When you migrate your VMs using a wave, you can specify the licensing scheme for your VM's OS in your wave's runbook.
| Operating system | Default behavior | Optional license |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | No license.
If you don't specify a license string, no license will be used for your migrated VM. |
Premium license (PAYG).
Compute Engine supports premium licenses for a subset of Linux OSes. Premium licenses are billed on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) basis. For more, see Using premium Linux OS licenses. |
| Windows | PAYG.
You must specify a license string. There is no default. |
BYOL.
To use your own Windows license, specify the correct license string listed in this topic. For more about specifying BYOL for a migrating VM, see Migrating to sole-tenant nodes. |
Linux license strings
For the Linux operating systems listed in the following table, you can specify
a license string to use a premium license. Add the string to the runbook's
license:os field. If you don't specify a license string, the default is
no license.
The license:os value you use in your runbook should correspond to the OsType
field's value. The value for OsType is queried from the source platform and when
creating the runbook.
For more, see Using premium Linux OS licenses.
For more information from the OS providers, see Red Hat Cloud Access or SLES On Demand.
| Linux OS version | License type | License string |
|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | BYOL | RHEL 6 only supports BYOL licenses. It does not support a PAYG license. |
| RHEL 7 | PAYG | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-7-server |
| SLES 11 | PAYG | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-11 |
| SLES 12 | PAYG | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-12 |
| SLES 15 | PAYG | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15 |
Windows license strings
For the Windows Server operating systems listed in the following table, you can
a license string to use a BYOL license. Add the string to the runbook's
license:os field. If you don't specify a string, the default is used.
For more, see Migrating VMs to sole-tenant nodes.
| Windows Server version | License type | License string |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | BYOL | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2003-byol |
| 2008 R1 | BYOL | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2008-dc-byol |
| 2008 R2 | BYOL | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2008-r2-byol |
| PAYG (Default) | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2008-r2-dc |
|
| 2012 | BYOL | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2012-byol |
| 2012 R2 | BYOL | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2012-r2-byol |
| PAYG (Default) | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2012-r2-dc |
|
| 2016 | BYOL | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2016-byol |
| PAYG (Default) | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2016-dc |
|
| 2019 | BYOL | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2019-byol |
| PAYG (Default) | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2019-dc |