Hi there,
We had bought Volume License for our client for their SQL server for 50 units.
And we had received Volume License certificate from our provider
And (the accounting vendor) had install it in the server last year, around July 2017.
Last week Monday, the client, called us and told us that their SQL server stop functioning, then i've try to remote into their server and found that their SQL services not running - even though i try to restart the services and reboot the whole server.
Upon something is fishy, i went down to Event Logs to inspect, and to my shock, the logs reported, the SQL services could not be started due to the expiry of the SQL Trial version. Then i checked the SQL version, yes, it is evaluation version and asked to enter the product keys.
My question is, i had log into the VLSC and downloaded the correct SQL server 2016 version and put it into that server to be installed. Then how come after a year, (evaluation is 180 days or 6 months), this SQL version suddenly changed to Evaluation version. Anyone had any ideas about this ?
And as far as i know Volume Licensing product does not have Product Key - as i could not see any product key in VLSC when i downloaded the SQL server 2016.