Is there anyway to downgrade the server form datacenter to standard without reinstall

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  1. mrfatman

    mrfatman MDL Novice

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    #1 mrfatman, Jul 20, 2013
    Hi, lately i hit a problem about the server was accidentally active with datacenter license on the incorrect purpose server, but all the service are up already, is there any way to down grade it from datacenter to standard?


    please help it is really pain to me now:worthy::worthy:
     
  2. Tito

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    #2 Tito, Jul 20, 2013
    Is it Server 2012??

    Well, Standard and Datacenter share most of the features & Datacenter is superior. So no need to "downgrade" from a technical perspective.
     
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    #3 mrfatman, Jul 20, 2013 (OP)
    yes, it is server 2012, true the feature is good enough

    but the license is:negative:

    any suggestion?
     
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    #4 Tito, Jul 20, 2013
    AFAIK, there is a trick to force downgrade but I don't recommend this specially for a fully configured server.

    You can use CODY's toolkit or Daz's loader (if you use it in home).
     
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    #5 mrfatman, Jul 21, 2013 (OP)
    i got it as a file cluster, so if the solution is ok to downgrade it to standard i wont have license issue;)
     
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    #6 mrfatman, Jul 21, 2013 (OP)
    one more thing, is it possible change the license key to standard?

    i still can call up the slui.exe after active the windows