On Jul 15, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Kirk Kosinski <[email protected]> wrote:
> If the hypervisor tools or drivers are not working after the template is > deployed, try enabling PersistAllDeviceInstalls in the sysprep answer file. > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722095%28WS.10%29.aspx > That sounds like we should have a "black magic" chapter in our troubleshooting section. > Kirk > > On 07/15/2013 12:00 AM, Ian Duffy wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> Thanks for the replies. >> >> It seems Kirk(Jantzer) was correct. For whatever reason when I put the >> xen tools into the template it got a link-local address. When I placed >> them to install with the sysprep answer file it worked as expected. >> >> Thanks! >> Ian >> >> On 15 July 2013 01:45, Kirk Jantzer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ian - As the other Kirk said (I don't get to say that often :-P), if it's >>> getting that kind of IP, it could mean the NIC drivers aren't getting >>> installed correctly. I've found Windows works better in CS when you run >>> post scripts that are kicked off via a sysprep answer file, rather than >>> just wrapping things up in an image. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Kirk Kosinski >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Ian. Is it getting an 169.254.x.x IP? If so, it means it cannot get >>>> an IP via DHCP. In this case, try setting the IP manually to the IP it >>>> should have, then try to diagnose network connectivity (ping virtual >>>> router, ping other VMs, etc.). >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Kirk >>>> >>>> On 07/14/2013 03:39 PM, Ian Duffy wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm using Cloudstack 4.1 and Xenserver 6.0.2. >>>>> >>>>> I Installed windows server 2008 R2 with xenserver tools and cloud.com >>>>> VM instance tools. >>>>> syspreped it with "Enter System out of box experience" + Generalize. >>>>> Shutdown the machine and created a template. >>>>> >>>>> I created an instance using the template and the instance came up but: >>>>> 1) It had a different IP address to the one given in Cloudstack >>>>> 2) No gateway was set >>>>> >>>>> Any idea why this is happening and how to fix it? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Ian >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Kirk Jantzer >>> c: (678) 561-5475 >>> http://about.met/kirkjantzer
