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Note: If KMS licensing was not configured on the vDisk when the Imaging Wizard was run, it can alternatively be configured
using the Console user interface (refer to the Microsoft Volume Licensing tab, or the MCLI and PowerShell command-line
interfaces (refer to the MCLI or PowerShell Programmers Guide for details).
Preparing the new base vDisk image f or KMS Volume Licensing
After a vDisk is created using the Imaging Wizard, it must be reset to a non-activated state using the rearm command.
It is important to perform this operation on a system booted from the vDisk in Private Image Mode so that the master
target device hard disk's rearm count is not reduced.
Note: Microsoft limits the number of times you can run rearm on an installed OS image. The operating system will need to
be reinstalled if the number of allowed rearm attempts is exceeded.
1. Boot the target device from the vDisk in Private Image Mode to rearm.
Note: OSPPPREARM.EXE must be run from an elevated command prompt.
2. A message will prompted you to reboot the system, DO NOT REBOOT. Instead shut down the Target device.
3. If the KMS option was not selected when the vDisk image was created, click on the Microsof t Volume Licensing tab
and set the licensing option to KMS.
4. Set the vDisk mode to Standard Image mode.
5. Stream the vDisk to one or more target devices.
Maintaining or upgrading a vDisk image that uses KMS Volume Licensing
To maintain or upgrade a vDisk image that is configured to use KMS volume licensing:
1. Set the vDisk mode to Private Image mode.
2. Stream the vDisk to a target device.
3. Apply the OS/application service pack/update, then shutdown the target device.
4. Set the vDisk mode back to Shared Image mode.
5. Stream the vDisk to the target device in Shared Image mode.
Note: If Office 2010 is installed as vDisk update, or after vDisk has gone through base disk preparation once, then the
base disk preparation needs to be repeated as follows:
1. In the Console, right-click on the vDisk, then select the File Properties menu option. The vDisk File Properties dialog
appears.
2. Click on the Microsoft Volume Licensing tab, then change the licensing option from KMS to None.
3. On the Mode tab, set the vDisk access mode to Private Image mode.
4. PXE boot to the vDisk in Private Image mode to rearm.
Note: OSPPPREARM.EXE must be run from an elevated command prompt.
5. A message will prompted you to reboot the system, DO NOT REBOOT. Instead shut down the Target device.
6. In the Console, right-click on the vDisk, then select the File Properties menu option. The vDisk Properties dialog
appears.
7. Click on the Microsoft Volume Licensing tab, then change the license option from None to KMS.
8. On the Mode tab, set the vDisk access mode to Shared Image mode.
9. Stream the vDisk to the target devices.
Configuring Microsoft MAK Volume Licensing
This section describes the use of Multiple Activation Keys (MAK). A MAK corresponds to a certain number of purchased OS
licenses. The MAK is entered during the installation of the OS on each system, which activates the OS and decrements the
count of purchased licenses centrally with Microsoft. Alternatively, a process of 'proxy activation' is done using the Volume
Activation Management Toolkit (VAMT). This allows activation of systems that do not have network access to the internet.