- `format` (string) - Either "ovf", "ova" or "vmx", this specifies the output format of the exported virtual machine. This defaults to "ovf". Before using this option, you need to install ovftool. This option currently only works when option remote_type is set to "esx5". Since ovftool is only capable of password based authentication remote_password must be set when exporting the VM. - `ovftool_options` ([]string) - Extra options to pass to ovftool during export. Each item in the array is a new argument. The options `--noSSLVerify`, `--skipManifestCheck`, and `--targetType` are reserved, and should not be passed to this argument. Currently, exporting the build VM (with ovftool) is only supported when building on ESXi e.g. when `remote_type` is set to `esx5`. See the [Building on a Remote vSphere Hypervisor](/docs/builders/vmware-iso#building-on-a-remote-vsphere-hypervisor) section below for more info. - `skip_export` (bool) - Defaults to `false`. When enabled, Packer will not export the VM. Useful if the build output is not the resultant image, but created inside the VM. Currently, exporting the build VM is only supported when building on ESXi e.g. when `remote_type` is set to `esx5`. See the [Building on a Remote vSphere Hypervisor](/docs/builders/vmware-iso#building-on-a-remote-vsphere-hypervisor) section below for more info. - `keep_registered` (bool) - Set this to true if you would like to keep 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. - `skip_compaction` (bool) - VMware-created disks are defragmented and compacted at the end of the build process using vmware-vdiskmanager or vmkfstools in ESXi. In certain rare cases, this might actually end up making the resulting disks slightly larger. If you find this to be the case, you can disable compaction using this configuration value. Defaults to false. Default to true for ESXi when disk_type_id is not explicitly defined and false otherwise.