I believe I can confirm the activation behavior, I'm doing this from memory, so I could be wrong.
I did play around with a cold p2v of our SBS server to just kinda see what I was getting into, for me, the swing was an easier task at the time. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Did activation due to HW changes apply to 2003 R2? I thought that was a > Vista/2008-generation change. But I can't keep it all straight anymore. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:29 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OEM version of SBS 2003 R2 > > There's two questions in play: "will it work" and "is it legal per the > EULA". > > Your OEM product key is only valid on the hardware it was shipped with, or > near-identical hardware (CPU & mobo mainly) used to repair said original > hardware. The P2V, if it boots/works, will result in a system that must be > activated due to the massive hardware changes. I don't know if it will > activate or not, but even if it does, activation does not confer legality, > if you are audited. > > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 7:18 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OEM version of SBS 2003 R2 > > True about it possibly not working. Since I'm there a couple hours week > nights and more on Saturdays, it'll be a while before I can do it, but it's > worth a shot, I suppose. > > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think a P2V will work just fine. Try it. If it doesn't work - you > aren't out anything. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 5:34 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: OEM version of SBS 2003 R2 > > > > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> OEM is tied to a specific machine. So moving to different hardware is > out. > >> > >> So I can't even migrate from a Dell PE 850 to the current gen of that > >> class of hardware from Dell? If true, that's incredibly unfortunate. > >> Is the install serialized in some fashion (MAC address, BIOS serial > >> number, CPU serial number, System Tag, something else)? > > > > Make that a PE 840... > > > > Kurt > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
