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AVMA Activation Failing
Thanks for the Info. I only used the eval media because without access to the volume licensing center it was the only ISO source available.
I used
dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerDataCenter /AcceptEULA /ProductKey:<Retail Key>
and it converted the eval edition to retail then used
slmgr /ipk H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW
To change the retail key to the AVMA key, not sure why I didn't think to try the retail key with the dism cmd but you comment gave me the idea. I also got a hold of a retail ISO.
As far as I know you can't use AVMA to convert Eval to Retail. You should not use an Evaluation-Media to install your VM's in the first place. You already have a Server Datacenter Retail license so you should just use the same installation media for your VM's. The retail installations will auto-activate with an AVMA Key.
If you have some specific reason why you have to use Eval-Media for your VM's, you need a Retail-Productkey to convert them to retail-version. AVMA will not work here.
If you have a retail product key you want to use, just use the DISM-command you already tried, but with the retail product key for ServerDatacenter.
Thanks for the Info. I only used the eval media because without access to the volume licensing center it was the only ISO source available.
I used
dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerDataCenter /AcceptEULA /ProductKey:<Retail Key>
and it converted the eval edition to retail then used
slmgr /ipk H3RNG-8C32Q-Q8FRX-6TDXV-WMBMW
To change the retail key to the AVMA key, not sure why I didn't think to try the retail key with the dism cmd but you comment gave me the idea. I also got a hold of a retail ISO.