VMware builds failing due to 404 on vmware tools packages

[geerlingguy]

Original problem:

vmware-iso: failed: [127.0.0.1] (item=[u'vmware-tools-hgfs', u'vmware-tools-esx-nox']) => {"changed": true, "failed": true, "item": ["vmware-tools-hgfs", "vmware-tools-esx-nox"], "msg": "http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/rhel6/x86_64/kmod-vmware-tools-vmhgfs-2.0.21.0-2.6.32.71.el6.x86_64.5.el6.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - \"The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found\"\nTrying other mirror.\nTo address this issue please refer to the below knowledge base article \n\nhttps://access.redhat.com/articles/1320623\n\nIf above article doesn't help to resolve this issue please open a ticket with Red Hat Support.\n\n\n\nError Downloading Packages:\n  kmod-vmware-tools-vmhgfs-2.0.21.0-2.6.32.71.el6.x86_64.5.el6.x86_64: failure: kmod-vmware-tools-vmhgfs-2.0.21.0-2.6.32.71.el6.x86_64.5.el6.x86_64.rpm from vmware-tools: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.\n\n", "rc": 1, "results": ["Loaded plugins: fastestmirror\nSetting up Install Process\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: mirror.sesp.northwestern.edu\n * epel: mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca\n * extras: bay.uchicago.edu\n * updates: centos.mirrors.wvstateu.edu\nResolving Dependencies\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package vmware-tools-esx-nox.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-libraries-nox >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-vgauth >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-deployPkg >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-guestInfo >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-vix >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-vmbackup >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-grabbitmqProxy >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-services >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-autoUpgrade >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-hgfsServer >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-powerOps >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-foundation >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-plugins-timeSync >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-guestlib >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-core >= 10.1.0 for package: vmware-tools-esx-nox-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n---> Package vmware-tools-hgfs.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-vmhgfs-kmp for package: vmware-tools-hgfs-10.1.0-1.el6.x86_64\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package kmod-vmware-tools-vmhgfs.x86_64 0:2.0.21.0-2.6.32.71.el6.x86_64.5.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: vmware-tools-vmhgfs-common >= 10.1.0 for package: kmod-vmware-tools-vmhgfs-2.0.21.0-2.6.32.71.el6.x86_64.5.el6.x86_64\n---> Package vmware-tools-core.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-foundation.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-guestlib.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-libraries-nox.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-autoUpgrade.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-deployPkg.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-grabbitmqProxy.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-guestInfo.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-hgfsServer.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-powerOps.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-timeSync.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-vix.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-plugins-vmbackup.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-services.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n---> Package vmware-tools-vgauth.x86_64 0:10.1.0-1.el6 will be installed\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package vmware-tools-vmhgfs-common.x86_64 0:10.1.0-5.el6 will be installed\n--> Finished Dependency Resolution\n\nDependencies Resolved\n\n================================================================================\n Package                             Arch   Version          Repository    Size\n================================================================================\nInstalling:\n vmware-tools-esx-nox                x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 3.1 k\n vmware-tools-hgfs                   x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools  53 k\nInstalling for dependencies:\n kmod-vmware-tools-vmhgfs            x86_64 2.0.21.0-2.6.32.71.el6.x86_64.5.el6\n                                                             vmware-tools 102 k\n vmware-tools-core                   x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 4.1 M\n vmware-tools-foundation             x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 171 k\n vmware-tools-guestlib               x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools  93 k\n vmware-tools-libraries-nox          x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 6.2 M\n vmware-tools-plugins-autoUpgrade    x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 6.2 k\n vmware-tools-plugins-deployPkg      x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools  59 k\n vmware-tools-plugins-grabbitmqProxy x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 415 k\n vmware-tools-plugins-guestInfo      x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools  26 k\n vmware-tools-plugins-hgfsServer     x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 5.7 k\n vmware-tools-plugins-powerOps       x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 7.5 k\n vmware-tools-plugins-timeSync       x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 9.9 k\n vmware-tools-plugins-vix            x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools  99 k\n vmware-tools-plugins-vmbackup       x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools  17 k\n vmware-tools-services               x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 388 k\n vmware-tools-vgauth                 x86_64 10.1.0-1.el6     vmware-tools 439 k\n vmware-tools-vmhgfs-common          x86_64 10.1.0-5.el6     vmware-tools  53 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n================================================================================\nInstall      19 Package(s)\n\nTotal download size: 12 M\nInstalled size: 35 M\nDownloading Packages:\n"]}

Switching to the same method of install as the CentOS 7 version, I got:

fatal: [127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Error mounting /tmp/vmfusion: mount: /home/vagrant/linux.iso is not a block device (maybe try `-o loop'?)\n"}

So I had to fix an issue upstream in the geerlingguy.packer-rhel role with the mount, adding opts: loop...

[geerlingguy]

Fixed upstream.