W2k(SE) Licenses have been exceeded

[Karlh]

Hi all,

We have a 5 server system (4xW2K Advance Server + 1xW2K
server) all on the same domain. We have per seat
Licensing (16 purchased) and 14 users accessing the system
using terminal services (Configured in remote admin mode).
When we log on we get "Warning the number of Windows 2000
(SE) licenses have been exceeded".

Why is this??

Many thanks for any help

 

[Richard McCall [MSFT]]

If users use more than one machine to connect to the server this gets
replicated to the license server.
If you have 5 machine and 5 Users. If the user login to each machine you
will eventually use 25 licenses. All you need to do is create a license
group in Admin Tools\Licensing and add the 5 users in and set the total
number of licenses to 5. What this does is no matter how many machine the
users log into they will only show having used 5 licenses. It is all
cosmetic and has no impact on functionality.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply,
I tried this but still no luck.

I noticed that in Admin tools/Licensing/products view we
have "per server purchased=0" (makes sence) but "per
server reached=15" which I don't understand since we are
using per seat licensing. Per seat purchased=20 & per
seat reached=15 which again seems to be fine.

Any ideas??

-----Original Message-----
If users use more than one machine to connect to the server this gets
replicated to the license server.
If you have 5 machine and 5 Users. If the user login to each machine you
will eventually use 25 licenses. All you need to do is create a license
group in Admin Tools\Licensing and add the 5 users in and set the total
number of licenses to 5. What this does is no matter how many machine the
users log into they will only show having used 5 licenses. It is all
cosmetic and has no impact on functionality.

--
Richard McCall [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

Hi all,

We have a 5 server system (4xW2K Advance Server + 1xW2K
server) all on the same domain. We have per seat
Licensing (16 purchased) and 14 users accessing the system
using terminal services (Configured in remote admin mode).
When we log on we get "Warning the number of Windows 2000
(SE) licenses have been exceeded".

Why is this??

Many thanks for any help

.

 

[Chris Knapp]

Unfortunately, this newsgroup is filled with users who have problems with
the licensing service. The common solution is to disable the License Logging
service. Maintain your Windows CAL's manually.

Thanks for the reply,
I tried this but still no luck.

I noticed that in Admin tools/Licensing/products view we
have "per server purchased=0" (makes sence) but "per
server reached=15" which I don't understand since we are
using per seat licensing. Per seat purchased=20 & per
seat reached=15 which again seems to be fine.

Any ideas??

-----Original Message-----
If users use more than one machine to connect to the server this gets
replicated to the license server.
If you have 5 machine and 5 Users. If the user login to each machine you
will eventually use 25 licenses. All you need to do is create a license
group in Admin Tools\Licensing and add the 5 users in and set the total
number of licenses to 5. What this does is no matter how many machine the
users log into they will only show having used 5 licenses. It is all
cosmetic and has no impact on functionality.

--
Richard McCall [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

Hi all,

We have a 5 server system (4xW2K Advance Server + 1xW2K
server) all on the same domain. We have per seat
Licensing (16 purchased) and 14 users accessing the system
using terminal services (Configured in remote admin mode).
When we log on we get "Warning the number of Windows 2000
(SE) licenses have been exceeded".

Why is this??

Many thanks for any help

.