Yes, our VMware based setup has some Windows 2003 servers some Linux boxes, all the VMs themselves are licensed correctly.
What I couldn't tell from the page I was reading was whether the additional license that MS refer to is meant for the OS *IN* the VM or the ability to run more VMs (regardless of whether the OS in them is Linux, windows, etc). Olly -- G2 Support Online Backups Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web: http://www.g2support.com <http://www.g2support.com> From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2008 13:51 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V license question The one physical and 4 virtual means he can have one 2008 host and 4 new 2008 Servers VM'd, simply changing a 2003 Server that's VM'd from VMWare to Hyper-v should require no additional licenses other than the host OS. If I understand the OP, the question was if moving a Windows server that is VM'd from an ESX host to a 2008 Server host would require any additional licensing other than the one 2008 Server Hyper-V host. Oliver? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 5:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hyper-V license question If you get 2008 Enterprise you get one physical and 4 virtual. The virtual license key are different than the Physical license key. Jon On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Oliver Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...or is it that each additional *windows* based VM requires an additional license (which is fairy-nuff) and any NON-windows VMs don't require a separate MS license? I guess what I'm trying to work out is whether the ability to run additional VMs requires an additional license or whether its the OS *IN* the VM that requires an additional license. Olly -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 October 2008 13:16 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hyper-V license question Hi chaps, I'm looking at porting some of our VMWare VMs to HyperV instead. We have a new server running 2008 Standard. The MS licensing page for HyperV says that I can run one VM server on the Standard edition and that additional licenses are required for each VM. Does that mean an additional 2008 Standard license is needed for each VM or do they sell a separate VM license for additional VMs in 2008 Standard ? Olly -- G2 Support Online Backups Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.g2support.com <http://www.g2support.com/> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
