* Fixes a bug that caused the build to error if users did not
explicitly set `skip_compaction:true` when setting `skip_export:
true`. See #6392.
* Improves the efficiency of the compaction and export process by
reordering the compaction and export steps.
* Further improves the efficiency of the compacting step through
compacting the vmd* file directly rather than creating and then
operating on a copy.
* The changes mean the export process now stores the exported machine
files and folders under a folder with name 'vm_name' in the output
directory. Previously the exported machine files and folders were
stored directly in the output directory.
- Logging error if vmconnect.exe fails.
- Using StepRun struct rather than StateBag for command Cancel function
- Better handling in Disconnect when headless is true or vmconnect failed in Start
vmconnect.exe comes as part of Hyper-V and is the tool used by Hyper-V Manager to connect with a virtual machine. This commits sets behaviour the same as virtualbox and vmware to display the virtual machine connection unless headless is set in the template.
Script wasn't able to handle path that Packer used to create VM in the first place:
"==> hyperv-iso: Copying to output dir...
==> hyperv-iso: Error exporting vm: PowerShell error: Move-Item : An object at the specified path C:\Users\HANNU~1.PIK does not exist.
==> hyperv-iso: At C:\Users\hannu.piki\AppData\Local\Temp\ps520830935.ps1:13 char:1
==> hyperv-iso: + Move-Item -Path "$srcPath/$vhdDirName" -Destination $dstPath -Verbose
==> hyperv-iso: + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
==> hyperv-iso: + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Move-Item], PSArgumentException
==> hyperv-iso: + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Argument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand"
Used path was: C:\Users\HANNU~1.PIK\AppData\Local\Temp\packerhv616791918\export253729206\2016min
Real path was: C:\Users\hannu.piki\AppData\Local\Temp\packerhv616791918\export253729206\2016min
Because Packer has already verified that we are running with at least Hyper-V administrator rights this should
be safe. Having the requirement for administrator rights in the script means that you still need to be an
administrator if you want to use packer to build Hyper-V images with a configuration that requires you to
send keystrokes to the MV, say when building a Linux box.
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Adam Robinson
Hannu Piki
Anthony Allen
Ben Phegan
Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Kondreddi
Matthew Hooker
Patrick Lang
Taliesin Sisson
Patrick Lang
Sander Saares
Petrik van der Velde