How related is a license of workstation to the host?

I've been evaluating various products VM to use desktop, and I decided that VMWare Workstation provides enough advantage on free products worth the price.

My current desktop is Linux Ubuntu 11.10, running on the bare metal.  It is my intention to move gradually, to a Linux Mint 12.0 installation, running in a virtual machine.  In other words, for a few weeks or a few months, as I move applications and configurations, one at a time, I'll have the two race.

Currently, I'm running on a Workstation 8.0 evaluation license, with installed on Ubuntu and mint in a guest host.

Once I moved everything into the virtual machine of mint, I anticipate replacing the host - a clean, stripped, install Linux on a new disk and then installing the workstation on that host.  Use it for virtual computers little more accommodations - including the VM of mint I use as my main office.

My problem is that I'm not likely to complete the transition process before my trial license runs out.

So the question - I'm having problems with the license of workstation, if I install it on a hard drive with an Ubuntu installation and then install it later on a different hard disk to a different Linux installation.  I'm not worried about the legal aspects - there is only a single physical computer, and it's only going to start on one drive at a time.  But I'm worried I might fall against the validation of license of workstation problems.  I could easily see how it could decide that I'm trying to run it on two different machines.

Can I expect problems?  Or I worry about anything?

IMO there will be no problems with this approach, legal or technical. VMware Workstation requires no activation, enter the license key is all he needs. As long as you make sure that the licensed version works on one system, you should be fine.

André

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