I you need to purchase 2 sockets, not just 1. Stefan
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, don't try installing vms on a separate host. The unlimited vms > only applies to the single host, not spread across multiples... > > >>> Jason Morris <[email protected]> 2/18/2010 9:10 AM >>> > An interesting thing to note for anybody running VMware ESX. If you > purchase the Windows DataCenter Server license, you can use that for > unlimited windows servers on a VMware host. It's not limited to Hyper-V > only. Just make sure your VMware host meets the licensing for the Data > Center server you purchased. > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:07 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: MS Server licensing and vm servers > > +1 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:57 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: MS Server licensing and vm servers > > We use the datacenter license for our VMware farm. > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Sean Rector <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yep...we've found the DC licensing to have helped us > tremendously...and with the > > right hardware, it's a godsend! > > > > > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > > > > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:25 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: MS Server licensing and vm servers > > > > > > > > Windows Standard should give you 1 extra license. Enterprise gives 4 > as > > you've noted, and DataCenter gives unlimited. > > > > It's a very good consideration if you're looking at Hyper-V > > > > -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker > > Sent from my Verizon Smartphone > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: "Tom Miller" <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:15:07 -0500 > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > > > > Subject: MS Server licensing and vm servers > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I had a review yesterday with a MS licensing specialist which I found > very > > helpful. One thing I learned that I didn't know was that for each > Windows > > 2008 Standard license I purchase, I have two additional Windows 2008 > > Standard licenses as VM servers, as long as those VM servers reside > on the > > same hardware that the original 2008 is installed onto. And that's > four > > additional licenses for Enterprise Servers. > > > > > > > > So, how are you all using this? I use XenServer and have a number > of > > virtual servers on a SAN, but can't use the "vm" licensing model > here. 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