From 7367eaf7be2b8837cde8c16f8e1b16b5d5874db8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eloy Coto Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:03:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix #3562 provider/vsphere Added doc for customizations problems. --- .../providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown index 3d1d5164a..7ca0ecb66 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html.markdown @@ -108,7 +108,24 @@ and [vSphere 5.5](https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.security.doc%2FGUID-18071E9A-EED1-4968-8D51-E0B4F526FDA3.html). For additional information on roles and permissions, please refer to official VMware documentation. - + +## Customizations + +This provider use +[customizations](https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc_50/GUID-80F3F5B5-F795-45F1-B0FA-3709978113D5.html), +this resource is used to configure guest operation system (Domain, hostname, +etc..). The problem to work with this customizations are that only a certain OS +are accepted. The list of accepted OS are +[here](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/guestOS/guest-os-customization-matrix.pdf) + + +If the system are not in the list of the Supported OS, terraform will create a +server but will fail with the following error + +``` +Customization of the guest operating system 'debian6_64Guest' is not supported in this configuration. Microsoft Vista (TM) and Linux guests with Logical Volume Manager are supported only for recent ESX host and VMware Tools versions. Refer to vCenter documentation for supported configurations. +``` + ## Acceptance Tests The VMware vSphere provider's acceptance tests require the above provider