From a4b54f1cf385244765499a8305e67d80f67a4e36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 20:57:05 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] builder/vmware: set proper default disk type for esx

---
 builder/vmware/builder.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builder/vmware/builder.go b/builder/vmware/builder.go
index 4ad033496..1e1a6af52 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/builder.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/builder.go
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	if b.config.DiskTypeId == "" {
 		// Default is growable virtual disk split in 2GB files.
 		b.config.DiskTypeId = "1"
+
+		if b.config.RemoteType == "esx5" {
+			b.config.DiskTypeId = "zeroedthick"
+		}
 	}
 
 	if b.config.FloppyFiles == nil {