Symptoms:
- VM deployment with customization or using customization specification to deployed VMs fails with
Cannot complete customization
- In vpxd.log, you see entries similar to:
2019-05-07T19:00:10.545Z error vpxd[7F36C9BB7700] [Originator@6876 sub=VmCustomizer opID=CustomizeGuestOsDialog-apply-10273070-ngc:70310453-1e] Creating deploy pkg: oobeSystem.Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.UserAccounts.AdministratorPassword.EncryptedValue
2019-05-07T19:00:10.545Z info vpxd[7F36C9BB7700] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=CustomizeGuestOsDialog-apply-10273070-ngc:70310453-1e] [VmCustomizer] Successfully deleted file/directory /tmp/imcf-v1EMfu
2019-05-07T19:00:10.545Z info vpxd[7F36C9BB7700] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=CustomizeGuestOsDialog-apply-10273070-ngc:70310453-1e] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH task-28362
2019-05-07T19:00:10.545Z info vpxd[7F36C9BB7700] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=CustomizeGuestOsDialog-apply-10273070-ngc:70310453-1e] [VpxLRO] -- ERROR task-28362 -- vm-8698 -- vim.VirtualMachine.customize: vim.fault.CustomizationFault:
--> Result:
.
.
--> identity = (vim.vm.customization.Sysprep) {
--> guiUnattended = (vim.vm.customization.GuiUnattended) {
--> password = (vim.vm.customization.Password) null,
--> timeZone = 35,
--> autoLogon = true,
--> autoLogonCount = 2
--> },
.
.
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Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.