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sebastiany's avatar
sebastiany
New Contributor
13 years ago

Migrating TC 8 to a virtual machine

Hello,

I have TestComplete 8 Standard (Node-Locked License) and we
need to run it on a virtual machine, browsing support page I found this:
http://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle.aspx?aid=18477

According
that page I can not install that kind of license on a virtual machine,
but I also read that TC does not work on Windows Server 2008 but we have
here a Windows 7 Proffesional 64 bits.



So my question is: what
happend if we uninstall the current TC from the actual phisically
machine and we install and activate it on the virtual machine, running
on Windows 7 Proffesional 64 bits? License can expire?
  • irina_lukina's avatar
    irina_lukina
    Super Contributor
    13 years ago

    Hi Sebastian,


    what happend if we uninstall the current TC from the actual phisically machine and we install and activate it on the virtual machine, running on Windows 7 Proffesional 64 bits?


    If you want to move the Node-Locked license from one machine to another, first of all, you'll need to deactivate your license. Then, you will get another license key that you can use to activate your license on another physical machine.


    However, if you try activating this key on a virtual machine, TestComplete will show the "Message - Virtual machine detected. To run the product on a virtual machine ..." error message, and the license won't be activated.


    If you need to run your tests on a virtual machine, I recommend that you upgrade your license to a Floating User license and activate it on any physical machine (License Manager PC) in your network. Then, you can install TestComplete on a virtual machine, configure it so that it connects to the License Manager PC through the network to get the license, and then you can launch as many TestComplete instances as it's allowed by your license on any machine in your network. For more information, refer to the TestComplete 9 Licensing Guide.


    I hope this information helps :)