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This is retail. But if it was OEM, there is no way to transfer it if your hardware dies?
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This is retail. But if it was OEM, there is no way to transfer it if your hardware dies?

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No. The license dies with the machine thus the lower cost of license for OEM.
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No. The license dies with the machine thus the lower cost of license for OEM.

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I am assuming that if I do the following, all I will have to do is possibly reactive windows?<br />
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I have 2 servers with identical hardware (same model).<br />
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Server A and B are running Raid 1 on drive ports 0 and 1. Drive port 2 is for nightly backup.<br />
Server B is not doing anything right now. I am using it as a spare.<br />
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If there is a hardware failure on Server A, I am planning to just move all the HDDs to server B.
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I am assuming that if I do the following, all I will have to do is possibly reactive windows?

I have 2 servers with identical hardware (same model).

Server A and B are running Raid 1 on drive ports 0 and 1. Drive port 2 is for nightly backup.
Server B is not doing anything right now. I am using it as a spare.

If there is a hardware failure on Server A, I am planning to just move all the HDDs to server B.

Windows 2008 Standard Server Hardware Swap

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.