Backup File Server to DAS
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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.
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Typically when you have to reactive you don't have to enter the key - it's already in the system. If it fails, you can try entering it manually, but I would guess it would fail again.
At that point, you could try calling to get activation, but that's up to you.
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@JaredBusch said:
@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.
what can make it not valid ?? the P is working with the same key ! and it is activated
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At the time the key was valid, but if Microsoft discovers that the key used on your server was also used on 100's of other servers, they will add the key to a black list and no new servers can activate with that key.
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@Dashrender said:
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.
take the last 4 sections of the key and put it into google and see if you get any results that match your full key.
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@Dashrender said:
@Dashrender said:
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.
take the last 4 sections of the key and put it into google and see if you get any results that match your full key.
you mean : xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
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yes, but your actual code, don't type a bunch of x's into google.
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hhhhhh, when i first type the first letter google bring the rest of the key, when i see the website having my key, i found that so many website share that damn key
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what do you think guys ??
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Yeah, if the machine won't automatically re authenticate, you're out of luck.
but you should still try.
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summary: i will P2V, shutdown the P, move the V to a hypervisor, start the VM, in this stage 2 possible situation can occur :
1- the VM reauthorize itself automatically
2- enter the key (which was retrieved from the P) and submit it (the activation can succeed or fail)
in case of activation fail, delete the V, start the P and forget about virtualizationi'm right with this summary ????
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Looks good to me.. though what do you mean move the V to the hypervisor? Normally the P2V tools do that for you, at least they do with ESXi, don't know about Hyper-V or XenServer
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@Dashrender said:
Looks good to me.. though what do you mean move the V to the hypervisor? Normally the P2V tools do that for you, at least they do with ESXi, don't know about Hyper-V or XenServer
i mean by that after virtualizing the P, it will gave me a VM, then i will import the VM to my Xenserver
as far as i'm concerned VMware vCenter Converter who perform the P2V, is there any other tool that import the VM directly from the P to XenServer ?? -
You can't use VMWare's tool to create the VM. You have to use Xen's tool to create the image.
@DustinB3403 - Help!
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really, i though all VM has the same extension and can be imported into all hypervisors no matter how they were P2V,
@scottalanmiller ,@DustinB3403 , @JaredBusch help ...lol -
it looks like our IT pros having a rest
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So with XenServer (and specifically NAUBackup) the files that are created are VM_Name.xva which are specific to Xen.
The other hypervisors I'm uncertain of what they create.
Sorry I can't be more help.
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Can you explain the P2V process for XenServer?
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@Dashrender said:
Can you explain the P2V process for XenServer?
Well its not P2V for XenServer.
It's P2V for what ever server OS your using.
We've used and had success with VMWare's P2V tool to an open format. Which is usable on XenServer.
We didn't have much luck with XenServers P2V tool on XenServer oddly. Generally the recommendation is to just build a new VM server, reinstall your applications, and move any required files onto it.
