# Vsphere guest\_id error

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vsphere-guest-id-error/28692>\
**Category:** Terraform Providers\
**Created:** [August 25, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vsphere-guest-id-error/28692 "2021-08-25T11:31:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/vsphere-guest-id-error/28692/1 "2021-08-25T11:31:53Z")

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getting the below issue when trying to deploy a windows 2016 VM in terraform.  
vcenter version - 6.7

**cannot find OS family for guest ID “windows9Server64Guest”: could not find guest ID "windows9Server64Guest**

Can anyone help me with this?