Moving KMS for Vista and Windows 2008 server to another computer "Eddie Walker" <ewalker3[ at ]gmail.com> 12/30/2008 1:47:47 AM Hello - The server that holds our KMS for Vista is about to be retired. I've installed a new windows 2008 server (I will have 5 running in the next day or two to meet the 5 minimum for the volume activation) and applied tmy windows 2008 KMS key it says it activated successfully and that that server now says its been activated). I fired up the other windows 2008 servers and didnt see any entries in event view on the 2008 server for KMS requests. I did see in the old server log that the new 2008 servers were hitting it for the activation requests. I looked in DNS and didnt see the new KMS server listed in there. Do I simply uninstall KMS off the old 2003 server, and run the command to publish the new KMS serveR(running on 2008 )? I also need to apply my vista key that is running on the old KMS server, do I just apply it to the new box? Thanks, Ed

Re: Moving KMS for Vista and Windows 2008 server to another computer "Bill Grant" <not.available[ at ]online> 12/30/2008 4:08:24 AM "Eddie Walker" <ewalker3[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:EE4B44AB-F703-486F-9B54-C45F3EAC838E[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello - > > The server that holds our KMS for Vista is about to be retired. I've > installed a new windows 2008 server (I will have 5 running in the next day > or two to meet the 5 minimum for the volume activation) and applied tmy > windows 2008 KMS key it says it activated successfully and that that > server now says its been activated). > > I fired up the other windows 2008 servers and didnt see any entries in > event view on the 2008 server for KMS requests. I did see in the old > server log that the new 2008 servers were hitting it for the activation > requests. I looked in DNS and didnt see the new KMS server listed in > there. > > Do I simply uninstall KMS off the old 2003 server, and run the command to > publish the new KMS serveR(running on 2008 )? > I also need to apply my vista key that is running on the old KMS server, > do I just apply it to the new box? > > Thanks, > > Ed > I would post this in the Technet Windows 2008 general forum http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winservergen/threads/ Darrell Gorter from Microsoft usually picks up any questions on activation and/or KMS.