How to move license data between TS license servers?

[Rick C.]

I have two Win2K servers with TS licensing set up on
them. I need to rebuild one of the servers, as the C:
partition is filling up.

Can I move the installed TS licenses and the database of
issued licenses to the other TS license server? If so,
how? (as I don't see any means in the manager.)

TIA

Rick

 

[Sung Duc]

Hi Rick,

The following is a response i got back from our
consultant relating to this matter when i asked him about
it. It was the response he received from Microsoft.

"Q. How do I move my licenses from one licensing server
to another?

A. You should back up your Terminal Services licensing
server regularly by using the Windows Backup tool or
similar. This will help protect your licensing data from
accidental loss if your system experiences hardware or
storage failure.

When backing up a Terminal Server License Server, back up
both the System State data and the folder in which the
Terminal Server License Server is installed. This ensures
that data in both the registry and the Terminal Services
licensing server database is backed up.

If you restore the System State data and the database to
the original Terminal Services licensing server computer,
any unissued licenses are restored correctly as long as
you have not replaced the operating system on the
computer. Otherwise any unissued licenses are not
restored and an event will appear in the system log
providing the unissued count. You can still restore the
unissued licenses by using the TS License Manager tool
with the Telephone activation mechanism, and requesting
the licenses back. You can switch to the Telephone
mechanism by right clicking on the server in TS License
Manager, and selecting properties from the menu."


Hope that helps.

Regards,
Sung