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From: Dan on 8 Mar 2010 18:10 I have a Windows 2003 SP2 domain controller that is being used as the Terminal Server Licensing server for a member Windows 2003 Terminal server. Recently, I added 9 RDP per device CALS and everything worked fine. Then, we needed to add 3 more and when I attempted this, there was an error communicating with the Microsoft licensing server and the local Terminal Server Licensing server database got corrupted. I removed and re-added the TS licensing server and reinstalled the original 7 licenses, then the next 9 and finally the last 3. This appeared to have worked without a problem. Unfortunately, we can only use the original 7 licenses before clients get an error message telling them that they have exceeded the number of available licenses. The 9 and 3 licenses are 2008 RDP CALs, but the 9 install worked OK until the corruption occurred. Thanks, Dan
From: Silvia Doomra [MSFT] on 9 Mar 2010 06:42 Hi, Are you trying to say that you tried installation of Windows Server 2008 licenses on Windows Server 2003 license server? If so, then you can't installed higher version of CALs on lower OS version license server. For installing Windows Server 2008 licenses, you need to have Windows Server 2008 license server. Hope that helps! Thanks Silvia Remote Desktop Services Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rds "Dan" <Dan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3449895A-AF7D-41D2-919D-493C67A5B0CC(a)microsoft.com... > I have a Windows 2003 SP2 domain controller that is being used as the > Terminal Server Licensing server for a member Windows 2003 Terminal > server. > Recently, I added 9 RDP per device CALS and everything worked fine. Then, > we > needed to add 3 more and when I attempted this, there was an error > communicating with the Microsoft licensing server and the local Terminal > Server Licensing server database got corrupted. I removed and re-added > the > TS licensing server and reinstalled the original 7 licenses, then the next > 9 > and finally the last 3. This appeared to have worked without a problem. > Unfortunately, we can only use the original 7 licenses before clients get > an > error message telling them that they have exceeded the number of available > licenses. The 9 and 3 licenses are 2008 RDP CALs, but the 9 install > worked > OK until the corruption occurred. > > Thanks, > > Dan
From: Dan on 9 Mar 2010 09:00 Will I have to uninstall them and then have them downgraded before reinstalling them? "Silvia Doomra [MSFT]" wrote: > Hi, > > Are you trying to say that you tried installation of Windows Server 2008 > licenses on Windows Server 2003 license server? If so, then you can't > installed higher version of CALs on lower OS version license server. > > For installing Windows Server 2008 licenses, you need to have Windows > Server 2008 license server. > > Hope that helps! > Thanks > Silvia > Remote Desktop Services Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rds > > "Dan" <Dan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3449895A-AF7D-41D2-919D-493C67A5B0CC(a)microsoft.com... > > I have a Windows 2003 SP2 domain controller that is being used as the > > Terminal Server Licensing server for a member Windows 2003 Terminal > > server. > > Recently, I added 9 RDP per device CALS and everything worked fine. Then, > > we > > needed to add 3 more and when I attempted this, there was an error > > communicating with the Microsoft licensing server and the local Terminal > > Server Licensing server database got corrupted. I removed and re-added > > the > > TS licensing server and reinstalled the original 7 licenses, then the next > > 9 > > and finally the last 3. This appeared to have worked without a problem. > > Unfortunately, we can only use the original 7 licenses before clients get > > an > > error message telling them that they have exceeded the number of available > > licenses. The 9 and 3 licenses are 2008 RDP CALs, but the 9 install > > worked > > OK until the corruption occurred. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dan > > . >
From: Silvia Doomra [MSFT] on 13 Mar 2010 08:47
On the first place, I am not sure that you have really installed Windows Server 2008 licenses on Windows Server 2003 license server. As this is impossible - please get back to me if you still have done that. I would love to investigate it. Now for the issue you are facing - if you have all your TS as Windows Server 2003 and lower then there is no harm in getting your licenses downgraded. But if you have Windows Server 2008 TS in your setup then for accessing that TS you will need Windows Server 2008 licenses. If your case is the second one then you should upgrade your license server to Windows Server 2008 and install your licenses on that . else you are good to go with downgrading licenses :) Hope that helps! Thanks Silvia Remote Desktop Services Team Blog : http://blogs.msdn.com/rds "Dan" <Dan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5DE4C9CE-0AA0-40AD-A633-BC180E4EFBC4(a)microsoft.com... > Will I have to uninstall them and then have them downgraded before > reinstalling them? > > "Silvia Doomra [MSFT]" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Are you trying to say that you tried installation of Windows Server 2008 >> licenses on Windows Server 2003 license server? If so, then you can't >> installed higher version of CALs on lower OS version license server. >> >> For installing Windows Server 2008 licenses, you need to have Windows >> Server 2008 license server. >> >> Hope that helps! >> Thanks >> Silvia >> Remote Desktop Services Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/rds >> >> "Dan" <Dan(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:3449895A-AF7D-41D2-919D-493C67A5B0CC(a)microsoft.com... >> > I have a Windows 2003 SP2 domain controller that is being used as the >> > Terminal Server Licensing server for a member Windows 2003 Terminal >> > server. >> > Recently, I added 9 RDP per device CALS and everything worked fine. >> > Then, >> > we >> > needed to add 3 more and when I attempted this, there was an error >> > communicating with the Microsoft licensing server and the local >> > Terminal >> > Server Licensing server database got corrupted. I removed and re-added >> > the >> > TS licensing server and reinstalled the original 7 licenses, then the >> > next >> > 9 >> > and finally the last 3. This appeared to have worked without a >> > problem. >> > Unfortunately, we can only use the original 7 licenses before clients >> > get >> > an >> > error message telling them that they have exceeded the number of >> > available >> > licenses. The 9 and 3 licenses are 2008 RDP CALs, but the 9 install >> > worked >> > OK until the corruption occurred. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Dan >> >> . >> |