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