Comments on: How to activate Vista: KMS (Key Management Service) essentials http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/ For Windows Administrators Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:46:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Silas http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-125604 Silas Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:08:13 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/#comment-125604 Michael, Could you clarify your statement that the KMS host must not run on a virtual machine? The following extract from the "Volume Activation 2 0 Changes for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1.doc" states that: KMS can be hosted on a virtual machine running Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 RTM, or Windows Server 2003 running KMS for Windows Server 2003 v1.1. My concern is that if vmotion moves the KMS host, it will break the activation of the KMS host because new hardware will be detected. Thanks Michael,

Could you clarify your statement that the KMS host must not run on a virtual machine?

The following extract from the “Volume Activation 2 0 Changes for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1.doc” states that:

KMS can be hosted on a virtual machine running Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 RTM, or Windows Server 2003 running KMS for Windows Server 2003 v1.1.

My concern is that if vmotion moves the KMS host, it will break the activation of the KMS host because new hardware will be detected.

Thanks

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]]> By: Michael http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-12112 Michael Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:25:45 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/#comment-12112 Jouni, good to know that we are not the only ones who mistakenly used a KMS key to activate Vista clients. ;-) I posted an <a href="http://4sysops.com/archives/the-risks-of-windows-vista-volume-activation-20-a-case-in-point/" rel="nofollow">article</a> about this story. Jouni, good to know that we are not the only ones who mistakenly used a KMS key to activate Vista clients. ;-) I posted an article about this story.

]]> By: Jouni http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-11959 Jouni Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:37:12 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/#comment-11959 I have had interesting experiences concerning KMS-key. I have succesfully activated 5 workstations using KMS key. There was no KMS-server around when doing that. Those workstations were in workgroup neigbourhood. When i joined one of those systems in domain Vista deactivated itselfs. When i tried to activate workstation in domain neighbourhood, there was an error message stating that KMS-server was not found. I then joined workstation back to workgroup and tried to activate again. This time i was presented an error message saying that my key was allready in use....sigh I have had interesting experiences concerning KMS-key. I have succesfully activated 5 workstations using KMS key. There was no KMS-server around when doing that. Those workstations were in workgroup neigbourhood. When i joined one of those systems in domain Vista deactivated itselfs. When i tried to activate workstation in domain neighbourhood, there was an error message stating that KMS-server was not found. I then joined workstation back to workgroup and tried to activate again. This time i was presented an error message saying that my key was allready in use….sigh

]]> By: Michael http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-11601 Michael Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:40:08 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/#comment-11601 Max, thanks for the link. I am going to try it soon. Max, thanks for the link. I am going to try it soon.

]]> By: Max http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-11547 Max Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:19:51 +0000 http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-activate-vista-kms-key-management-service-essentials/#comment-11547 Hello! Yepp, I did not get it to work on a Windows 2003 Server either. I even tried it on Windows Longhorn Server. No way. Concerning the SRV records I would place them manually like you can read here: http://its.psu.edu/mskms/howtoconnect.html BR Max Hello!

Yepp, I did not get it to work on a Windows 2003 Server either. I even tried it on Windows Longhorn Server. No way. Concerning the SRV records I would place them manually like you can read here: http://its.psu.edu/mskms/howtoconnect.html

BR
Max

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