Cloud-init customization does not complete because open-vm-tools triggers reboot during provisioning

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

When provisioning a VMware host with Satellite using a userdata + cloud-init template, open-vm-tools reboots the VM too soon, before the end of cloud-init execution, leaving the customization incomplete.

Environment

Satellite 6

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