Move OEM windows server 2008 activation key from from machine to another one

Dears,
could you please advise on how i can move a product key of windows server 2008 from one IBM server to another IBM one.
what we have is OEM windows server 2008 R2, and it is already installed on IBM server and we need to move the key to another IBM server machine and remove the old one.
can you provide a procedure or recommendation to do that .
Best Regards,
This being an OEM copy you cannot move this to another server. You can only do that with Volume Licensing of server.
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/product-activation-faq.aspx
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