Add support for reusing a virtual machine #334
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Builder: vsphere-iso
enhancement
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Description
Currently there's no functional to install an ISO to an existing VM. Rephrasing in packer terms: there's no way to build a machine image in vsphere by re-using an existing VM.
As a matter of fact, judging by the lack of answers here, it doesn't seem to be possible for any hypervisor, not just vsphere.
Use Case(s)
packer
is for automated VMs creation, and if there's a bug in the logic that calls packer, there may be an explosion of creating new VMs.concurrent access
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