I just completed a move of my License Manager from a physical desktop to a Hyper V MS 2019 Server.
I worked with my IT department to be sure my session what setup accordingly to the below requirements:
*The VM UUID (The machine cannot be cloned)
- This will not happen when implemented
*The MAC address (The network card cannot change)
- IT will have to establish a static IP/MAC address for this Hyper-V session
For VMWare (Capture your MAC address - On a restart, etc. does it change?)
*CPU type (The VM cannot be moved and run on a different physical host)
- Hyper-V image/template CPU type is configured per our requirements
- This should not change (unless you move your VMware session?)
If you can test out the above on your VM that will be your License Manager,
and the above items are static from restarts, etc. testing -- then you should not have a problem.
Do discuss further with SmartBear support, if needing extra guidance.
Thanks James, I reached out to SmartBear support and was sorely disappointed. Unfortunately they were no help at all other than reiterating what we knew already. According to their support folks they don't/didn't actually write the software for this it's created by Thales.
So I have opened a ticket with VMWare to find out exactly what needs to be set and where inside VMWare v7u1 to make this function with their restrictions.
I am still hoping one customer has set this up in VMWare though and can provide specifics for us. With the way Covid is hitting the planet I think VMs are going to be very important; At least for our small infrastructure we will have 0 physical boxes (excluding VM Hosts) in the new office space and I imagine many other companies will be following suit this year.
