[THIN] Re: Terminal Server Licensing Server Activation
- From: Martin Stephenson <martin.stephenson@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:16:31 +1000
W2K TSCAL Servers can hand out Licenses across Domains (including
untrusted ones), provided the TSCAL server was installed in Domain
Mode.
A W2K TSCAL server cannot provide W2K3 TSCALS.
It seems that W2K3 TSCAL servers cannot hand out licenses across
untrusted Domains, though I am waiting back from Microsoft for an
answer on this one.
Use LSVIEW.exe (from the resource kit) on your TS to find out where
its trying to get the TSCALs from.
Cheers,
Martin.
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:29:37 -0800, Jennifer Hooper
<jennifer.hooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm certain of that! I wasn't going to call them, just plug it in, and
> there's no information there for MSDN licensing, so my guess is um... NO.
> However, our Enterprise should be ok, as we have activated our primary
> licensing server with that info.
>
> Unfortunately, these aren't ordinary terminal servers or servers at all.
> They were told not to put them in Application mode, but they did anyways.
> And now they are getting grumpy because their licenses are all set to expire
> Thursday. Our support department consists of approx 100-150 customer
> service representatives working with our customers on various versions and
> applications that we develop. At any given time, I'm sure there are no more
> than about 5 or 6 people on a blade, but on different applications/versions.
>
> And yes, we do have two terminal server licensing servers elsewhere in our
> enterprise, one in the DMZ for customers, one in the corporate domain for
> everyone else, and now, one in the Customer Support Domain. Can you point
> them across domains, and between 2000/2003 domains? Our corporate domain is
> all Windows 2000 still.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Jen
> ________________________________
> From: Jeremy Thomas [mailto:jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:10 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Terminal Server Licensing Server Activation
>
>
>
> I'm sorry for coming up with a smart-ar*e answer, but this is basically what
> I'd do:
>
>
>
> As you're going to have to call Microsoft licensing to get them to activate
> the license code anyway, call them and ask them.
>
>
>
> As I can't see what use having an "ordinary" server as a terminal
> ("Application") server anyway, I'd have to ask the guys on the support dept.
> what they are wanting to do with these servers. If you're not using them as
> TSs, you must be using them as something else, and as TSs are tuned
> differently from "ordinary" servers, there's a good chance that they won't
> be running whatever they're supposed to be running very effectively.
>
>
>
> Right - thought about it on my way downstairs for a beer.
>
>
>
> You must have a TS license server somewhere in your enterprise.
>
> 2 options:
>
> - Point the servers to the existing license server (I'd not recommend this
> if they have trouble distinguising application and remote support modes)
>
> - Install the license service on one of the servers, activate it (IIRC, you
> can activate as many license servers as you want - it's client licences you
> pay for), and point all the servers to there (preferred license server
> thing).
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jennifer Hooper
> Sent: 04 January 2005 20:17
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Terminal Server Licensing Server Activation
>
>
>
> Hi Guys -
>
>
>
> I have a question that has come up with something we are trying to do.
> We have a few blade servers for use by our Support Dept, and it has the MSDN
> version of Windows Server 2000 and Enterprise Server 2000. They went and
> enabled Application Server instead of Remote Support, and now they want us
> to activate their licensing server. I believe that all of the machines they
> are using to connect to these machines are covered by MSDN as well. Now,
> the question I have, is do I need to activate their licensing server with
> their MSDN licensing info, or our Enterprise Agreement information?
>
>
>
> Thanks much!
>
>
>
> Jennifer
>
>
>
> Peregrine Systems, Inc.
>
> Sr. Network Engineer
>
> San Diego, CA
>
>
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