New Server Deployment

[Guest Chris]

Hi Everyone,

 

 

 

Here is the scenario: My company is going to change physical locations in

about 4 months, through some miracle I've managed to convinced our president

to abandon 2 out of 3 of the servers we are currently running. Getting rid

of the third server is impossible because its got a 10 year old application

I can't move, so I'm stuck with it. Now, the two servers I'm going to ditch

are 5 years old but they are both running windows server 2003. On the

shinny new servers I'm going to install server 2003 but I want transfer the

licenses currently used on the old servers to the new ones. This would save

me the cash on buying a new copy of server 2003. I also want to transfer

the CALs from the old severs to the new ones. How do I go about this? Could

I just install sever 2003 with my current licenses at the new location then

after its all up and running simply unplug the older severs or is there

something that has to be done on the legal side of things?

 

 

 

I hope this explains my situation enough to get an answer.

 

 

 

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me out

[Guest leew [MVP]]

Re: New Server Deployment

 

Chris wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

>

>

>

> Here is the scenario: My company is going to change physical locations in

> about 4 months, through some miracle I've managed to convinced our president

> to abandon 2 out of 3 of the servers we are currently running. Getting rid

> of the third server is impossible because its got a 10 year old application

> I can't move, so I'm stuck with it. Now, the two servers I'm going to ditch

> are 5 years old but they are both running windows server 2003. On the

> shinny new servers I'm going to install server 2003 but I want transfer the

> licenses currently used on the old servers to the new ones. This would save

> me the cash on buying a new copy of server 2003. I also want to transfer

> the CALs from the old severs to the new ones. How do I go about this? Could

> I just install sever 2003 with my current licenses at the new location then

> after its all up and running simply unplug the older severs or is there

> something that has to be done on the legal side of things?

>

>

>

> I hope this explains my situation enough to get an answer.

>

>

>

> Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me out

>

>

You need to check what kind of licenses you have. Most people in

smaller organizations buy the licenses with the server - servers that

come with Server preinstalled are using OEM licenses which CANNOT be

transferred to a new server - they live and die with the hardware they

are installed on.

 

The 10 year old app may be something you can get running in a virtual

machine - I would strongly recommend you explore that option. VMWare

server and Virtual Server are both free server products. The CALs

(other than the 5 that came with the server) should be transferable.