VMware: Update supported OS types for ESX 6.5

The newly released version of ESX 6.5 supports a few new operating
systems for the guest OS.

Here are the contents of /usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/en/gos.vmsg
from an ESX 6.5 host:
http://paste.openstack.org/show/593194/

Change-Id: I996213c7d6a53888341ca9377ec292e092645a0a
This commit is contained in:
Eric Brown 2016-11-27 19:29:15 -08:00
parent 7b0db52b45
commit 05cc20b9c9
2 changed files with 20 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ SCSI_MAX_CONNECT_NUMBER = 15
# The max number of SCSI adaptors that could be created on one instance.
SCSI_MAX_CONTROLLER_NUMBER = 4
# This list was extracted from the installation iso image for ESX 6.0.
# It is contained in s.v00, which is gzipped. The list was obtained by
# searching for the string 'otherGuest' in the uncompressed contents of that
# file, copying out the full list less the 'family' ids at the end, and sorting
# it. The contents of this list should be updated whenever there is a new
# This list was extracted from a file on an installation of ESX 6.5. The file
# can be found in /usr/lib/vmware/hostd/vimLocale/en/gos.vmsg
# The contents of this list should be updated whenever there is a new
# release of ESX.
VALID_OS_TYPES = set([
'asianux3_64Guest',
@ -85,8 +83,12 @@ VALID_OS_TYPES = set([
'asianux4_64Guest',
'asianux4Guest',
'asianux5_64Guest',
'asianux7_64Guest',
'centos64Guest',
'centosGuest',
'centos6Guest',
'centos6_64Guest',
'centos7_64Guest',
'coreos64Guest',
'darwin10_64Guest',
'darwin10Guest',
@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ VALID_OS_TYPES = set([
'darwin12_64Guest',
'darwin13_64Guest',
'darwin14_64Guest',
'darwin15_64Guest',
'darwin16_64Guest',
'darwin64Guest',
'darwinGuest',
'debian4_64Guest',
@ -107,6 +111,10 @@ VALID_OS_TYPES = set([
'debian7Guest',
'debian8_64Guest',
'debian8Guest',
'debian9_64Guest',
'debian9Guest',
'debian10_64Guest',
'debian10Guest',
'dosGuest',
'eComStation2Guest',
'eComStationGuest',
@ -129,6 +137,9 @@ VALID_OS_TYPES = set([
'opensuseGuest',
'oracleLinux64Guest',
'oracleLinuxGuest',
'oracleLinux6Guest',
'oracleLinux6_64Guest',
'oracleLinux7_64Guest',
'os2Guest',
'other24xLinux64Guest',
'other24xLinuxGuest',
@ -177,7 +188,9 @@ VALID_OS_TYPES = set([
'unixWare7Guest',
'vmkernel5Guest',
'vmkernel6Guest',
'vmkernel65Guest',
'vmkernelGuest',
'vmwarePhoton64Guest',
'win2000AdvServGuest',
'win2000ProGuest',
'win2000ServGuest',

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@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ def get_vm_create_spec(client_factory, instance, data_store_name,
config_spec.version = extra_specs.hw_version
# Allow nested hypervisor instances to host 64 bit VMs.
if os_type in ("vmkernel5Guest", "vmkernel6Guest", "windowsHyperVGuest"):
if os_type in ("vmkernel5Guest", "vmkernel6Guest", "vmkernel65Guest",
"windowsHyperVGuest"):
config_spec.nestedHVEnabled = "True"
# Append the profile spec