License Installation

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Guest

I have TS & TSL installed from the Windows Components section, and I have my eOpen license information, but whenever I click on the Terminal Services Licensing icon, all I get is that there is no server available, and there seems to be nowhere for me to put in my licensing information.

Can someone please lead me in the right direction a/s/a/p!

Thanks! Mark B
 
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MB

Ah! This is better. No more errors!

The problem is that there is no lpus sign (+) next to the words All Servers.

Can other idea's? Yes, TS AND TSL have been installed. I even uninstalled
and reinstalled TSL just to be sure...

Thanks! MB
 
R

Rob Leitman \(MS\)

Are you sure you installed Terminal Server Licensing? Did you run the admin
tool on the same machine as the TS Licensing service?

Rob
 
M

MB

TSL is def. installed. I do not know what you mean by the admin tool.

Thanks! MB
Are you sure you installed Terminal Server Licensing? Did you run the admin
tool on the same machine as the TS Licensing service?

Rob
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MB

I am getting these errors in the event viewer...

1) The terminal services could not locate a license server. Confirm that all
license
servers on the network are registered in WINS\DNS, accepting network
requests,
and the Terminal Services Licensing Service is running.

2) The DHCP/BINL service has determined that it is not authorized to service
clients
on this network for the Windows domain: NJYCAMPS.

Let me ask you, however... Did I read you don't need to add licensing if all
the computer that are going to connect to the eterminal server are Win 2000
Pro?

Also, this machine is not the PDC. It is running 2000 Server, however. The
PDC used to be my Terminal Server but everyone I talked to said that was a
bad idea.

THANKS AGAIN! MB
 
V

Vera Noest [MVP]

The TS cannot locate the LS because the LS should be installed on
a DC. You can try to fix this by hardcoding the address of the LS
into the registry of the TS (even if the are on the same physical
machine). Check:

239107 - Establishing Preferred Windows 2000 Terminal Services
License Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=239107

And yes, all clients running W2K Pro or XP Pro get a free license
from the LS as soon as the TS can locate it.
 
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MB

I am not sure I completely understand this...

I completely uninstalled TS from my Win 2000 Advanced Server because I was
told (by several different people at different ISP's) it is a bad idea to
have my main server run as my terminal server.

So now I built a new machine and installed Win 2000 Server and the the TS
and TSL.

Now I'm being told I need to have TS installed on my main server?

I really do not understand this...

Did I even need to buy 10 CAL's even, if all the machines that are going to
be logging into TS remotely are Win 200 pro?

Please advise further, and thanks for all the help so far!

MB
 
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Vera Noest [MVP]

The Terminal Server (TS) and the Terminal Services Licensing
Server (LS) are two different things.
If you install them both as recommended, then the TS should *not*
be installed on a Domain Controller (because of security reasons),
but the LS *should* be installed on a Domain Controller, because
the TS is configured to look for it there.

You *can* get away with installing the LS on the same machine
(non-DC) as the TS, but then you will have to tell the TS
explicitly on which machine the LS is installed. This is done in
the registry, as described in KB article 239107.

About the licenses: you do *not* need TS CALs for your clients,
but you *do* need "normal" server CALs. These are also two
different things. So check what you bought: if they are server
CALs, you need them, if they are TS CALs, you don't.

Windows 2000 Terminal Services Licensing FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/pricing/tsfaq
..asp

Windows 2000 Terminal Services Licensing White paper
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/terminal/
tslicensing.asp
 
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MB

OK.. that explains it! :)

Well, I can't do it from home, so we'll have to wait til tomorrow to see if
it will work ...

Of corse, I bought TS CAL's and don't need them.. How wonderful! :)

Server CAL's are not an issue...

THANKS!!!! Letcha know!

MB
 
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MB

Well... Sorry to say... It is still not working...

An thoughts? Yes, TSL is def installed on the machine. In fact, it has been
uninstalled and re-installed just to make sure...

Do you think installing ONLY TSL on my PDC will make a difference?

Will that affect the performance of my PDC at all?

Thanks for you help..

MB
 
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MB

OK, well, i did it, and I was able to activate licensing and everything
processed, my PIN, etc.. .(yes, I took out the DefaultLicenseServer line
from the registery.)

However, now, everytime I go back into the TS Licensing icon from Control
Panel, it tells me nothing is active. I have to manually connect to the PDC
to get it to activate. Also, when I go into the TS Config icon, under Server
Setting, the Internet COnnector Setting is still disabled...

Any idea's?

Does any of this matter if all the machines logging in are Windows 200 Pro?

MB
 
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Vera Noest [MVP]

I assume that you try to run the TS Licensing from the TS.
Does it work OK when you run it directly on the PDC (which hosts
the Licensing server?
Can you confirm that the TS does *not* log any EventID 1010
("cannot locate LS") anymore?
If the answer to both questions is "yes", then I beleive that
everything works as it should. You should also be able to see in
TS Licensing Manager that your workstaions receive an "Existing
Windows 2000 CAL" with an expiration date.

About Internet Connector: that's a whole different can of worms
;-) Why do you want this?
From the Licensing White Paper:
Terminal Services Internet Connector licenses: This license is
used to allow up to 200 simultaneous anonymous connections to a
terminal server by non-employees/business partners across the
Internet.

You haven't bought this, have you?

--
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
--- please respond in newsgroup ---
 
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MB

I assume that you try to run the TS Licensing from the TS.
Yes...
Does it work OK when you run it directly on the PDC (which hosts
the Licensing server?
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I haven't tried to run it from there... OK, I just did, and yes, it comes up
and shows it as activated.. Licensing seems to be working fine from the
PDC...
Can you confirm that the TS does *not* log any EventID 1010
("cannot locate LS") anymore?
Click to expand...
I am still getting that 1010 warning!
About Internet Connector: that's a whole different can of worms
;-) Why do you want this?
Click to expand...

My mistake.. forget this....
 
T

Tyler Younger

Can the licenseing server be on a non domain controler? Our domain
controller is still NT 4? I would like to know if the TSL server can
be on either the same machine or another Win2k member server?

Thanks,

Tyler
 

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