I thought I would post an update here, in case someone else has this problem...
CTX135099 describes installing 6.1-based xstools. After running the command suggested in the article and rebooting the VM, xstools installed just fine. PS: Hoorah! On 4 December 2012 16:49, Denis Cardon <denis.car...@tranquil-it-systems.fr>wrote: > Hi lars, > > > I created a new VM today, using the Windows 7 64-bit template, then >> restored an Acronis image of a Windows 7 workstation. >> >> After booting into Windows, XenCenter lists the Operating System of the >> VM as "Unknown". This results in me not being able to install xstools >> (Unable to detect a valid platform. Do you still want to continue?). >> >> I have since tried restoring a backup of a completely different machine >> with the same result. >> >> How does XCP go about detecting the installed VM? Why are my VM's >> properties not being displayed properly and how do I go about working >> around this? Any ideas? >> > > I guess that if the VM is not paravirt and there is no tools installed, > the dom0 has no way to known what is running inside. > > You should be able to install the tools by attaching the xs-tools.iso > CDrom and running the setup exe on there. Afterward your VM should be > detected properly. > > Hope this helps, > > Denis > > >> Thanks! >> >> >> This body part will be downloaded on demand. >> >> > > -- > Denis Cardon > Tranquil IT Systems > Les Espaces Jules Verne, bâtiment A > 12 avenue Jules Verne > 44230 Saint Sébastien sur Loire > tel : +33 (0) 2.40.97.57.55 > http://www.tranquil-it-**systems.fr <http://www.tranquil-it-systems.fr> > >
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