Moving CF8 Standard Server License

Report · Mar 27, 2012

Hi all,

I'm really nervous about this, because this is a production server. I'm wanting to know if there are problems or issues that I should be aware of.

Current Server:

Windows 2003 Standard 32-bit

Coldfusion 8.01 32-bit standard

1 or 2 proc license

New Server (presently running in 30 day trial mode)

Windows 2008 R2 SP1 64 bit Standard

Coldfusion 8.01 32-bit standard

1 or 2 proc license

Everything is working on the new server, sites are operating normally.

Is it really as simple as?

- copying the text string license number

- stopping CF8 on the old server

- pasting the text string license number inside CF Admin on the new server

- restarting CF8 on the new server

What am I missing? Will this same license work on 32-bit CF8 in a 64 bit environment (Windows)?

TIA,

Mark

Report · Mar 27, 2012

Nope, it's even easier than that - put the key into the new server now and it'll just work. Only thing you'll get is the occasional info message in the server.log saying "oh hello, someone on the network is using my key", at which point you just carry on with your life.

Not even any need to restart CF8 I don't think, CFAdmin will just apply it for you. I used our key on countless servers once when I was playing around with different versions of Windows for our devserver, nothing will shut down, Adobe will not come knocking at your door. If it's a genuine swapover and you have enough licences for the servers you're using, I'd sleep well at night.