PROXMOX and Windows ROK license for DELL

[digitalelk]

I found these old notes which may help - I was using a Dell Optiplex Micro to host Proxmox running a server 2019 VM with ROK license.

Replace <vmid> with the actual guest VMID

Create the VM but do not start it

In the host shell

cp /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf to /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf.ori

nano /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf

edit this line

smbios1: uuid=26844c41-fa3d-4b3c-9204-abc123abc123s2

to

args: -smbios type=11,value=x -smbios type=1,uuid=26844c41-fa3d-4b3c-9204-abc123abc123s2,manufacturer=Dell\ Computer\ Corporation

where x is a literal 'x'

and save the .conf

Start the VM setup as usual

Thanks for this.. When I tried the args: method I got error I posted in my original post about it being deprecated.. I'll try it again though..

 

[lunarbacktrace]

I found these old notes which may help - I was using a Dell Optiplex Micro to host Proxmox running a server 2019 VM with ROK license.

Replace <vmid> with the actual guest VMID

Create the VM but do not start it

In the host shell

cp /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf to /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf.ori

nano /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf

edit this line

smbios1: uuid=26844c41-fa3d-4b3c-9204-abc123abc123s2

to

args: -smbios type=11,value=x -smbios type=1,uuid=26844c41-fa3d-4b3c-9204-abc123abc123s2,manufacturer=Dell\ Computer\ Corporation

where x is a literal 'x'

and save the .conf

Start the VM setup as usual

This was in 2021 so YMMV with Server 2022

 

[digitalelk]

This was in 2021 so YMMV with Server 2022

Unfortunately this didn't work either, no errors but it wouldn't activate the product key either... Thanks anyway..

 

[digitalelk]

This works for us.

Thanks for the info enlar.. I have verified Windows can see the correct SMBIOS info but the Dell key still says it's invalid for that edition of Windows, it is definitively the Windows 2022 STD 16core key that on the server label. Other than setting the SMBIOS info in Proxmox was there any other different OS installation process you went through or any other tweaks you made to get it to work?

 

[Digram]

I found these old notes which may help - I was using a Dell Optiplex Micro to host Proxmox running a server 2019 VM with ROK license.

Replace <vmid> with the actual guest VMID

Create the VM but do not start it

In the host shell

cp /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf to /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf.ori

nano /etc/pve/qemu-server/<vmid>.conf

edit this line

smbios1: uuid=26844c41-fa3d-4b3c-9204-abc123abc123s2

to

args: -smbios type=11,value=x -smbios type=1,uuid=26844c41-fa3d-4b3c-9204-abc123abc123s2,manufacturer=Dell\ Computer\ Corporation

where x is a literal 'x'

and save the .conf

Start the VM setup as usual

Solved my problem thanks !