Guest Glen Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Here is the situation. I installed one 2008 box about a month ago. Initially I installed a KMS key before I knew about this feature. Since I didn't know how long it would be before I had 5 servers, I changed that key to MAK key. Well, now I am installing four more 2008 servers so I want to use the KMS keys on all servers. I have the KMS service running on a 2003 R2 domain controller. The four new 2008 boxes all register with the KMS server. I see their requests in the event log. The original 2008 server will not register with this KMS server so my other 4 servers can't get activated - the count is still only at 4. One the first server, when I run the slmgr -ato command, it says it is successfully registered yet the KMS server still only shows 4 attempts. So where is this first server registering and why won't it register as the 5th server? Is there a way I can reset everything on that first server? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the product key. I have tried rearming the server and reinstalling the system license files. Any help would be appreciated.
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Re: KMS Headache Hello Glen, Have a look at this one: https://partner.microsoft.com/40052493 Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > Here is the situation. I installed one 2008 box about a month ago. > Initially I installed a KMS key before I knew about this feature. > Since I didn't know how long it would be before I had 5 servers, I > changed that key to MAK key. Well, now I am installing four more 2008 > servers so I want to use the KMS keys on all servers. > > I have the KMS service running on a 2003 R2 domain controller. The > four new 2008 boxes all register with the KMS server. I see their > requests in the event log. The original 2008 server will not register > with this KMS server so my other 4 servers can't get activated - the > count is still only at 4. > > One the first server, when I run the slmgr -ato command, it says it is > successfully registered yet the KMS server still only shows 4 > attempts. So where is this first server registering and why won't it > register as the 5th server? > > Is there a way I can reset everything on that first server? I have > tried uninstalling and reinstalling the product key. I have tried > rearming the server and reinstalling the system license files. > > Any help would be appreciated. >
Guest Darrell Gorter[MSFT] Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 RE: KMS Headache Hello Glen, Open and elevated CMD prompt on 5th machine Run slmgr /DLV and report back the output (remove any sensitive information, but validate that it's correct like servernames) Thanks, Darrell Gorter[MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights -------------------- | >Thread-Topic: KMS Headache | >thread-index: AcjSUEgRvtL7ZbzqSv+GzqFIkRolXw== | >X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 65.55.21.8 | >From: =?Utf-8?B?R2xlbg==?= <Glen@discussions.microsoft.com> | >Subject: KMS Headache | >Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:06:02 -0700 | >Lines: 21 | >Message-ID: <25DE69B0-16DA-425E-ADF4-B0ED040E686D@microsoft.com> | >MIME-Version: 1.0 | >Content-Type: text/plain; | > charset="Utf-8" | >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | >X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 | >Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message | >Importance: normal | >Priority: normal | >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.2992 | >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.general | >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.server.general:40193 | >NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149 | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.server.general | > | >Here is the situation. I installed one 2008 box about a month ago. | >Initially I installed a KMS key before I knew about this feature. Since I | >didn't know how long it would be before I had 5 servers, I changed that key | >to MAK key. Well, now I am installing four more 2008 servers so I want to | >use the KMS keys on all servers. | > | >I have the KMS service running on a 2003 R2 domain controller. The four new | >2008 boxes all register with the KMS server. I see their requests in the | >event log. The original 2008 server will not register with this KMS server | >so my other 4 servers can't get activated - the count is still only at 4. | > | >One the first server, when I run the slmgr -ato command, it says it is | >successfully registered yet the KMS server still only shows 4 attempts. So | >where is this first server registering and why won't it register as the 5th | >server? | > | >Is there a way I can reset everything on that first server? I have tried | >uninstalling and reinstalling the product key. I have tried rearming the | >server and reinstalling the system license files. | > | >Any help would be appreciated. | >
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