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     6  # VMware Builder
     7  
     8  The VMware builder is able to create VMware virtual machines for use
     9  with any VMware product.
    10  
    11  Packer actually comes with multiple builders able to create VMware
    12  machines, depending on the strategy you want to use to build the image.
    13  Packer supports the following VMware builders:
    14  
    15  * [vmware-iso](/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html) - Starts from
    16    an ISO file, creates a brand new VMware VM, installs an OS,
    17    provisions software within the OS, then exports that machine to create
    18    an image. This is best for people who want to start from scratch.
    19  
    20  * [vmware-vmx](/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html) - This builder
    21    imports an existing VMware machine (from a VMX file), runs provisioners
    22    on top of that VM, and exports that machine to create an image.
    23    This is best if you have an existing VMware VM you want to use as the
    24    source. As an additional benefit, you can feed the artifact of this
    25    builder back into Packer to iterate on a machine.