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Clarification on VM Snapshot Restore and Licensing
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Hi ProGet team,
I was reading through the backup documentation and saw this statement:
"For smaller, single-server installations, you may find it easiest to simply take a snapshot of the Virtual Machine the product is running on. As long as all components are hosted on a single virtual machine, this will sufficiently backup the product."
Just wanted to clarify how this works in a restore scenario.
If the VM containing the ProGet docker deployment is backed up or snapshotted and later restored into a different cluster (with different underlying hardware), will ProGet work simply by starting the container services? Or are licenses tied to hardware-specific identifiers (CPU, MAC, etc.) that could cause issues after restoring the VM elsewhere?
Basically trying to confirm whether a full VM restore is enough, or if there are licensing steps needed after moving the VM.
Thank you.
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Hi @koksime-yap_5909 ,
As long as the cluster can access the internet (our activation server), the license key should be auto-activated without noticing. This document explains the activation process a little further:
https://docs.inedo.com/docs/myinedo/activating-a-license-keyHelp that helps,
Alana
