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Moving VMs from 2012R2 DC Failover cluster to new Azure Stack HCI failover cluster. The VMs once moved over shows Windows is not activated. I've gone to the AVMA page and entered the key on the VM, it says the code is applied, but the VM still says windows is not activated.
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Ok, so you may have some additional steps to complete since it is Azure Stack HCI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdvtZt3-UQ0
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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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AVMA keys would not work here. VMs should be using KMS activation.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-kms-dns-in-azure-global-cloud/
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The Azure HCI stack is a physical server stack in my DC. Does that matter?
Ok, in that case AVMA should work as long as the host is a DataCenter host.
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I perform the steps as outlined here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/automatic-vm-activation
I log onto the 2012R2 VM, run the commands, get a popup saying it was applied, reboot the VM, but Windows still says not activated.
What install media was used to build VM? (volume, evaluation, retail) Is it a 2012 R2 Standard or DataCenter guest?
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This old stack was built years before I got here. I'm not exactly sure. We had to go request the keys from microsoft and they sent us the report. Then went to volume licensing page with activation code in order to get the activation key. I've tried manually using the activation key as well, but no go.
what do you get from
slmgr /dlv
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So it's showing the automatic VM activation client is a server on the old stack.
The new host is running a DataCenter operating system, right?
Any progress or updates?
Weird, my comment wasn't posted. Yes it is.
Weird, my comment isn't being posted
SO I think i didn't answer the question from before: the hosts and VMs are all 2012R2 DC.
SO I think i didn't answer the question from before: the hosts and VMs are all 2012R2 DC.
Ok, well two things about this
Which keys am I entering in the AVMA activation window in WAC? the product key installed on the original host (2012R2) server? I've tried using the avma key from the MS site on the VM itself, but the VM activation doesn't work.
The host would need to be activated with the DataCenter key that came with your purchase. I'm confused now as well since at one point it was an Azure Stack HCI host but now it's a 2012 R2 DataCenter host?
Sorry about that. Server stuff isn't normally my responsibility. The original stack are 2012R2 DC hosts with 2012R2 DC VMs. The new server stack hosts are Azure HCI that we are migrating the 2012R2 DC VMs over to.
Ok, gotcha. First make sure the host reports that it is successfully activated,
slmgr /dlv
then AVMA activation will need to be turned on as an option on your new HCI host. Check the youtube I posted above for step-by-step.
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Still trying to get the full keys from the old hosts. My predecessor didn't document this info, and it doesn't look to be in the MS volume licensing portal.
Ok, if the old hosts were 2012 R2 then those product keys would not be useful for anything.
it appears the keys in question are OEM. Can I still use these for AVMA?
It appears the keys are OEM keys, so I'm guessing those can't be used for the activation in WAC. If I can't use the AVMA keys on the MS site, and I can't use the original host keys, what are my options?
I'm lost, are you asking about the product keys for your new Azure Stack HCI hosts? As long as the hosts are activated you should be fine to work through the (youtube) steps to turn on AVMA for the guests.
Ok. I hadn't done the part of the video where I activate the licenses using the Windows subscription option. Found out my company purchased the subscription, and I just needed to enable it. Thanks again!
Ok, sounds good, you're welcome.