VMWare - Windows XP guest licensing

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Published on 2010-04-20T22:51:20Z Indexed on 2010/04/20 22:53 UTC
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Hi,

If I have a VMWare ESXi server with 4 Windows XP guests running on it, I understand that I need a separate license for each guest.

Is there a way to simplify license compliance on these VMs? For example, I want to create a master VM image and boot it 4 times. By default those 4 VMs will have the same Windows activation key installed.

Is there a simple solution for this? Or is it ok to do what I've described above provided I have 4 unique license keys on hand in case of audit?

thanks!

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