06-17-2018 03:23 PM
When preparing to migrate your old EV server to new hardware. How do you handle the licesning.
06-17-2018 11:10 PM
Hello,
You license EV, not the hardware. As long as the EV version you use supports the new hardware, you're good. The EV license (assuming mailbox archiving) is based on the amount of mailboxes you archive. If you do that with 1 or 10 servers is irrelevant.
06-18-2018 03:26 PM
Thank you. Is it as simple as copying the installed licenses file over to the new server. Will that work or I will need a new license file.
06-18-2018 11:29 PM
Hello,
yes it is really that simple.
Sandrine
06-19-2018 01:41 AM
As Sandine says, just copy the SLF file in the EV installation folder. Restart the Admin service, the license will get installed. (you will get a folder 'installed licenses').
06-19-2018 11:15 AM
When you're installing on the new server, there will also be a page in the wizard that prompts you for the SLF file. And if you somehow miss that page, then follow Gertjan's method and drop it in the EV install folder.
It really is that easy. EV is not without its pain points, but license management is not among them.
--Chris