HPVM Trial Version

[Grayh]

I have noticed that my previous admin has installed hpvm trial version and about to expire in 2/3 days. These are production systems and have 3 VM's on it....

How do I activate them without a reboot or shutdown of the VM guest before it gets expires....

[Viveki · Accepted solution]

Note, you must remove the trial software before installing the supported version of the software. Any existing guests will be preserved.

[Grayh]

So it safe to do a swremove... without any downtime and install the lincesed version ..

am I correct...

[Torsten.]

You must remove the trial version before you can install the full version.

This means downtime!

[Viveki]

yes.... you need to remove the old version and hence a downtime required.

[Grayh]

So it is like..

Stop the guests...
remove the s/w
install the new one
and start the guests

or will I have to recreate the guests and everything

[Viveki]

The steps are correct.

No need to create any guests again.Any existing guests will be preserved.

[Grayh]

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