As the next generation of Windows OS will be requiring UEFI and likely TPM, it'd likely be a good idea and sync some of the PRs that were added to the vsphere-iso builder such as for "firmware", "nested", "force_bios_setup", etc.

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Description

The next generation of Windows OS will require nested virtualization and efi-secure. These were introduced in the vsphere builders/plugins but was neglected to also be added to the vmware builders/plugins. This should be as simple as adding the relevant vmx configurations to step_create_vmx.go.

I'll add more details as I encounter them as I'm still waiting on licenses for testing this shit out.

As an example of what to add to step_create_vmx.go

firmware = "{{ .firmware }}"
vhv.enable = "{{ .nested }}"

Use Case(s)

Windows 11 System Requirements

Potential configuration

"firmware": "efi-secure"
"nested": true
"force_bios_setup": false

Potential References