03/03 09:54:20 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:20 Executing: /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun [-T fusion clone /Users/paulrmortimer/Desktop/packer/2012/WindowsServer2012.vmwarevm output-vmware-vmx/packer-vmware-vmx-1425336859.vmx full]

2015/03/03 09:54:20 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:20 stdout: Error: One of the parameters was invalid

2015/03/03 09:54:20 packer-builder-vmware-vmx: 2015/03/03 09:54:20 stderr:

2015/03/03 09:54:20 ui: ==> vmware-vmx: Deleting output directory...

==> vmware-vmx: Deleting output directory...

2015/03/03 09:54:20 ui error: Build 'vmware-vmx' errored: Clone is not supported with your version of Fusion. Packer only works with Fusion 6 Professional or above. Please verify your version.

2015/03/03 09:54:20 Builds completed. Waiting on interrupt barrier...

2015/03/03 09:54:20 machine readable: error-count []string{"1"}

2015/03/03 09:54:20 ui error:

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:

2015/03/03 09:54:20 machine readable: vmware-vmx,error []string{"Clone is not supported with your version of Fusion. Packer only works with Fusion 6 Professional or above. Please verify your version."}

2015/03/03 09:54:20 ui error: --> vmware-vmx: Clone is not supported with your version of Fusion. Packer only works with Fusion 6 Professional or above. Please verify your version.

2015/03/03 09:54:20 ui:

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.

2015/03/03 09:54:20 waiting for all plugin processes to complete...

Build 'vmware-vmx' errored: Clone is not supported with your version of Fusion. Packer only works with Fusion 6 Professional or above. Please verify your version.

==> Some builds didn't complete successfully and had errors:

--> vmware-vmx: Clone is not supported with your version of Fusion. Packer only works with Fusion 6 Professional or above. Please verify your version.

==> Builds finished but no artifacts were created.

[Alvaro Miranda Aguilera]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Paul Mortimer <paulrm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> /Applications/VMware Fusion.app

Thanks,

Can you please ensure the current version of fusion is installed at:
/Applications/VMware Fusion.app

This error usually happen with Fusion Lite.

Did you start with fusion lite before going fusion professional? Any
chance to blow away /Applications/VMware Fusion.app and reinstall ??

If issue remain after that can you open an issue on packer github?
same log and json file would be ideal

https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues

thanks!