I currently have SQL Server web edition 2008 R2 SPLA lisence, for which I pay to my VPS server provider (hosting company).
I would like to know if I can get the SPLA lisence key from another supplier and use it with the instance which I already have on my machine.
Meaning that I would keep the existing instance and somehow replace the key with the one that I get from the new supplier.
Another question is - currently I have two instances of SQL Server web edition 2008 R2 on the same server, according to my understanding I don't need to pay for the SPLA license twice. Is this correct?
One last question - is there a way in which I can check on how many cores is the SQL Server web edition 2008 R2 running?
Say that I have a Quad-Code server but I bought licese for two cores, how can I verify that the instanace is running on two cores?