Uso de una licencia W2003 en varias Maquinas Virtuales

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...rview.mspx
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...4a6d-aed9-

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...onfaq.mspx
Windows Server Virtualization Calculators
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...lator.mspx

Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Use Rights
Microsoft has added two important licensing benefits to Windows Server 2003
R2 Enterprise Edition. First, under a single license on a server, you may
run up to four instances of the server software in virtual operating system
environments on that server (only one instance per virtual operating system
environment). Second, if you are licensed for Windows Server 2003 R2
Standard Edition, you may run an instance of Standard Edition in place of
Enterprise Edition in any of those virtual operating system environments.
Customers will find key benefits in licensing Windows Server 2003 R2
Enterprise Edition as their virtualization platform but may still need to
run Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition within the virtual machines.
Microsoft has enabled this scenario as a significant benefit to licensing
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition.



Lo que quiere decir que tú instalas el sistema que de hace de host, y en él,
puedes virtualizar 4 máquinas con esa licencia; el licenciar quiere decir
que legalmente lo puedes usar sin pagar más licencias de sistema operativo
por cada máquina virtual, pero eso no te exime de tener que activarlo -y
para ello, tendrás que hacerlo por teléfono-


Salu2!!
Javier Inglés
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/p...B5567431B0
MS MVP, Windows Server-Directory Services



"xuxoce" escribió en el mensaje
news:

He leido informacion que dice que puedo usar la misma licencia de windows
server 2003 para distintas maquinas virtuales.
Lo he probado y no me deja activar la licencia en la instalacion del
segundo
servidor, diciendome que la licencia ya ha sido activada para otro equipo.
Lo estoy instalando en servidores Vmware ESX.

La informacion venia en los siguientes articulos:

http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id46

Expanded Use Rights for Windows Server 2003 R2

The new Microsoft licensing allows up to four instances of Windows Server
2003 R2 Enterprise Edition to be run in virtual OS environments on that
server, while only paying for one license. Gartner Research states:
"Windows
Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition is the only edition that will allow the
customer to run one instance in a physical operating system (OS)
environment
and up to four instances in virtual OS environments for one license fee."
http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd2810

What This Means for VMware Environments

While more expensive than the Standard edition, the ability to run up to
four instances of Windows Server 2003 R2 (Enterprise) on a single physical
ESX server and only pay for one license will still enable some attractive
economic benefits for many organizations.

En este link de gartner se explica:

http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd2810