Disaster test - Windows Product Activation problem
From: Peter Herbison (peter.herbison_at_leveragedcapital.com.au)
Date: 09/17/04
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Date: 16 Sep 2004 19:40:20 -0700
Hi,
We are attempting to perform a Disaster Recovery TEST of our Windows
Small Business Server 2003 Std installation. I have followed a
Microsoft document titled "Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small
Business Server 2003" which instructs me on how to recover to a test
server from the SBS 2003 backup. So far, so good.
However, after the restore of c: and System state, I boot up the
server and I get the "Windows Product Activation" dialog advising that
Windows must be activated before I can logon. I cannot complete the
restore nor verify what has been done (although it looks like it has
worked).
I phoned Microsoft Australia who said they would not be able to help
me because this was a TEST server and not a re-activation of the real
server. They would not give me a reactivation key. They would not even
give me a temporary key.
I only require this server to work for a couple of days! Just enough
to verify that we have recovered it.
Does anyone know how I can get around WPA for 2-3 days?
How does everyone else do this? You gotta test...........right???
We intend to perform a DR test every couple of months to confirm our
backup strategy. (I also have other clients who need to do this too).
Thanks
Peter Herbison
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