Comments on: Provisioning Services, Microsoft Licenses, and KMS http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms Using technology to make businesses better Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: More on Provisioning Services and Microsoft KMS | Moose Logic Blog http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-391 More on Provisioning Services and Microsoft KMS | Moose Logic Blog Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:19:51 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-391 [...] fall, we posted about Citrix Provisioning Services and Microsoft KMS activation. To briefly recap, here’s the [...] [...] fall, we posted about Citrix Provisioning Services and Microsoft KMS activation. To briefly recap, here’s the [...]

]]> By: Sid Herron http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-72 Sid Herron Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:58:10 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-72 @ Yassek, According to this discussion thread at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/819437d9-9230-40e4-a292-eddb639ed970, KMS functionality is already there, and gets turned on when you enter the KMS host product key. See also the section entitled "Install KMS Hosts" in this section of the TechNet library: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx. @ Yassek,

According to this discussion thread at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserversetup/thread/819437d9-9230-40e4-a292-eddb639ed970, KMS functionality is already there, and gets turned on when you enter the KMS host product key. See also the section entitled “Install KMS Hosts” in this section of the TechNet library: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx.

]]> By: Yassek http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-68 Yassek Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:59:42 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-68 Hi guys, how I can install KMS in windows server 2008 R2. Thxs Hi guys, how I can install KMS in windows server 2008 R2.

Thxs

]]> By: Chris http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-42 Chris Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:19:33 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-42 Yes, KMS is running on a Windows 2008 R2 server, thats right. For the Windows 2008 / Windows 2008 R2 servers it is working as expected. Yes, KMS is running on a Windows 2008 R2 server, thats right. For the Windows 2008 / Windows 2008 R2 servers it is working as expected.

]]> By: Sid Herron http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-40 Sid Herron Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:18:30 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-40 Hmmm...unless I'm missing something, I don't think that your provisioned systems should be showing up with the same SID. Is KMS running on a Windows 2008 R2 server? Hmmm…unless I’m missing something, I don’t think that your provisioned systems should be showing up with the same SID. Is KMS running on a Windows 2008 R2 server?

]]> By: Chris http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-39 Chris Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:10:39 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-39 I'm right at the moment trying to activate Win7 systems. There's a problem in this consideration. For example: You got around 15 Servers it will not be a Problem to activate Virtual Servers 2008. It works. But, and here the problem shows up, if you are provisioning Windows 7 Clients now (i've got 25 provisioned), the provisioned system aren't counting on the KMS Host. I think because its the same SID, Hardware or something. If i create manually 2 copies from a Windows 7 Guest in XenCenter, it will count. I don't see really the difference between copy in XenCenter (without changing anything in the guest system), or privisioning 25 Guests with standard disk. Somehow it doesn't count these ones. Someone got an idea? I’m right at the moment trying to activate Win7 systems. There’s a problem in this consideration. For example:
You got around 15 Servers it will not be a Problem to activate Virtual Servers 2008. It works.
But, and here the problem shows up, if you are provisioning Windows 7 Clients now (i’ve got 25 provisioned), the provisioned system aren’t counting on the KMS Host.

I think because its the same SID, Hardware or something.

If i create manually 2 copies from a Windows 7 Guest in XenCenter, it will count.

I don’t see really the difference between copy in XenCenter (without changing anything in the guest system), or privisioning 25 Guests with standard disk. Somehow it doesn’t count these ones.

Someone got an idea?

]]> By: Sid Herron http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-37 Sid Herron Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:48:22 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-37 To "Mr V" - My understanding is that with the current product, what counts is the AGGREGATE number of unique systems that have contacted the KMS server for activation (including, at this point, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Vista, and Win7). Once that aggregate number reaches 25, the KMS server will begin activating desktop Operating Systems. So you could have fewer than 25 Win7 desktops, provided that the aggregate number of systems is 25 or greater. Again, if the KMS server is 2008 R2, both physical and virtual instances will increment the counter. Otherwise only physical instances will count. To “Mr V” – My understanding is that with the current product, what counts is the AGGREGATE number of unique systems that have contacted the KMS server for activation (including, at this point, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Vista, and Win7). Once that aggregate number reaches 25, the KMS server will begin activating desktop Operating Systems. So you could have fewer than 25 Win7 desktops, provided that the aggregate number of systems is 25 or greater.

Again, if the KMS server is 2008 R2, both physical and virtual instances will increment the counter. Otherwise only physical instances will count.

]]> By: Mr V http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-36 Mr V Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:05:24 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-36 Thanks for the article. However, I am still not too sure: In case you have less than 25 Win7 desktops provisioned with PVS using a shared disk, how do you manage to have them activated? Is it even possible? Thanks for the article.

However, I am still not too sure:
In case you have less than 25 Win7 desktops provisioned with PVS using a shared disk, how do you manage to have them activated?
Is it even possible?

]]> By: Sid Herron http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/provisioning-services-microsoft-licenses-and-kms#comment-17 Sid Herron Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:38:24 +0000 http://www.mooselogic.com/blog/?p=254#comment-17 According to Citrix StreetSmarts (http://streetsmarts.citrix.com/si?iid=7158&lsr=&nvi=1), the right way to build a vDisk for Provisioning is to allow the "master target" OS (from which you are going to build the vDisk) to complete KMS activation first - and THEN create the vDisk that you'll use for provisioning. According to Citrix StreetSmarts (http://streetsmarts.citrix.com/si?iid=7158&lsr=&nvi=1), the right way to build a vDisk for Provisioning is to allow the “master target” OS (from which you are going to build the vDisk) to complete KMS activation first – and THEN create the vDisk that you’ll use for provisioning.

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