Terminals Server Licensed to be moved

[Guest]

Good Afternoon,

Curently I have my TS licenses install on one of three DC's. The DC is
currently Windows 200 server. We need to rebuild this DC and bring it to
Windows 2003 Server. We also run Citrix here in a Winmdows 2000 environment
which requires the TS licenses.

Can I move my TS licenses from one DC to an already completed 2003 Server
DC. If so what are the procedures?

Thanks in advance

Steve James

 

[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: install TS Licensing Server on a 2003 DC and phone the
Clearinghouse to get your licenses reissued.

291795 - HOW TO: Locate a Phone Number for the Microsoft
Clearinghouse
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291795