[ale] Semi-OT, Windows as VM guest

[Wolf Halton]

I have a Win7Pro VirtualBox VM I have moved from one Ubuntu install to
another bare-metal install on the same hardware, and it has not required a
relicensing.  I used to de the same thing with an XP Pro VM, also with no
licensing issues.  Just lucky, I reckon.

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On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 2:35 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> On 11/28/2014 06:20 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Moving a fully licensed win VM from host a to host b is not an issue if
> the two
> > host are running the same type of virtualization, I.e., KVM, VMware,
> xen. Moving
> > between host types is far trickier and may cause license issues.
> >
>
> IME, the issue with Windows licensing hick-ups when moved to a different
> VM host
> has more to do with the OS noticing a change in the chipset, disk
> controller, or
> other major hardware.  For retain copies, running the 'sysprep' command
> just
> before moving the VM storage to the new hardware will remove the
> pre-configured
> drivers and disable any dependent services (like time/ntp sync). There is a
> limit to the number of times sysprep can be used - I think 3 is the number
> then
> you/we have to call MSFT and beg for a new 45 character (???!) activation
> key.
>
> Don't know anything about OEM licenses - moving those to different
> hardware is
> not allowed in the license, so I've never attempted it.
>
>
> You know - keeping track of license limitations is enough to just throw
> them
> away and stick with Linux stuff.
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