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 PV support in the kernel (i.e. Linux).
Best regards, Kirk On 03/20/2014 08:24 AM, Junaid Shahid wrote: > 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. Windows VMs don't need to be marked as "Other PV", and they > still start using PV drivers when and if they are installed. > > In KVM for example, the windows VM has to be marked as "Other PV" (in > addition to other necessary steps of course) before the VM starts using PV > drivers (for KVM of course the drivers are different). >
