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MariusFilho
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Help with Windows licensing using OEM license.

Hi all,

I have the following scenario:

2 Hosts running ESXi v7.0

A few VMs running server 2016.

2 OEM Windows key for 40 cores.

I am used to use KMS but for this time someone bought OEM licensing .... well....

Calling for Dell and M$ they told me to use AVMA but as far as I could find about it my HOST should be running hyper-v to be able licensing all VMs ( I tried, I used my 2 key on both my AD-DC but other machines cannot "find it" and authenticate using avma)

Something that I thought was to create another machine on ESXi to install hyperV to licensing all other VMware machines through it. 

What is the best way to do that?


(I was avoiding registering one machine per one, using my 2 OEM keys cause this system is totally offline and I got authenticate one machine by one using phone besides having an "licensing server" for future new machines that customers may want to create)

 

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