I'm currently trying to deploy a Domain Controller using terraform and packer. I built a Windows Server 2016 template where I installed an Active Directory domain controller.
Here is how I deploy the VM:
resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "Active_Directory" {
name = "Active Directory"
num_cpus = 2
memory = 4196
datastore_id = data.vsphere_datastore.datastore.id
host_system_id = data.vsphere_host.host.id
resource_pool_id = data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id
guest_id = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template_win2016.guest_id
scsi_type = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template_win2016.scsi_type
# Configure network interface
network_interface {
network_id = data.vsphere_network.AD_network.id
}
disk {
name = "Active Directory.vmdk"
size = "35"
}
# Define template and customisation params
clone {
template_uuid = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template_win2016.id
customize {
windows_options {
computer_name = "DomainControl"
}
network_interface {
ipv4_address = "192.168.7.2"
ipv4_netmask = 24
}
ipv4_gateway = "192.168.7.1"
}
}
}
And the deployment fails with this error:
╷
│ Error:
│ Virtual machine customization failed on "/XXXX/vm/Active Directory":
│
│ timeout waiting for customization to complete
│
│ The virtual machine has not been deleted to assist with troubleshooting. If
│ corrective steps are taken without modifying the "customize" block of the
│ resource configuration, the resource will need to be tainted before trying
│ again. For more information on how to do this, see the following page:
│ https://www.terraform.io/docs/commands/taint.html
│
│
│ with vsphere_virtual_machine.Active_Directory,
│ on 061-Active Directory.tf line 6, in resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "Active_Directory":
│ 6: resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "Active_Directory" {
│
On the screen of the VM, there is this message "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware"
There is no error in C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-imc. In C:\Windows\Panther\setuperr.log:
2021-04-29 08:10:19, Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP ActionPlatform::LaunchModule: Failure occurred while executing 'CryptoSysPrep_Specialize' from C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll; dwRet = 0x32
2021-04-29 08:10:19, Error SYSPRP ActionPlatform::ExecuteAction: Error in executing action; dwRet = 0x32
2021-04-29 08:10:19, Error SYSPRP ActionPlatform::ExecuteActionList: Error in execute actions; dwRet = 0x32
2021-04-29 08:10:19, Error SYSPRP SysprepSession::Execute: Error in executing actions from C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\ActionFiles\Specialize.xml; dwRet = 0x32
2021-04-29 08:10:19, Error SYSPRP RunPlatformActions:Failed while executing SysprepSession actions; dwRet = 0x32
2021-04-29 08:10:19, Error [0x060435] IBS Callback_Specialize: An error occurred while either deciding if we need to specialize or while specializing; dwRet = 0x32
In C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Panther\setuperr.log:
2021-04-29 08:08:55, Error SYSPRP setupdigetclassdevs failed with error 0
2021-04-29 08:08:55, Error SYSPRP MRTGeneralize:98 - ERROR: Failed ConnectServer
I figured that 0x32 means "The request is not supported." (source:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/system-error-codes--0-499-) but I don't understand what's going on. I guess the problem is related with MSRT, but i didn't find any similar bug about "Failed ConnectServer"
I tried to run a Windows update on the VM and change from Windows2016 to Windows2019, but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have an idea of what causing this problem ? Does Sysprep need a network connection to work ?
Edit: I also tried to use a custom minimal sysprep answer file, but I get exactly the same errors.
