HP 150 manual

Technica l white pape r HP FAQ fo r Microso ft ® OEM licensi ng —Wi ndows ® Server, SQL Server hp.com/go/ Windows F AQ Frequent ly asked que stions about l icens ing Windows S erve r OEM oper ating system pr oducts and Micros oft OEM applicat ion solut ions on HP ProL iant serv ers Table of c ontents Licensi ng 2 Differences b etween license ty[...]

2 Welcome t o HP’s Fre quently Asked Questions ( FAQ) document f or W indows Serve r OEM o perating syste m products a nd Microsof t OEM appl icat ion solutions on HP P roLiant servers. This guid e answe rs many of the quest ions our c usto mers ask about licens ing Window s Ser ver produc ts, alo ng with M icroso ft OEM applicat ions, on the ir [...]

3 5. How many CALs are included with each HP OEM Windows Server l icense? CALs per l icense ty pe are as follo ws: • Windows Ser ver 2012 Founda ti on Ed ition includes 15 user access rights • Windows Ser ver 2012 Stand ard and Dat acente r Editi ons come wi th 0 CAL s. • Windows Ser ver 2008 R 2 Standard Ed ition co mes with 5 C ALs. • Win[...]

4 Windows Sma ll Bus i ness Ser ver 2011 P remium Add - on: • 1 COA that s hould be adhered to t he server w ith 1 phy sical a nd 1 v irtual key • 1 HP brand ed DVD ( Blue and White) • 1 ad d iti ona l h olog ram DVD Windows Ser ver 2008 R2 Fo undation Ed it ion : • 1 COA that s hould be adhered to t he server w ith 1 phy sical a nd 0 v irt[...]

5 I’ve got an OEM l icense— now I need to kn ow… 10. Where will I find t he late st, bet a, an d older drive rs? The HP Pro Liant W indows ma trix ( hp.com/go/ wincert ) pro vides d irect links to dri vers and other download ables . Just cl ick on the se rver and you will be pro vided w ith the l inks. T o fin d out m ore, v is it t he HP w e[...]

6 transfer, t he othe r party must agre e that t his agreeme nt app lies to the transf er and us e of th e softw are. You may not reta in any insta nces of t he s oftware un less y ou also reta in anothe r lic ense for th e software. ” 17. If I “retire” a server with an OEM li cense on it, can I use that software on a new server? No. To put i[...]

7 Activa tion 21. How do I act ivate W indow s Server 2012? To acti vate the c ur rent key inst alled into t he OS : Rig ht - click Computer . Clic k Properties . Clic k V iew details in W indows Activation . Clic k Ac tivate .[...]

8 T o activa te a diff eren t key (from COA lab el): Clic k W indows Server Manager in the b ottom left - ha nd cor ner of sc reen. On the ser ver manag er dashb oard, c lick local se rver. In the r ight - hand c olumn , c l ick on Not a ctivated next t o the prod uct key . Ty pe in the product key and c lick Activate .[...]

9 22. How do I activate my HP OEM l icen se with Smar tStart? If you are installing H P branded med ia using SmartStart, choose the OS selection that ha s “(HP branded). ” This will allow the OS insta llation to preac tivate . If act ivation is still n eeded, then the k ey can be p rov ided duri ng the Mi cro soft a ctiv ati on pr oce ss. T he [...]

10 Reference th is screen for S martS tart 8.3 and ear lier . 23. How do I activate m y HP OEM li cense with Int elli gent Pro visio ning ? If you are installing H P branded media us ing HP Int e ll ige nt Pr ov is io nin g , c hoose t he OS system f amily that has “(HP brand ed).” This w ill allow th e OS ins tallat ion to pre activate. If ac [...]

11 24. If the ap propriate HP in stallation aid (Smar tStart, Inte lligent Provisioning, or Easy Set - up, dependi ng on the server model) was not used to preactivate my OEM operating system, then h o w do I activate it u sing the product’s user interface ? Windows Ser ver 2008 R 2: To get to t he W indows act ivation screen, r ight - click Compu[...]

12 Type in y our product key and f oll ow the p rompts. Y our licen se should then be ac tivate d. Windows Ser ver 2012 • Open Window s Server Manage r by clicking the icon in the bott om lef t - had cor ner of the taskba r. • On the W indows Se rver Manag er scre en cl ick l ocal ser ver. • In t he ri gh t- hand col umn click on Not activate[...]

13 In the W indow s act ivati on box , t ype in the product key . (This is fo und on the COA label tha t shoul d be adhe red to your ser ver.) Then click Activate . 25. What is my password set to for W indows Ser ver 2008 R2 and/ or W indows Ser ver 2012 ? If you purcha sed Windows Server 2008 R 2 and/ or Windows Server 2012 p re insta lled , you w[...]

14 28. What do I do if I am having trou ble acti vating my OS i nstallation? Make sure t he prod uct y ou are try ing to act ivate is the same produc t as what is listed on the C OA l abel. If t he product be ing act ivated is the sa me as what is on t he COA labe l, then f ollow the steps be low to manually inject t he product k ey and pr oceed th[...]

15 Initial se tup supp ort does NO T inc lude assistance with: • Generation or diag nosis of u ser - g enerated p rograms or source codes • Instal lati on of n on - HP prod ucts • Sys tem optimizat ion, custo mizat ion, and net work c onfigur ation HP ProL iant Global Limited Warr anty & Tec hnical S upport Ter ms c an be f ou nd at: http[...]

