We have on it a very old software that contains a BD and software to run an warehouse dont know the technical name but its a warehouse that store automated the packages.
The server health its quite bad last time i removed the RAM module and put it again wont turn on ,but several attempts works. I thinking to virtualize it on Hyper-V do not do it yet , i use Vmware converter and try it as a VM on vmware workstation and when i turn it on says Windows its not activated because hardware changes. So i can buy anywhere legally an Windows r2 license? I found several on ebay and shady sites but i think are not valid in case of Microsoft comes.
But if you look at Windows 10 downgrade rights Anyway its just paper license But do note if you are running on a virtualised environment, you need to license it based on the cores of the physical server In general, downgrade rights allow you to use any previous server version of the same edition.
There are some limitations, mostly on retail versions. No need to guess when it's easy to look up. Says " R2 or earlier". I would prefer too Vmware ESXI over hyper-v but my maanger wont want to pay for it , so i am stuck with hyper-v since its free , i already have Windows license paid.
I will look into a R2 license. Any recommendation where to buy it Robert? In microsoft store i only see licenses. Depends on the product. However the channel is determined by the Product key and media used with CD1, you are not changing them, all CD2 does is add the additonal R2 components. You still have to use the same channel product key, so this does not help with the situation. This doesn't allow you to convert from one channel to another, it only adds R2 functionality, the underlying OS is still tied to the channel that was used to install with by the use of CD1, that doesn't change at all.
The upgrade option by running setup from CD1 of volume media, will allow you to enter a product key, when you do that it will change the channel to the media and product key being installed.
Thanks for your assistance, Darrell. It sounds as if I'm up a creek without a reliable paddle, here, as there's nothing that guarantees my software installations stay intact.
A simply question: why? With Microsoft's big push to the virtualization space, is this just a symptom of older software? I have to think I'm not in a minotiry of users on the planet who wish to move from one piece of hardware to another without losing their critical data I mean, Microsoft is getting their money in licensing when all is said and done, after all.
This all seems like a problem we should have seen in , not and beyond which, correct me if I'm wrong, was when R2 was released. Sorry for the rantish reply. Again, I appreciate your answers and what you've done to help. Honestly, thanks once again!! For Windows Server and Windows Server R2 you can change the product key from one channel to another. People ask how to do this all the time, they install using media from one channel because they do not have the keys available from the channel they truely want to use.
They may want to build up the number of KMS clients so as meet the minimum requirements for KMS to be able to activate the machines. You would have to upgrade or do a clean installation to be able to change the product key from one channel to another with Windows Server I have a Datacenter Server that came with a Dell server I purchased. So my Install is not Activated. I do not have an OEM Key. It says for non-core editions I need to use the slui.
That just tells me its activated. Use this site to get keys, the Datacenter keys are not going to install on Standard installation. Thank you for your reply. Other than the Hierarchical Volume License Keys which some can install on different editions, most keys just install on one edition. Standard keys will only install on Standard. Doesn't really matter whether they are OEM or Retail. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Sign in. United States English.
Ask a question. Paragraph Nov 21, at UTC. Thanks Reading this, the answer is no. OEM Keys are only good for the hardware they were sold with. If you're licensed for R2 32bit then that's what you're licensed for.
This is for a personal server at home. The machine was retired by my company. Paragraph wrote: Additionally if my memory serves me was licensed similar to XP where the 32bit and 64bit versions were different SKUs, thus different products altogether rather than versions of the same product.
Even so, do you really want to learn on a End of Life OS? Thai Pepper. Force Flow wrote: Server is ancient at this point. This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting. Read these next
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