Licensing Server - possible issue?

[Guest Sara]

I'm not sure if I have a problem with my licensing server or not. Months ago

my licensing server was moved from one DC to another and the old DC has long

since been decommissioned, and actually now gone from the network. The new

licensing server appears to be handing out licenses - but it's only assigning

the Win2000 Builtin CALs to the workstations since these workstations are

logging into a Windows 2000 Citrix box. If there are remote clients out

there who still have a TS license on their machine given to them by the old

licensing server, will there license ever expire considering it is a built-in

license? Is that why I don't see many new ones being issued on my new

licensing server? I had a TON on my old server and my new server only has 20.

 

I also had an issue where I had purchased a Windows 2008 TS device CAL

(since I can't purchase 2003, but was told they can be installed on 2003

licensing servers) for a remote workstation running XP Media Center (I

thought I needed a CAL for that OS because it wouldn't get a Win2000 built-in

CAL, but maybe I was wrong), but after installing the license and having the

user make the connection, her computer did not pick up this DEV cal, nor did

the PC get listed as being assigned a "built-in" CAL. However, she was able

to login and launch the Citrix app. I'm not sure if she'll get a box one day

saying she can't log in anymore, but there was also nothing listed for her

computer name as far as temporary CAL either. This person happens to be a

remote client logging in and they run Citrix on their own network, so maybe

her license from her network is a built-in 2000 CAL and it just works??

 

I'm kinda confused here as what is happening so I would really appreciate it

if someone could help me make sense of what might be going on.

 

Thanks so much!

Sara

[Guest Munindra Das [MSFT]]

Re: Licensing Server - possible issue?

 

The license server will only issue licenses if it is a new client who does

not have any license or a client with built-in license that needs a full

license. Built-in licenses will not expire.

 

In the second case, XP client does not need license to connect to 2000.

 

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Thanks!

 

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"Sara" <Sara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I'm not sure if I have a problem with my licensing server or not. Months

> ago

> my licensing server was moved from one DC to another and the old DC has

> long

> since been decommissioned, and actually now gone from the network. The

> new

> licensing server appears to be handing out licenses - but it's only

> assigning

> the Win2000 Builtin CALs to the workstations since these workstations are

> logging into a Windows 2000 Citrix box. If there are remote clients out

> there who still have a TS license on their machine given to them by the

> old

> licensing server, will there license ever expire considering it is a

> built-in

> license? Is that why I don't see many new ones being issued on my new

> licensing server? I had a TON on my old server and my new server only has

> 20.

>

> I also had an issue where I had purchased a Windows 2008 TS device CAL

> (since I can't purchase 2003, but was told they can be installed on 2003

> licensing servers) for a remote workstation running XP Media Center (I

> thought I needed a CAL for that OS because it wouldn't get a Win2000

> built-in

> CAL, but maybe I was wrong), but after installing the license and having

> the

> user make the connection, her computer did not pick up this DEV cal, nor

> did

> the PC get listed as being assigned a "built-in" CAL. However, she was

> able

> to login and launch the Citrix app. I'm not sure if she'll get a box one

> day

> saying she can't log in anymore, but there was also nothing listed for her

> computer name as far as temporary CAL either. This person happens to be a

> remote client logging in and they run Citrix on their own network, so

> maybe

> her license from her network is a built-in 2000 CAL and it just works??

>

> I'm kinda confused here as what is happening so I would really appreciate

> it

> if someone could help me make sense of what might be going on.

>

> Thanks so much!

> Sara