From 34f323ce9e459d24e02722663f178abcb073a95f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Megan Marsh Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 14:25:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update keep_registered docs for vmware --- website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb index 97635f850..22ed7090d 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb @@ -344,10 +344,9 @@ builder. section below for more info. - `keep_registered` (boolean) - Set this to `true` if you would like to keep - the VM registered with the remote ESXi server. This is convenient if you - use packer to provision VMs on ESXi and don't want to use ovftool to - deploy the resulting artifact (VMX or OVA or whatever you used as `format`). - Defaults to `false`. + the VM registered with the remote ESXi server. If you do not need to export + the vm, then also set `skip_export: true` in order to avoid an unnecessary + step of using ovftool to export the vm. Defaults to `false`. - `ovftool_options` (array of strings) - Extra options to pass to ovftool during export. Each item in the array is a new argument. The options