Xen users - Jul 2011 - Changes to windows domu without having to re-license?

Working on getting a server 2008 domu ready for production.

I needed more disk space so I copied it to a new larger lvm as I needed to 
move it to a new server.

Now it wants me to re-license it.
I suspect my first  mistake was to not have a mac address specified in  vif 
line.
It was activated with a MAK licience.

I suppose I could call Microsoft but I''d rather learn how to do it
right and
redo if possible.
Can one change  size of the  disk with out license issues?

John




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On 07/28/2011 12:02 PM, John McMonagle wrote:
> Working on getting a server 2008 domu ready for production.
> 
> I needed more disk space so I copied it to a new larger lvm as I needed to 
> move it to a new server.
> 
> Now it wants me to re-license it.
> I suspect my first  mistake was to not have a mac address specified in  vif
> line.
> It was activated with a MAK licience.
> 
> I suppose I could call Microsoft but I''d rather learn how to do it
right and
> redo if possible.
> Can one change  size of the  disk with out license issues?
> 
> John
If you dd the source LV to the new LV, you will get an exact copy of the
OS. Then you should be able to ''virsh dumpxml domu >
~/domu.xml'', edit
the XML to use the new LV, redefine the domU using ''virsh define
~/domu.xml'' and boot the VM.

However, I have no idea how or if you can grow the Win2008 server''s
filesystem at that point, but the space will be there if it is possible.

note: keep an original copy of the ''domu.xml'' in case
something goes
wrong. Then you can re-redefine the domU back to it''s original LV. :)

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On 7/28/2011 9:02 AM, John McMonagle wrote:
> Now it wants me to re-license it.
> I suspect my first  mistake was to not have a mac address specified in  vif
> line.
> It was activated with a MAK licience.
>
> I suppose I could call Microsoft but I''d rather learn how to do it
right and
> redo if possible.
> Can one change  size of the  disk with out license issues?
Changing the disk size shouldn''t require reactivation by itself, but a 
MAC address change will. If you still have the original image, try 
booting it up to determine its auto-generated MAC, then specifying that 
in the domU configuration file.

-John

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