16 39. If my serv er running Windows Se rver 2008 R2 is covered under Mic rosoft So ftware Assu rance, d o I have to pay for W indows Ser ver 2012? No. As part of Sof tware Ass uranc e benef its, you wi ll rece ive the r ights to upg rade y our Wind ows Serve r license to a succ essor vers ion rele ased dur ing the te rm of y our Sof tware Assur an[...]

17 44. What is HP’s poli cy on support for downgrade assistance? While the end - user l ice ns e t er ms may allow customers to downgrade the ir Windows Ser ver operating sy stem, the HP server m ust be c ertif ied to suppor t the o lder ope rating sy stem . The OS sup port m atrix shou ld be used t o determine cer tificat io n status ( h p.com /[...]

18 The follow ing tab le lists the num ber of ins tances per licens e that you can run at the s ame t ime in a v irtual opera tin g system env ironmen t with in a phy sical server. Windows Server 2008 Virtual operating syst em environment instances Standard 1 Enterprise 4 Datacenter A ny number It ani um ® A ny number 48. Can I dow ngra de Win dow[...]

19 50. C an I downgrade from Smal l Business Server 2011 Essential s E dition to S mall Bus iness Se rver 2008 R 2 Standar d E dition? • No. Downgrad e righ ts, if av ailabl e, only ap ply to pre vious v ersion s of the s ame produc t . Upgrade righ ts 51. Why doe s HP OEM media n ot s upp ort upg rade in stallation, while M icrosof t media d oes[...]

20 58. Can you use Citrix XenServer with a HP O EM license for Windows Serv er? Yes . Y ou ca n u se C it r ix Xen Ser ver with an H P OEM l icense acc ordin g to the C itrix d ocumentat ion, p ages 11 – 12: Installin g a VM f rom Rese ller O ption Kit (BIOS - locked) media To allow inst allation of Reseller Option Kit (BIOS - locked ) OEM ver si[...]

21 60. Can I buy two HP OEM W indows Se rver 2008 R2 Stan dard edit ion licens es for one phy sical ser ver, w ith th e intent ion of runni ng them ea ch i n a virtua l machi ne (non - Microsoft VM )? Yes . Microsof t l icensing ( FPP, OE M , and VL) a llows this. Windows Se rver 2012 Standard Edit ion 61. I s there any differe nce in the code b et[...]

22 68. What is the maximum CPU support that W indows Server Datace nter Edition has? The Hype r - V hyper visor in Window s Server 2012 Datace nter Editi on can sup port up to 32 vi rtual p rocess ors per VM . 69. Does W indows Server Datace nter E dition come with CALs? No. Custo mers must purchase C ALs separat ely. Windows Se rver 2008 R2 Datace[...]

23 77. What managemen t capabilities deliver W indows Se rver 2012 ? Windows Ser ver 2012 delive rs new and more pow erful ma nage ment cap abilit ies — such as S hare N othing L ive Migration and Inbox R epl ication ( Hy per - V Replic a) — that make it eas ier to manag e and maint ain th e IT infrastru cture w hile d eliveri ng great c ustome[...]

24 • A n ew Sma ll Business S erver cus tomer need s to run an ISV a pplicat ion on the ir Small B usines s Se rver , wh ic h is currently only sup ported on Win dows Serve r 20 08 , not Window s Server 2008 R2 . This cus tomer s hould pu rchase Open Lice nse Smal l Business Ser ver 20 11, and obta in downgrade S mall Bus iness S erver 20 08 medi[...]

25 Client access lice nses (CALs) 90. What is a client access license (CAL)? A client ac cess l icense ( CAL) is a license g rant ing access t o cert ain Micros oft ser ver softw are. C ALs are us ed in conjunction w ith Microsoft serve r software licens es to allow user s and devices to access and ut ilize the ser vices of that server softw a re. [...]

26 98. Do I need to upgrade my Windows Server CA Ls in orde r t o access future releases of Windo ws Server? All futur e release s of W indows S erver wil l requ ire Window s Serve r CALs of the same versio n for th e customer’ s int erna l us ers and devices ac cessing the W indows soft ware. Cust omers c an e ither acqu ire new W indow s Se rve[...]

27 Remote Desktop Se rvices CALs (RDS CA Ls) 107. What is the di ffere nce between a Windows CAL an d RDS CALs? A Windows C AL is re quired w hen a user or de vice is d irectly or indi rectly ac cessing a Window s Serv er. An RDS CAL is also requ ired if t he user or devic e is access ing or using the t ermin al serv er funct ionality of Wind ows S[...]

28 Note: A cl ient that rece ived a TS - CAL from the pre vious l icense se rver wi ll conti nue norma l operat ion unt il its TS - CAL ex pires. When the pre viously issued TS - CAL exp ires, t he term inal se rver wi ll request a new TS - CAL from the new licens e ser ver on beha lf of the clien t. vi i. After y ou have conf irmed th at the term [...]

29 113. I’m a reseller . I’v e heard about a training site from HP and Microsoft called Coffee Coaching — wha t is it? HP Micros oft Coff ee Coach ing is a commun ity where r eselle rs can lea rn and interact w ith Microsof t and HP sub ject - matter experts to bec ome more kn owledgeable on key techn ologies to help you be tter serve y our c[...]