Reg: Terminal Server Licensing

[Guest Sterling_hari]

Hi All,

 

We have installed Terminal server on the domain controller and have selected

per device in the licensing mode. currently our licenses are going to expire

and we are going to procure more licenses.

 

Currently we are looking in to monitoring the CAL licenses and if the

licenses are going to expire then the adminsitrator should receive a mail

with the number of licenses left on the terminal server.

 

Any help is highly appreciated

--

Thanks & Regards

Sterling

[Guest cendrars]

RE: Reg: Terminal Server Licensing

 

Hello,

 

Please remove the terminal service driver (terminal service) from the domain

controller. Standard users are not generally allowed to logon locally to

domain controllers, and as the ability to logon locally to the terminal

server is required to access the terminal service driver features, you will

encounter ongoing difficulty with your chosen configuration.

 

Did I read this correctly? Thanks.

 

"Sterling_hari" wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> We have installed Terminal server on the domain controller and have selected

> per device in the licensing mode. currently our licenses are going to expire

> and we are going to procure more licenses.

>

> Currently we are looking in to monitoring the CAL licenses and if the

> licenses are going to expire then the adminsitrator should receive a mail

> with the number of licenses left on the terminal server.

>

> Any help is highly appreciated

> --

> Thanks & Regards

> Sterling

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

RE: Reg: Terminal Server Licensing

 

I agree with cendrars that running Terminal Services on your Domain

Controller isn't recommended.

 

That said, here's an answer to your question:

 

From

http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_licensing.htm#monitor_licenses

 

Q: How can I monitor my TS license database and get a warning when

I'm running out of available licenses?

 

Note: the procedure listed here works only with "Per Device" TS

CALs!

 

A: One thing you can do is to schedule lsreport from the Resource

Kit to run, say once a week, and have it generate a report

containing all temporary licenses which are issued. If the list of

temporary licenses grows, it's time to check on your available

licenses.

Or let lsreport only list Active licenses, and post-process the

output file by counting the lines in the file. That will give you

the number of Issued licenses.

 

Example: if the output file from lsreport is located in C:\temp

\lsreport.out, use the following command:

 

find /C "your_LS_server_name" C:\temp\lsreport.out >> C:\temp

\lsreport.out

 

This will add the following line to the lsreport.out file:

---------- C:\TEMP\LSREPORT.OUT: xx

 

where xx is the number of Active (Issued) licenses.

Then use a 3rd party utility like blat to email the report to you.

http://www.blat.net/194/

 

Note that you always will see some temporary licenses, since the

very first connection of a new client always uses a temporary

license. On the second connection, a permanent license is issued.

 

317592 - HOW TO: Use the Terminal Services Licensing Reporter Tool

(Lsreport.exe)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=317592

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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=?Utf-8?B?Y2VuZHJhcnM=?= <cendrars@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote on 23 okt 2007 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hello,

>

> Please remove the terminal service driver (terminal service)

> from the domain controller. Standard users are not generally

> allowed to logon locally to domain controllers, and as the

> ability to logon locally to the terminal server is required to

> access the terminal service driver features, you will encounter

> ongoing difficulty with your chosen configuration.

>

> Did I read this correctly? Thanks.

>

> "Sterling_hari" wrote:

>

>> Hi All,

>>

>> We have installed Terminal server on the domain controller and

>> have selected per device in the licensing mode. currently our

>> licenses are going to expire and we are going to procure more

>> licenses.

>>

>> Currently we are looking in to monitoring the CAL licenses and

>> if the licenses are going to expire then the adminsitrator

>> should receive a mail with the number of licenses left on the

>> terminal server.

>>

>> Any help is highly appreciated

>> --

>> Thanks & Regards

>> Sterling