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VMware - Dell OEM Install

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We have a server that is on its way out but we need to image the current install and run it as a VM. The issue is that software is 2003 R2 Dell OEM. Can this be done legally?
 
From all the information I could find and from your little information I have deduced that it is legal however Dell doesn't like it so you won't get any tech support if needed.

If there are major concerns about the legality you should be contacting lawyers not hardware enthusiasts. :)

P.S.
I am NOT a lawyer. (obviously)
 
It's against the Windows license agreement...could cover yourself by buying a license for that VM.
 
It is against the license agreement. You should really use a Enterprise Key with KMS... And why would you want to P2V an OEM installation with nothing on it?
 
we did that, when a server gets physically removed, we used to image them over. didnt bother us if the physical server was recycled, and we removed the key off the box, we originally paid for the license anyways, so its ours, not like microshaft or hell computers are going to audit us.
 
Don't see why not, you have the CAL on the outside of the server, you own it, no?
 
no, you can't use an OEM COA for a VM according to Microsoft. needs to be full retail or volume. Microsoft will audit you (I just finished up with an MS audit myself). That being said, microsoft doesn't care which license you use, so long as you own an appropriate number of the correct licenses. We declare the proper number of licenses monthly for our SPLA reporting, and a couple of our legacy boxes that have not yet been deprecated are using OEM COA keys. Despite owning those valid OEM licenses, we still declare another windows server processor license monthly for each server to stay legit.
 
ChRoNo16 said:
not like microshaft or hell computers are going to audit us.
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Bad attitude to have. An audit is always a real possibility. Much better to consider what you will do if faced with the threat of audit than to convince yourself it could never happen. Software Vendor Audit should be a scenario in every IT company's "disaster plan."
 
Yes they might...you might decide later it makes a lot of sense to get a larger volume agreement which requires an audit. That "true up" bill can get very expensive. Better to do it a little at a time as needed.
 
NetJunkie said:
Yes they might...you might decide later it makes a lot of sense to get a larger volume agreement which requires an audit. That "true up" bill can get very expensive. Better to do it a little at a time as needed.
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yup, moved our SPLA, had to do a true up, 5 figures. That's what hapens when people leave software images on a fileserver that people have access to, and they decide they should install it on their machine without letting anyone know :)
 
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