KMS - Does it require Non-virtual 08 Servers to count towards the

[Guest Dan]

Does the KMS service only count non-virtual machines running Server 2008

towards the initial 5?

 

I am trying to roll out 08 Std and am running into problems with getting my

count # to go up. I think I have narrowed it down to actual servers vs

virtual machines. I have done 7 upgrades with 3 being actual and that is the

number the KMS Server is showing as its current count: 3. I figured that it

would be 7 by now, but its not. I didn't see it anywhere that says

specifically that the count is only on real servers...

[Guest Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

RE: KMS - Does it require Non-virtual 08 Servers to count towards the

 

Hello Dan,

That would be correct. Only Physical machines are coounted.

See this section on KMS Activation Thresholds

in the following link

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303276.aspx

It talks about counting physical and not virtual machines.

 

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

 

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| >Does the KMS service only count non-virtual machines running Server 2008

| >towards the initial 5?

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| >I am trying to roll out 08 Std and am running into problems with getting

my

| >count # to go up. I think I have narrowed it down to actual servers vs

| >virtual machines. I have done 7 upgrades with 3 being actual and that

is the

| >number the KMS Server is showing as its current count: 3. I figured

that it

| >would be 7 by now, but its not. I didn't see it anywhere that says

| >specifically that the count is only on real servers...

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