Re: Is installing xstools.iso drivers enough for Windows VMs?

2014-03-21 Thread Kirk Kosinski
Hi, no, you should continue to use the applicable Windows OS Types for Windows VMs. The PV drivers will work correctly with the correct Windows OS Type. Furthermore, on XenServer hosts a Windows VM won't work at all with a PV mode OS Type such as Other PV. Those OS Types are only for OSs with

Re: Is installing xstools.iso drivers enough for Windows VMs?

2014-03-21 Thread Junaid Shahid
Thanks for the reply! On CS 4.1 based Xen host , specifying Other PV for a windows VM in which PV drivers have been installed, doesn't cause the VM to crash; the VM boots and runs OK.. Though specifying or not specifying Other PV doesn't have any effect on a Windows VM. Specifying Other PV

Is installing xstools.iso drivers enough for Windows VMs?

2014-03-20 Thread Junaid Shahid
Hi, If a Windows VM is spun from a template that is not marked as Other PV, rather it is marked as Windows R2 Std. etc, and we install Xen PV drivers in that VM by attaching xstools.iso, and reboot it, would the VM start using new PV drivers or do we have to mark it as Other PV? In our exp.