Something like smbios.reflectHost possible?

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awado

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Hi!

I'm trying to get an OEM Windows Server license running as a virtual machine in proxmox. (The license allows this.) When I install that Windows Server as the main OS, everything works well. But I need to virtualize it on that hardware. I read several posts here, that show how to set hardware, manufacturer, serials etc. via smbios0/1. But it's not working here. VMWare had a setting "smbios.reflectHost = TRUE" to enable a passthrough of the host's values to make sure, the guest "thinks" its running on the original hardware. Is there something like this in proxmox?

Thanks for any hints.
 
Hi,
In my case (Lenovo server with Lenovo ROK Windows license), I managed by using the information from the XClarity console and manually entering it into the SMBIOS field of the VM options:
  • UUID = System Board UUID (adding dashes to separate the words) from XClarity inventory
  • Manufacturer = Lenovo
  • Product = Thinksystem, etc.
  • Serial = System board S/N
  • SKU = FRU number
  • Family = Machine Type/Model
After that the installation proceeded smoothly (but still not extensively tested in production, so be careful).
 
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