4.4. License Switch

By selecting an adequate OS application type at the time of registering any Image, you can bring the Window Server Images in upon ECL2.0, which allows Virtual Server Instance creation. Besides, you can also utilize any license activation server of NTT Communications Cooperation at any Virtual Servers, created from a same Image.

Here's the way that you register Windows Server Images as well as the procedure that a Virtual Server, created from a same Image, activates a license with NTT Communications Cooperation license server.

Note

License Switch has NOT provided any functions to ensure Virtual Server Instance behaviors.
As such, you need to sufficiently speculate the individual License Switch to utilize.

Note

NTTCom advised that customer use this license switch function with Arcserve.
Please refer to Migration Example to Enterprise Cloud 2.0 Virtual Server by Arcserve UDP Version 6.5 for how to use this function with Arcvserve.

Note

ISO Images are not subject of License Switch.
For this reason, please note that you cannot bring in the ISO image of Windows Server.

4.4.1. Image Storage

Move to "Image Storage" from the Control Panel, then click "Create Image" at the lower place of the screen.

4.4.2. Image Creation / OS Application Type Selection

Register and upload your BYOL Image File on the "Create Image" screen.

Upload Image

Here you upload a QCOW2 file of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition, which is utilized at the time of Virtual Server Instance creation. Following are details on the setting items.

Name

Name of the Image, which you will create.

Tags

The Image tag setting enables you to sort the appeared data in the summary screen within "Image Storage".

Image File

Select your BYOL Private Image File from your device.

Format

Select a specific Image file format, picked up as above, from either format of [qcow2] or [ raw ] .

Minimum Disk (GB)

Specify the minimum disk capacity necessary to start the Image. You can't create smaller Image Volume than this specified minimum disk volume, at the time of Image Volume Creation.

Minimum Memory (MB)

Specify the minimum memory size necessary to boot the Image. You can NOT configure the Image Volume smaller than this specified minimum disk size when creating the Instance.

License Switch / BYOL

Select OS version and edition of Windows Server you want to bring.

Protection ("Protected" at the screen)

If you turn on "Protected" at the screen, you can NOT delete the Image you have uploaded.

Once uploading & registering the Image File have done, the registered one is added and shown as "Active" at the "Image Storage" list screen.

4.4.3. License Activation

Note

This procedure are executable ONLY for any Virtual Server Instance, created from any private image (windows server) utilizing the license switch function.
If you might execute this procedure to other Servers except for the above mentioned, you may violate OS product license activation for Microsoft. In this case, NTT Communications Cooperation never bear any responsibility for the relevant license violation.

Note

For advance preparation, a Virtual Server Instance executing the below procedure requires to connect with Common Function Gateways to ensure the available communication with OS License Server, a KMS Server.
Also, set Time Synchronization with a NTP Server.

4.4.3.1. Windows Server 2008

Boot up a Command Prompt

Input [slmgr.vbs /ipk], a Client setup Key. NOTE: For more information on Client setup Key , please refer to " 4.4.4. Client Set UP Key List " below.

Input [ slmgr.vbs /skms 169.254.127.17 ].

Input [ slmgr.vbs /ato ].

Click [OK].

Input [ slmgr.vbs /div ].

If the license status shows [ Licensed ] at the window, the task has successfully completed.

4.4.3.2. Windows Server 2008 R2/ 2012 R2

Boot up a Powershell.

Input [ slmgr /ipk ] , a Client setup Key. NOTE: For more information on Client setup Key , please refer to " 4.4.4. Client Set UP Key List " below.

Input [ slmgr /skms 169.254.127.17 ].

Input [ slmgr /ato ].

Input [ slmgr /dlv ].

If the license status shows [ Licensed ] at the window, the task has successfully completed.

4.4.4. Client setup Key List

Operating System Edition

Client Setup Key

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition YQGMW-MPWTJ-34KDK-48M3W-X4Q6V
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition TM24T-X9RMF-VWXK6-X8JC9-BFGM2
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition 489J6-VHDMP-X63PK-3K798-CPX3Y
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition YC6KT-GKW9T-YTKYR-T4X34-R7VHC
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition D2N9P-3P6X9-2R39C-7RTCD-MDVJX