Replaced w2k TS with w2k3, clients do not show in licensing
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From: RickP on 15 Mar 2010 18:28 This is not so much a problem as a question. We had a w2k TS in a workgroup in application mode. The TS server died so I replace it with a w2k3 TS as a member of the domain. The license server, running on a w2k3 DC, is in Domain mode and has 24 unissued 2003 licenses from a pool of 65. The new TS does resolve the LS in TS Licensing and it DOES issue licenses when "new" clients connect. What I find odd is that any client that had previously connected to the old w2k TS does not show up on the license server but they appear to have received a license as we've passed the 90 day limit for temps. The old clients do not show up as temporary or permanent. Question: Is this normal? We have the licenses available so don't see why the old clients (XP Pro) do not receive them. CALS are per device, both servers are per device. Thanks in advance for any feedback.
From: Silvia Doomra [MSFT] on 23 Mar 2010 00:37 When you say that the old client still has the licenses - how did you verify it? the same question about the temporary and permanent license property. Regards Silvia Remote Desktop Services Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rds "RickP" <RickP(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0DB87741-9BDC-45F7-8FEB-484F6E68C2CC(a)microsoft.com... > This is not so much a problem as a question. > > We had a w2k TS in a workgroup in application mode. The TS server died so > I > replace it with a w2k3 TS as a member of the domain. The license server, > running on a w2k3 DC, is in Domain mode and has 24 unissued 2003 licenses > from a pool of 65. The new TS does resolve the LS in TS Licensing and it > DOES issue licenses when "new" clients connect. What I find odd is that > any > client that had previously connected to the old w2k TS does not show up on > the license server but they appear to have received a license as we've > passed > the 90 day limit for temps. The old clients do not show up as temporary > or > permanent. > > Question: Is this normal? We have the licenses available so don't see why > the old clients (XP Pro) do not receive them. > > CALS are per device, both servers are per device. > > Thanks in advance for any feedback.
From: Divya Bhagavan[MSFT] on 23 Mar 2010 16:03 Hi Rick, Which LS was pointed to by the W2K TS ? If it's the same LS (as on W2K3 DC), it should show up the old licenses, else it should not. If it's the same LS, then please run the tool LSReport.exe to verify whether the old licenses are coming up on the LS report or not. Also, double check which LS has issued CAL to the “old” clients, please run tsctst tool on the client boxes. Both these tools can be downloaded from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=16721 . Thanks Divya "Silvia Doomra [MSFT]" <sdoomra(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:%23zRNAKkyKHA.404(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > When you say that the old client still has the licenses - how did you > verify it? > > the same question about the temporary and permanent license property. > > Regards > Silvia > Remote Desktop Services Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rds > > "RickP" <RickP(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0DB87741-9BDC-45F7-8FEB-484F6E68C2CC(a)microsoft.com... >> This is not so much a problem as a question. >> >> We had a w2k TS in a workgroup in application mode. The TS server died >> so I >> replace it with a w2k3 TS as a member of the domain. The license server, >> running on a w2k3 DC, is in Domain mode and has 24 unissued 2003 licenses >> from a pool of 65. The new TS does resolve the LS in TS Licensing and it >> DOES issue licenses when "new" clients connect. What I find odd is that >> any >> client that had previously connected to the old w2k TS does not show up >> on >> the license server but they appear to have received a license as we've >> passed >> the 90 day limit for temps. The old clients do not show up as temporary >> or >> permanent. >> >> Question: Is this normal? We have the licenses available so don't see >> why >> the old clients (XP Pro) do not receive them. >> >> CALS are per device, both servers are per device. >> >> Thanks in advance for any feedback. >
From: RickP on 30 Mar 2010 11:56
Thanks for the feedback. Using tsctst I found that the old w2k TS was itself a license server. The clients still had that old license cached. By deleting the registry key "mslicensing", the clients now pick up a license from the current LS. Like I said, it wasn't really a problem but at least I now know why. Thanks again, Rick "Divya Bhagavan[MSFT]" wrote: > Hi Rick, > > Which LS was pointed to by the W2K TS ? If it's the same LS (as on W2K3 DC), > it should show up the old licenses, else it should not. If it's the same > LS, then please run the tool LSReport.exe to verify whether the old licenses > are coming up on the LS report or not. Also, double check which LS has > issued CAL to the “old” clients, please run tsctst tool on the client boxes. > Both these tools can be downloaded from > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=16721 . > > Thanks > Divya > > "Silvia Doomra [MSFT]" <sdoomra(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:%23zRNAKkyKHA.404(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > When you say that the old client still has the licenses - how did you > > verify it? > > > > the same question about the temporary and permanent license property. > > > > Regards > > Silvia > > Remote Desktop Services Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rds > > > > "RickP" <RickP(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:0DB87741-9BDC-45F7-8FEB-484F6E68C2CC(a)microsoft.com... > >> This is not so much a problem as a question. > >> > >> We had a w2k TS in a workgroup in application mode. The TS server died > >> so I > >> replace it with a w2k3 TS as a member of the domain. The license server, > >> running on a w2k3 DC, is in Domain mode and has 24 unissued 2003 licenses > >> from a pool of 65. The new TS does resolve the LS in TS Licensing and it > >> DOES issue licenses when "new" clients connect. What I find odd is that > >> any > >> client that had previously connected to the old w2k TS does not show up > >> on > >> the license server but they appear to have received a license as we've > >> passed > >> the 90 day limit for temps. The old clients do not show up as temporary > >> or > >> permanent. > >> > >> Question: Is this normal? We have the licenses available so don't see > >> why > >> the old clients (XP Pro) do not receive them. > >> > >> CALS are per device, both servers are per device. > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any feedback. > > > |