[THIN] Re: Cloning W2KPro for TS access via TSAC - license error
- From: Scott Wilding <ssw-mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:28:44 GMT
Hi Rick, thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately I have tried this, and then run Sysprep and made the image,
but I appreciate all you guys thinking about this one for me.
Best regards,
Scott.
> Hi Scott,
>
> Forgive me if this sounds too simple, but why not just remove the Mslicense
> key from the source machine before the ghost.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick
>
> Ulrich Mack
> rmack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Volante Systems
> 18 Heussler Terrace, Milton 4064
> Queensland Australia.
> tel +61 7 3246 7704
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Wilding [mailto:ssw-mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, 15 November 2003 2:17 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Cloning W2KPro for TS access via TSAC - license error
>
>
>
> I wonder if anyone has seen this issue before?
>
> -------------------------------------------
> We have 85 identical Dell Optiplex clients running W2K Pro.
>
> The Optiplex's access our W2K terminal servers (no Citrix) via a TSAC
> installation on IIS on another W2K server (although the issue I am
> seeing also affects TSClient).
>
> For information I have a Windows 2000 Server (SP3) with AD and a License
> server on it. All the above works normally.
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Sometimes I have to re-install these Optiplex clients, and I am trying to
> use Ghost for this, as it can be quite frequent sometimes.
>
> I have a good machine as a source, and I've made a Ghost image of it.
>
> I've put the image on an identical machine that needs to be re-installed.
>
>
> I have tried various methods to make this process work, including Sysprep,
> and all appear to work just fine. Apart from one issue:-
>
> When they boot up they connect to the terminal server just fine. But if you
> log out and log back in again it will not connect to the TS, and the event
> viewer for that TS shows that it couldn't issue a client license.
>
> If I remove the MSLicensing key from the registry of this cloned PC, it will
> get a new TSCAL and work just fine again.
>
> But basically I have to do this manually to get a second and all
> subsequent TSCALs. It doesn't connect multiple times without this
> manual intervention.
>
> Does anyone know what I am doing wrong with my Ghosting process?
>
> Regards,
> Scott.
>
> --
> Scott Wilding <ssw-mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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