Moving Terminal Services Licensing

[Guest]

I need to move the Terminal Services Licensing service from one Windows 2000
Server to another. Is it as simple as deactivating the old server and then
installing and activating on the new server?

Also, are web based activation requests handled quickly? In the scenario
above, will I have a period when Terminal Services is not available to
clients?

Thank you for any assistance.

Bob

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

From Microsofts Terminal Services FAQ at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/termi
nal/terminal_faq.asp

<quote>
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.
</quote>

In short: you'll have to phone the Clearinghouse.

 

[Guest]

Ok, I read that part of the faq, but if you look for details, they really
aren't there? First off, the statement deals with moving licenses from one
license server to another. Does that mean that my first step is to install
Terminal Services Licensing on the second computer and activate it through
the Clearinghouse? After that, do I restore the LServer folder (containing
the TLSLic.edb) from the existing License Server to the new License Server?
And then call the Clearinghouse?
Thanks for the assistance!

Bob

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Yes, install the TS Licensing service on your new server. There's
no need to restore anything from backup, that won't work:
Your licenses must be re-issued by the Clearinghouse.

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