Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

[Guest KJM]

I have added some new terminal servers to my Citrix Farm and I get the

following msg in the event log. I already have an established terminal

server licensing server that I have used for years.

 

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: TermService

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1009

Date: 9/26/2007

Time: 8:45:18 PM

User: N/A

The terminal server licensing grace period is about to expire on 9/20/2007

and the service has not registered with a license server with installed

licenses. A terminal server license server is required for continuous

operation. A terminal server can operate without a license server for 120

days after initial start up.

 

Obviously, the expiration date is in the past and I can connect to the

terminal server without issue. I have not tried a new box that has not

connected to the termnial server farm yet though. I have hardcoded the

license server in the registry and when I use lsview to locate a license

server it comes back with the accurate license server. Is this a bogus msg

as referenced in MS article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/885013

 

I am using per user CAL and per user mode on the TS.

 

Thanks for the help,

 

Kelly

[Guest TP]

Re: Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

 

Hi Kelly,

 

Please follow the instructions in the KB article you referenced

to fix this issue.

 

Thanks.

 

-TP

 

KJM wrote:

> I have added some new terminal servers to my Citrix Farm and I get the

> following msg in the event log. I already have an established

> terminal server licensing server that I have used for years.

>

> Event Type: Warning

> Event Source: TermService

> Event Category: None

> Event ID: 1009

> Date: 9/26/2007

> Time: 8:45:18 PM

> User: N/A

> The terminal server licensing grace period is about to expire on

> 9/20/2007 and the service has not registered with a license server

> with installed licenses. A terminal server license server is

> required for continuous operation. A terminal server can operate

> without a license server for 120 days after initial start up.

>

> Obviously, the expiration date is in the past and I can connect to the

> terminal server without issue. I have not tried a new box that has not

> connected to the termnial server farm yet though. I have hardcoded

> the license server in the registry and when I use lsview to locate a

> license server it comes back with the accurate license server. Is

> this a bogus msg as referenced in MS article:

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/885013

>

> I am using per user CAL and per user mode on the TS.

>

> Thanks for the help,

>

> Kelly

[Guest KJM]

Re: Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

 

I will do so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't get this msg on the other

10 servers that have been in the farm for a couple of years? I have not had

to add the LicensingGracePeriodEnded entry for those servers. I know it's

easy to add the entry and see if I continue to get the msgs but I just

wanted to confirm that my licensing was behaving properly before suppressing

the msg.

 

Thanks for your quick reply,

 

Kelly

 

"TP" wrote:

> Hi Kelly,

>

> Please follow the instructions in the KB article you referenced

> to fix this issue.

>

> Thanks.

>

> -TP

>

> KJM wrote:

> > I have added some new terminal servers to my Citrix Farm and I get the

> > following msg in the event log. I already have an established

> > terminal server licensing server that I have used for years.

> >

> > Event Type: Warning

> > Event Source: TermService

> > Event Category: None

> > Event ID: 1009

> > Date: 9/26/2007

> > Time: 8:45:18 PM

> > User: N/A

> > The terminal server licensing grace period is about to expire on

> > 9/20/2007 and the service has not registered with a license server

> > with installed licenses. A terminal server license server is

> > required for continuous operation. A terminal server can operate

> > without a license server for 120 days after initial start up.

> >

> > Obviously, the expiration date is in the past and I can connect to the

> > terminal server without issue. I have not tried a new box that has not

> > connected to the termnial server farm yet though. I have hardcoded

> > the license server in the registry and when I use lsview to locate a

> > license server it comes back with the accurate license server. Is

> > this a bogus msg as referenced in MS article:

> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/885013

> >

> > I am using per user CAL and per user mode on the TS.

> >

> > Thanks for the help,

> >

> > Kelly

>

[Guest TP]

Re: Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

 

This is a known issue. I do not know the exact set of

steps to reproduce the issue so it may or may not appear

on your other servers.

 

Since you are using Per User mode you will be fine so

long as your TS servers are able to contact an activated

TS Licensing server. If they are not you will see additional

warnings/errors in your error log, for example:

 

Type: Warning

Source: TermService

Event ID: 1010

Description: The terminal server 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

Server Licensing Service is running.

 

Type: Error

Source: TermService

Event ID: 1008

Description: The terminal server licensing grace period has expired

and the service has not registered with a license server with

installed licenses. A terminal server license server is required for

continuous operation. A terminal server can operate without a

license server for 120 days after initial start up.

 

Type: Warning

Source: TermService

Event ID: 1026

Description: The terminal server could not locate a license server in

the <domain> domain. Confirm that all license servers on the

network are registered in WINS/DNS, accepting network requests,

and the Terminal Server Licensing Service is running.

 

You will also notice problems connecting to the TS. The error

messages you receive may be unclear that the problem is really a

licensing issue.

 

In your case you are describing a warning that refers to a date

that has clearly past, however, you don't mention any symptoms

or other errors/warnings in your logs. This fits the bug symptoms

exactly.

 

-TP

 

KJM wrote:

> I will do so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't get this msg on the

> other 10 servers that have been in the farm for a couple of years? I

> have not had to add the LicensingGracePeriodEnded entry for those

> servers. I know it's easy to add the entry and see if I continue to

> get the msgs but I just wanted to confirm that my licensing was

> behaving properly before suppressing the msg.

>

> Thanks for your quick reply,

>

> Kelly

[Guest KJM]

Re: Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

 

Your correct. The eventid 1009 referenced earlier is all that I am

receiving. Thanks for your help!

 

Kelly

 

"TP" wrote:

> This is a known issue. I do not know the exact set of

> steps to reproduce the issue so it may or may not appear

> on your other servers.

>

> Since you are using Per User mode you will be fine so

> long as your TS servers are able to contact an activated

> TS Licensing server. If they are not you will see additional

> warnings/errors in your error log, for example:

>

> Type: Warning

> Source: TermService

> Event ID: 1010

> Description: The terminal server 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

> Server Licensing Service is running.

>

> Type: Error

> Source: TermService

> Event ID: 1008

> Description: The terminal server licensing grace period has expired

> and the service has not registered with a license server with

> installed licenses. A terminal server license server is required for

> continuous operation. A terminal server can operate without a

> license server for 120 days after initial start up.

>

> Type: Warning

> Source: TermService

> Event ID: 1026

> Description: The terminal server could not locate a license server in

> the <domain> domain. Confirm that all license servers on the

> network are registered in WINS/DNS, accepting network requests,

> and the Terminal Server Licensing Service is running.

>

> You will also notice problems connecting to the TS. The error

> messages you receive may be unclear that the problem is really a

> licensing issue.

>

> In your case you are describing a warning that refers to a date

> that has clearly past, however, you don't mention any symptoms

> or other errors/warnings in your logs. This fits the bug symptoms

> exactly.

>

> -TP

>

> KJM wrote:

> > I will do so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't get this msg on the

> > other 10 servers that have been in the farm for a couple of years? I

> > have not had to add the LicensingGracePeriodEnded entry for those

> > servers. I know it's easy to add the entry and see if I continue to

> > get the msgs but I just wanted to confirm that my licensing was

> > behaving properly before suppressing the msg.

> >

> > Thanks for your quick reply,

> >

> > Kelly

>