Hello Christian,> what I meant is not acting as a KMS server but something new Microsoft > introduced. In windows 10 the tool vor managing Volume Licences asks if > you have a KMS server or if you want to use AD for activating the > software. I haven't tried it yet as I would need to setup a test > environment. > So I asked here to see if somebody tried it before. I can test this with > samba but I don't have a Windows AD so can not help there.from my understanding is. You have a KMS server on the network. You set a DNS record. Than Windows tries to connect to the KMS server and activates itself. If you miss that DNS record, you can do it manually: Here is an example request: 18:13:08.769942 IP 10.101.226.235.56381 > 10.101.0.1.53: 54581+ SRV? _VLMCS._TCP.gmvl.de. (37) Here is how you do it manually: slmgr -skms <kmsserver> slmgr -ato The keys you put in Windows are the same for everyone: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793421.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793406.aspx Cheers, Thomas
Am 24.07.2018 um 18:34 schrieb Thomas Glanzmann:> Hello Christian, > >> what I meant is not acting as a KMS server but something new Microsoft >> introduced. In windows 10 the tool vor managing Volume Licences asks if >> you have a KMS server or if you want to use AD for activating the >> software. I haven't tried it yet as I would need to setup a test >> environment. >> So I asked here to see if somebody tried it before. I can test this with >> samba but I don't have a Windows AD so can not help there. > > from my understanding is. You have a KMS server on the network. You set > a DNS record. Than Windows tries to connect to the KMS server and > activates itself. If you miss that DNS record, you can do it manually: > > Here is an example request: > > 18:13:08.769942 IP 10.101.226.235.56381 > 10.101.0.1.53: 54581+ SRV? _VLMCS._TCP.gmvl.de. (37) > > Here is how you do it manually: > > slmgr -skms <kmsserver> > slmgr -atoWe have a KMS running and it is working fine. However, we don't want to replace this server when 2008R2 is dropped from support. So we are looking for alternatives that do not require Windows servers I mean this here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2013/02/04/active-directory-based-activation-vs-key-management-services/ So there is a Schema update needed for it to work. I thought this might be possible with samba. Regards Christian -- Dr. Christian Naumer Research Scientist Plattform-Koordinator Bioprozesstechnik B.R.A.I.N Aktiengesellschaft Darmstaedter Str. 34-36, D-64673 Zwingenberg e-mail cn at brain-biotech.de, homepage www.brain-biotech.de fon +49-6251-9331-30 / fax +49-6251-9331-11 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Zwingenberg/Bergstrasse Registergericht AG Darmstadt, HRB 24758 Vorstand: Dr. Juergen Eck (Vorsitzender), Frank Goebel Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Dr. Ludger Mueller
On Tue, 2018-07-24 at 19:15 +0200, Christian Naumer wrote:> Am 24.07.2018 um 18:34 schrieb Thomas Glanzmann: > > Hello Christian, > > > > > what I meant is not acting as a KMS server but something new Microsoft > > > introduced. In windows 10 the tool vor managing Volume Licences asks if > > > you have a KMS server or if you want to use AD for activating the > > > software. I haven't tried it yet as I would need to setup a test > > > environment. > > > So I asked here to see if somebody tried it before. I can test this with > > > samba but I don't have a Windows AD so can not help there. > > > > from my understanding is. You have a KMS server on the network. You set > > a DNS record. Than Windows tries to connect to the KMS server and > > activates itself. If you miss that DNS record, you can do it manually: > > > > Here is an example request: > > > > 18:13:08.769942 IP 10.101.226.235.56381 > 10.101.0.1.53: 54581+ SRV? _VLMCS._TCP.gmvl.de. (37) > > > > Here is how you do it manually: > > > > slmgr -skms <kmsserver> > > slmgr -ato > > We have a KMS running and it is working fine. However, we don't want to > replace this server when 2008R2 is dropped from support. So we are > looking for alternatives that do not require Windows servers > > I mean this here: > > https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2013/02/04/active-directory-based-activation-vs-key-management-services/ > > So there is a Schema update needed for it to work. I thought this might > be possible with samba.That seems unlikely, we won't have whatever is in that Volume Activation Services Role software. Even if that is just a client to AD (and it just puts enough stuff in AD to operate without any DRM?), you would need that around to set it up. But I guess it is worth a try, perhaps after the adprep patches are done (started at the end of last year) land which get the domain and forest prep stuff done, or if you adprep the Samba domain yourself. It will be an interesting ride... Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett http://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team http://samba.org Samba Developer, Catalyst IT http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba