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I am not answering any more questions on this post — to be honest, there have been too many for me to have the time to deal with them. My recommendations are:. This post follows my dissertation on Windows Server licensingwhich is essential reading before proceeding with this post.

BTW, the counting here нажмите сюда applies to:. Please read this post s-l-o-w-l-y and let it sink in. Then read it again. Читать далее other words, you license a host for the maximum number of Windows Server VMs that it could host.

Here нажмите чтобы перейти windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free to run a single host that has 1 CPU. The host will run 2 Windows Server virtual machines.

You will assign a single Windows Server license to this host. In other words, you get rights to install Windows Server Standard or previous versions in 2 VMs on this host. A single copy of WS Standard will not suffice. There are two options; do you go with the Standard or Datacenter editions of Windows Server ?

In this case there are 4 CPUs. Then we would assign 2 copies of Windows Server Datacenter on it. The maximum specification for Windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free Server Hyper-V is logical processors in the host.

We count CPUs, sockets, or plain old processors — pick the term you prefer. The correct solution is to license each host for the maximum number of VOSEs that it can have for even one second. This is not one host with 3 VMs and 1 host with 1 VM.

This is 2 hosts, each of which can have up to 4 VMs. In the past we would have used Enterprise edition on each host. That has been replaced by Windows Server Standard edition, that now has all the features and scalability of the Datacenter edition. Take each host and size it for 4 VOSEs. That means we need to assign 2 copies of Windows Server Standard edition to each host.

You have two options приведу ссылку license each host for up to 10 VOSEs. Firstly you could license each of the hosts with 5 copies of Windows Server Standard. Each host windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free 2 CPUs, so each host requires 1 copy windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free Datacenter. There are 2 hosts so we windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free 2 copies of Windows Server Datacenter.

You could add more hosts to this cluster and each could have unlimited VMs. As long as the hosts have 1 or 2 CPUs each, each additional host requires читать 1 copy of Windows Server Datacenter to license it for unlimited installs of Windows Все? adobe premiere pro cc 7.0 free отказываюсь for the VMs on that host. The magic number of 10 VOSEs is a dot in the rear view mirror. We now have lots of hosts with lots of VMs flying all over the place.

Each host has 4 CPUs. Live Migration Outside the Cluster. If this is an infrequent move then you windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free avail of the VL 90 day mobility right windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free reassign a license, ensuring the the old host is sufficiently licensed for remaining VOSEs and physical CPUs.

Therefore it is irrelevant in this conversation. Buying another product is just more money spent. Thank for your long awaited license information forI think its quite positive with enterprise going out and the other changes, although the death of the SBS server is bad news for us, but as you said it was to be expected considering the focus on office etc.

We have hosting facilities for spla customers, but our on-premises clients typically are not paying for spla licenses since they have their own on-premises licenses etc. So what if we want to offer them Hyper-v replication to our hosting center? What would be possible scenarios for this? A very good question.

Until then, it is pure speculation. Very good post. I just have one question. In the windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free server scenario, with shared storage between hosts, each host still needs to be licensed to handle 10 VMs each? What happens on the 2nd server if not sufficiently licensed? Does an error message popup? Will the software refuse to run the servers until licensing is resolved? Hyper-V is not going to stop you from running VMs. You could be running any OS in the VM.

From what I can see here, Microsoft are greatly increasing the cost for companys to introduce a Virtual Cluster. For companies with 1 physical box, the licensing is cheaper, 2 boxes it is the same and 3 or more boxes increasing more expensive.

In Server they would license the Operating systems больше информации have 8 licenses. In server they would need. Has this changed with Server that you are allowed to use hosts with 1 Processor with datacenter licensing? You should read my post again. There is nothing, no where that is legitimate, that declares that you must have 2 physical processors to run Datacenter.

You just license 2 processors. In the past, you bought 2 copies of Datecenter edition. Now, you buy 1 copy of Datacenter that covers 2 CPUs in the host, and it costs the same as buying 2 of the old Datacenter licenses. This приведенная ссылка clear up some of the confusion, and better yet, the graphics you adobe photoshop 9 free together help me to explain it to my clients visually. I am having an on-going discussion regarding the licensing for server datacenter edition in a failover cluster.

We have been offered a solution by a vendor who r selling OEM licenses with the physical hosts. We will have 12 /15175.txt machines in total and each host has a single processor. Going by ur article, OEM will just not cut it. I have been trying to find similar information like urs and cannot do so. What is ur source?

It is a very good article. We currently use Server standard on all physical servers. We have CALs for 50 users licensed for server нами windows server 2012 r2 standard cals free невозможно I just bought a new physical server, and a server standard open license.

How could anyone get mixed up with this Post. This is exactly what I was looking for. A simple, Easily understood description of the licencing for Thanks Aidan. Skip to content. My windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free are: Re-read this post if you do not understand it after the first or second reads.

To be honest, most windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free the questions have been from people who are just trying to make things complicated.

Just windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free the hosts for the maximum number of Windows Server VMs that can ever run on that host, even for 1 second. It is that simple! It is used when talking about licensing a VM for Windows Server. When you buy a license for virtualisation you legally buy and assign it to hardware, not to VMs.

There is no mobility with OEM. You can assign more than больше информации license to a host In other words, you license a host for the maximum number of Windows Server VMs that it could host. Reminder: This applies even to you non-Hyper-V folks. Hi Aidan Thank for your long awaited license information forI think its quite positive with enterprise going out and the other changes, although the death of the SBS server is bad news for us, but as you said it was to be expected considering the focus on office etc.

I do have a question for you though: Hyper-V replica. As I windows server 2012 foundation virtualization free it Hyper-V replica is the most confusing part of the new licensing scheme. Hi Jonas, A very good question. A great post, this really confirms my own reading. Thanks Aidan for this great explanation. Klaus, You should read my post again. Great write up! OEM would be OK. I work for a Microsoft Value Added Distributor on the techie side and licensing is our biz. Thank you for this post.

Please clarify something for me.