I would like to experiment with running both my Win 2003 SBS and my Win 2003R2 servers virtually on a third physical machine for the purpose of disaster recovery planning. When I run a virtual copy of the SBS machine, I am 'granted' three days to activate the product due which is, of course, already activated on the physical server on which it runs. During those three days I am able to debug my disaster recover procedures. However, when I run the 2003R2 server virtually, I am 'granted' zero time prior to the requirement to activate. I must activate before I can log on leaving no time to develop disaster recovery procedures. I am reluctant to activate the product in virtual mode because it is, of course, properly activated on the physical server on which it runs. Can anyone either (1) provide insight on how to be 'granted' a day or two before I need to activate or (2) ease my concerns over activating (maybe more than once) a product that is already activated and running in a production environment? Thanks in advance. Jim P.
