Windows 11 Enterprise Builds Stuck on Version Selection

[Exonical]

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Project Version

latest

VMware vSphere

8.0U3

HashiCorp Packer

1.9.2

HashiCorp Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere

1.4.0

Guest Operating System

Windows 11 Enterprise

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Description

When trying to build a Windows 11 Enterprise template, it gets stuck on the selection for theproduct version. This is using the official Windows 11 For Business ISO.

Expected Behavior

Windows 11 Enterprise version should be auto selected, and install should continue

Actual Behavior

Virtual machine boots into product selection screen and does not continue without manual intervention

Steps to Reproduce

Trigger a Windows 11 Enterprise build using Windows 11 Business ISO. Attaching ISO via datastore.

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[tenthirtyam]

Did you update your variable to pass vm_inst_os_eval = false?

By default, the project uses evaluation mode set in the vars. if you set it to false it will pass the provided key and version in the xml.

[Exonical]

I, in fact, did NOT do that. Fixed now! Thanks!

[tenthirtyam]

Great to hear!

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Ryan Johnson
Distinguished Engineer, VMware by Broadcom