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  • 1.  Unattended install of Server 2012 R2 on vSphere

    Posted Dec 07, 2015 08:14 PM

    I'm running into an issue with an unattended install of Server 2012 R2 on vSphere.  Interestingly, the install works on Fusion.   Does anyone have experience with unattended Windows installations on vSphere and can point me in the right direction?

    1.  I am running vSphere 6.

    2.  The error I receive is "Windows could not apply the unattend answer file's <DiskConfiguration> setting."

    3.  I've included the autounattend.xml files that I've used.  The autounattendFusion.xml is the one that works in Fusion but errors on vSphere.   The autounattend.xml is a second file that I changed the disk configuration in to have an EFI partition in an attempt to work on vSphere.



  • 2.  RE: Unattended install of Server 2012 R2 on vSphere

    Posted Dec 07, 2015 11:12 PM

    Never mind, I figured it out.   I'm using Packer to build the VM.  I had to provide the following parameter to the Packer builder to get Window's to build on vSphere.

    "scsi0.virtualDev": "lsisas1068"