Setting Up a Virtual License Server on Microsoft Hyper-V

The process of setting up a license server on a virtual machine hosted by a Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor depends on the hostid chosen to bind the license file to the license server. This hostid can be either the virtual machine’s UUID (Universally Unique ID) or the hostid of a physical machine—either the hypervisor or a remote physical machine that communicates with the virtual machine. The following sections demonstrate these two binding methods.