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

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