Thanks. On a related issue, I know you can "virtualize" an existing system using a VMWare utility. I did it just to see how it worked. Came up fine but, as expected, it wanted to phone home to the mothership immediately.
How do you handle licensing when you do this? I've got a couple of XP Pro systems I'm interested in virtualizing. Do you virtualize them and then register them with Win7 licenses? (Small editorial aside: I hate MS Licensing!) ---------------------- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _____ From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:44:29 -0500 Subject: RE: Windows 7 Professional / VMWare Volume License, KMS preferred if you will keep making more from a gold image or MAK if they are static Registration works 100% the same Not as long as the hardware is the same, if not it will go thru a new HW discovery which might require acticvation Cheers! Carlos From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 Professional / VMWare I'm interested in creating 3 or 4 Windows 7 Pro VMs on an ESXI 3.0 server; new territory for me. * Do you just use retail or volume license versions of Win7? Or is there any different licensing options for VMs? * If I create a Win 7 VM, does the registration process work identically to a PC install? * If you create a Win 7 VM on one server and then move it to another, is that comparable to installing Win 7 on one PC and then installing it on another? ---------------------- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin _________________________________________________________ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _________________________________________________________ ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
