Oh and an OEM license violation is a business issue/reason as much as anything else. If they have any Open License agreements, dealing with this license violation may not be fun.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > I did this once...just once, and my results weren't satisfying. > > I P2V'ed our SBS 2003 just to see what would happen. I was forced to > activate, but it would not accept the OEM key. Due to other problems > associated with that experience, I didn't pursue it very long. > > If you can get the media somehow (maybe the discs were copied onto a HD?), > you're going to be much better off doing a Swing Migration. And you can > experiment with installing OEM media into a virtual environment to see if > it will accept the product key. > > Keep in mind this is a violation of the OEM license. You need to purchase > an SBS license and get some downgrade rights to get back to 2003. > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Since SBS 2003 isn't supported on VM I doubt they will help me. Every >> OEM 2003 server and OEM XP I've ever done has forced an activation and >> needed the key. I haven't actually tried it yet but was assuming it would >> based on previous experience. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 8:39 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Need to P2V and old SBS Standard 2003 server - Non OEM and >> no Key >> >> Call Microsoft. :-) >> >> Having said that, does 2003 ask for a key when you P2V it? It doesn't >> need online activation like Vista/Win7/W2K8. I've P2V'd WinXP without >> issue. Vista/later take activation keys to do that though. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: N Parr [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 6:36 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Need to P2V and old SBS Standard 2003 server - Non OEM and no Key >> >> I've done this dozens of times with OEM licensed machines but this is >> different. I have an old 2003 SBS that from what I can tell isn't OEM, >> there's no OEM in the product ID. The original install disks/code were >> lost in a building fire. They grabbed the server on the way out, rest >> burned up. Server is on last leg for many reasons and simplest thing to do >> virtualize it. Especially since I will be moving them off it within the >> next year. And for business reason's I can't move them to a new server at >> the moment. >> I'm trying to figure out what to buy so when it tries to activate after >> virtualization I'll be able to do so. Can I just buy an old copy of SBS >> 2003 standard and use the key from it? Will it screw with the extra 40 >> CAL's already on the server when I do? >> >> >> ~ 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
