virtualization and oem licenses

I have a virtual server with a guest so: win 2003 std oem.
In case of disaster, i will move the machine on a new hardware.
The license will no longer be valid, so i will buy a new OEM license.
If i don't reinstall the sytem, it will keep the old-license product key.

Microsoft asks me to buy a license for each hardware, and i do.
But do they ask me to reinstall the hole system in order to have the new
product id?

tnx
Agostino

 

The license for an OS running in a vm is tied to the vm, not to the host
machine on which it is running. As far as licensing is concerned, the term
"machine" covers either a virtual machine or a physical machine. If you have
a license for the OS running in a vm, it does not matter what physical
machine it runs on or what type of virtualization is used. The OS is
licensed to run on that "machine".

"agostino" <sclauzero@_rem_cedapsrl.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have a virtual server with a guest so: win 2003 std oem.
> In case of disaster, i will move the machine on a new hardware.
> The license will no longer be valid, so i will buy a new OEM license.
> If i don't reinstall the sytem, it will keep the old-license product key.
>
> Microsoft asks me to buy a license for each hardware, and i do.
> But do they ask me to reinstall the hole system in order to have the new
> product id?
>
> tnx
> Agostino
>
>
>
>
>
>

 

The "guest" machine thinks the vm is it's hardware, so moving on a different
phisical machine doesn't trigger the "invalidation" of the activation.
But from a legal point of view this violates the oem agreement (while it
would be correct in the case of open licenses).
So my question is: how do I change the product key to a win 2003 std os?
tnx

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> The license for an OS running in a vm is tied to the vm, not to the host
> machine on which it is running. As far as licensing is concerned, the term
> "machine" covers either a virtual machine or a physical machine. If you
> have a license for the OS running in a vm, it does not matter what
> physical machine it runs on or what type of virtualization is used. The OS
> is licensed to run on that "machine".
>
> "agostino" <sclauzero@_rem_cedapsrl.com> wrote in message
> news:uGvs36x0JHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> I have a virtual server with a guest so: win 2003 std oem.
>> In case of disaster, i will move the machine on a new hardware.
>> The license will no longer be valid, so i will buy a new OEM license.
>> If i don't reinstall the sytem, it will keep the old-license product key.
>>
>> Microsoft asks me to buy a license for each hardware, and i do.
>> But do they ask me to reinstall the hole system in order to have the new
>> product id?
>>
>> tnx
>> Agostino
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>