How big is the environment, how many server licenses are you talking about here?
Just so I get this right, this is your process? When hardware failure occurs, backup software restores to a VM. When new hardware is in place, you backup the VM and restore to new physical hardware? My first thought would be to get volume licenses and setup KMS. I believe this would solve the whole problem. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com From: "Nigel Parker" <nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk> To: <ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Date: 01/28/2014 04:12 AM Subject: [NTSysADM] Virtual machines Sent by: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com Hi Looking for option for Disater recovery We use backupexec that can create hyperv machines and they work faultlessly Also thinking about not spending money unless we have to! The hyper v machines with 2008 comeback however they need re licensing, from the test we have completed they work ok for a day However is there a way to transfer the licence (I don't want to break any licensing agreements) so if it means we have to buy another x number of 2008 server licenses then that's what we will do, it would be just to run the machine as a virtual machine for as long as it needs to repair the hardware and have the machine back up and running physically. Having mirrored servers would be out as the cost would be to high All servers have a 24 hour 4 hour response Some are older servers running proprietary software so they are windows 2000 these come back no problem Would something like veam be able to transfer the physical license to a virtual machine and then back or is this breaking licensing agreements with Microsoft Again I don't want to break any licensing agreements but have to do this "cheaply" The backup software we have creates the virtual machines and works fine, they restore to physical or virtual servers without problems, just the licensing OR How long can I legally run a transferred 2008 server, do you get 30 days? If so this would be more than enough to have the hardware back up, Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email: mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. The statements and opinions expressed in this email are my own and may not represent those of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd. This email is subject to copyright and the information contained in it is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is sent out only for intended recipient(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not an intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and unlawful. ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you.
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