From eacae832ad7ec5e9f9bc8b5a3146365f49f20f8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: notogawa <n.ohkawa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:18:12 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1334, Add power on retry to ESXi Driver.

---
 builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go b/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
index c422e20c9..600990ff1 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go
@@ -56,7 +56,21 @@ func (d *ESX5Driver) IsRunning(string) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 func (d *ESX5Driver) Start(vmxPathLocal string, headless bool) error {
-	return d.sh("vim-cmd", "vmsvc/power.on", d.vmId)
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+		err := d.sh("vim-cmd", "vmsvc/power.on", d.vmId)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		time.Sleep((time.Duration(i) * time.Second) + 1)
+		running, err := d.IsRunning(vmxPathLocal)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if running {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.New("Retry limit exceeded")
 }
 
 func (d *ESX5Driver) Stop(vmxPathLocal string) error {