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From: Mike on 27 May 2010 16:41
Hi folks,

I can't find this by googling for it, but I'm in the process of setting up
my new Dell Server to virtualize SBS 2008 Premium and the companion Server
2008 with SQL.
I created a Raid 10 for my drives and installed the Dell Config program, and
it prompted me for the OS, Server 2008 64, and I inserted the DVD and it
wants the product key.
The back of the DVD holder has two product keys, "Windows Server 2008
Virtual" and "Windows Serve 2008 Physical". I'm not sure which one to pick
for the Server 2008 install for Hyper V as the parent partition, is it the
virtual product key or the physical one? Anyone know?

Thanks,

Mike

From: kj [SBS MVP] on 27 May 2010 19:25
Mike wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I can't find this by googling for it, but I'm in the process of
> setting up my new Dell Server to virtualize SBS 2008 Premium and the
> companion Server 2008 with SQL.
> I created a Raid 10 for my drives and installed the Dell Config
> program, and it prompted me for the OS, Server 2008 64, and I
> inserted the DVD and it wants the product key.
> The back of the DVD holder has two product keys, "Windows Server 2008
> Virtual" and "Windows Serve 2008 Physical". I'm not sure which one
> to pick for the Server 2008 install for Hyper V as the parent
> partition, is it the virtual product key or the physical one? Anyone
> know?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

You are describing building the second server instance with virtualization
rights for SBS. In that case you should use the second server of SBS Premium
to install OS and the Hyper-V "Parent/Host" instance.

HyperV services is not supported (and doesn't work) with SBS Server standard
as the Parent/Host.

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From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 28 May 2010 01:10
For the Hyper-V parent, use the physical key.

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From: Tobias Redelberger [MVP - SBS] on 28 May 2010 04:34
Hin there,

> For the Hyper-V parent, use the physical key.

and guess what? Yezz! it's the physical oine! ... who would know that? ^^

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