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