Default guestid other-64 isn't working on vsphere_virtual_machine resource

[izecevic]

Terraform Version

• Terraform v0.12.24

vSphere Provider Version

• provider.vsphere v1.24.2

Affected Resource(s)

• vsphere_virtual_machine

Debug Output

Basically, if I am referring to the following documentation: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/vsphere/latest/docs/resources/virtual_machine

It seems that the guest_id is optional and by default set to other-64
--> guest_id - (Optional) The guest ID for the operating system type. For a full list of possible values, see here. Default: other-64.

However, applying the state (deploying a new vm) fails with the following error code:
vsphere_virtual_machine.vm: Creating... Error: error creating virtual machine: A specified parameter was not correct: configSpec.guestId on main.tf line 36, in resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm": 36: resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {

However, the default guest_id (other-64) doesn't exist if we look at VMware's guest documentation available here: https://code.vmware.com/apis/358/doc/vim.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsIdentifier.html

The default value I think is/should be: otherGuest64 (based on that list)

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