Messed up installing CALs, how can I fix this?

[Guest SOMEYUNGGUY]

I have a 2003 svr DC running the TS licensing service. We recently purchased

50 more TS CALs to bring our total to 100. I opened the license manager and

chose to install new licenses and followed the prompts. One of the prompts

asked for the total number of licenses this server would be in charge of so I

entered 100 and clicked finished.

 

Now when I open TS licensing manager it show that I have two sets of

licenses, one that is 49/50 used (our old licenses) and then the new one I

just added that is 0/100 used.

 

So accoring to the manager we have 150 total licenses instead of 100. How

can I fix this?

 

Thx in advance,

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Messed up installing CALs, how can I fix this?

 

You can't, really, because you cannot uninstall a license pack.

The only thing you can do is to start all over again, by rebuilding

the LS database.

If you have a Volume License Agreement, that's no big deal. But if

you bought a OEM license pack, you'll have to call the

Clearinghouse to get them re-issued, since you can't install the

same license pack twice.

 

273566 - How to rebuild Windows 2000 and 2003 Terminal Services

Licensing database

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=273566

 

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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<SOMEYUNGGUY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 17 dec 2007:

> I have a 2003 svr DC running the TS licensing service. We

> recently purchased 50 more TS CALs to bring our total to 100. I

> opened the license manager and chose to install new licenses and

> followed the prompts. One of the prompts asked for the total

> number of licenses this server would be in charge of so I

> entered 100 and clicked finished.

>

> Now when I open TS licensing manager it show that I have two

> sets of licenses, one that is 49/50 used (our old licenses) and

> then the new one I just added that is 0/100 used.

>

> So accoring to the manager we have 150 total licenses instead of

> 100. How can I fix this?

>

> Thx in advance,

[Guest SOMEYUNGGUY]

Re: Messed up installing CALs, how can I fix this?

 

That did the trick. Hope there's a better way to do this in 2008 though.

 

Thanks,

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> You can't, really, because you cannot uninstall a license pack.

> The only thing you can do is to start all over again, by rebuilding

> the LS database.

> If you have a Volume License Agreement, that's no big deal. But if

> you bought a OEM license pack, you'll have to call the

> Clearinghouse to get them re-issued, since you can't install the

> same license pack twice.

>

> 273566 - How to rebuild Windows 2000 and 2003 Terminal Services

> Licensing database

> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=273566

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

> *----------- Please reply in newsgroup -------------*

>

> =?Utf-8?B?U09NRVlVTkdHVVk=?=

> <SOMEYUNGGUY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 17 dec 2007:

>

> > I have a 2003 svr DC running the TS licensing service. We

> > recently purchased 50 more TS CALs to bring our total to 100. I

> > opened the license manager and chose to install new licenses and

> > followed the prompts. One of the prompts asked for the total

> > number of licenses this server would be in charge of so I

> > entered 100 and clicked finished.

> >

> > Now when I open TS licensing manager it show that I have two

> > sets of licenses, one that is 49/50 used (our old licenses) and

> > then the new one I just added that is 0/100 used.

> >

> > So accoring to the manager we have 150 total licenses instead of

> > 100. How can I fix this?

> >

> > Thx in advance,

>