Backup File Server to DAS
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@Dashrender said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
i get shocked, my dream to visualize is broken
FYI, it's virtualize, not visualize I'm guessing your browser's spell check doesn't know the word. you need to add it.
hhhhh yes you are right, my auto-corrector doesn't know virtualize
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@JaredBusch said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender every single P2V i have ever done has caused Windows to drop its authentic status and require reactivation. I have never seen it stay activated.
i get shocked, my dream to visualize is broken
Are you servers licensed now? I thought they were. I thought it was only your desktop stuff that was not licensed.
There is no reason the key should fail to reactivate on the new (virtual) hardware.unfortunately i don't have the windows server 2008 R2 key, when i start working in this company i found 2 windows servers that are activated but i don't have the key
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@IT-ADMIN said:
@JaredBusch said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender every single P2V i have ever done has caused Windows to drop its authentic status and require reactivation. I have never seen it stay activated.
i get shocked, my dream to visualize is broken
Are you servers licensed now? I thought they were. I thought it was only your desktop stuff that was not licensed.
There is no reason the key should fail to reactivate on the new (virtual) hardware.unfortunately i don't have the windows server 2008 R2 key, when i start working in this company i found 2 windows servers that are activated but i don't have the key
so i think there is no chance to activate the V againsave this as displaykey.vbs and then double click on it.
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId")) Function ConvertToKey(Key) Const KeyOffset = 52 i = 28 Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789" Do Cur = 0 x = 14 Do Cur = Cur * 256 Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) And 255 Cur = Cur Mod 24 x = x -1 Loop While x >= 0 i = i -1 KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput If (((29 - i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i <> -1) Then i = i -1 KeyOutput = "-" & KeyOutput End If Loop While i >= 0 ConvertToKey = KeyOutput End Function -
I would still test a P2V in such a way that your current server could still be turned back on in case it does not activate.
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so i will past this in a text file and save as displaykey.vbs and run it on my server, isn't it ??
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@IT-ADMIN Yes.
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@JaredBusch said:
I would still test a P2V in such a way that your current server could still be turned back on in case it does not activate.
can i run this on my windows 7 for trial, because i'm fear this script would do something on the server
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it is still production time
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@IT-ADMIN Yeah you can attempt the P2V on any system you have so you know how it is performed.
Ideally running it on your servers should only be done once you're comfortable doing that.
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@DustinB3403 -- Will that script work on any version of WIndows for the most part?
@IT-ADMIN -- You can run it on Windows 7 and see. That script doesn't actually change any thing on your computer. It just looks at some stuff in the registry and does some math things to get the key out.
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@IT-ADMIN said:
it is still production time
Yes you can run this on Windows 7 first.
all this script does is pull the cd key from the computer and convert it back into the key that was typed in during install.
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@dafyre said:
@DustinB3403 -- Will that script work on any version of WIndows for the most part?
It works on any version of Windows I have ever ran it on. Vista, 7, 8, and 10
Note: Windows 10 upgraded devices all use the same fake key. So there is no point in running it on Windows 10 unless it was installed with its own key.
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wow, i run it on my Win 7, it shows me the key
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yep, now do that on your server and you'll have the key.
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wait i will run the script on the server and tell you the result
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once you have the key, you could search google and see if anything comes up on that key. MS sometimes releases blog posts about keys they have killed due to piracy.
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great, i run the script and it shows me the key, incredible
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@IT-ADMIN said:
great, i run the script and it shows me the key, incredible
thank you very much dear @JaredBuschStill does not mean your key is valid or not. that is different. But now you at least have the informaiton available.
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so now i have the activation key thanks to @JaredBusch,, i'm ready to go
the next step is P2V, shutdown the P, run the V on my hypervisor and activate my VM with the key, Done -
@IT-ADMIN said:
so now i have the activation key thanks to @JaredBusch,, i'm ready to go
the next step is P2V, shutdown the P, run the V on my hypervisor and activate my VM with the key, DoneAnd if it fails to activate, you can just turn the P back on.
