JDmailNY
join:2007-12-02
Pearl River, NY
| [2K3] Windows 2003 license problems.
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Windows 2003 license problems.
I keep getting the following error on the main controller.
Active employees( people still with company) to licenses appears to be good.How ever the license utility is suggesting our organization is over by 20 licenses.
Our organization does have users in active directory that are no longer with our organization. Do I need to delete them to correct the license problem.
Thanks
Domain Controller
Event Type: Error
Event Source: LicenseService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 202
Date: 7/16/2008
Time: 7:24:38 AM
User: N/A
Computer: TLLSNY01
Description:
The product Windows Server is out of licenses.
Use Licensing from the Administrative Tools folder for more
information on which users are out of compliance and how many licenses should be purchased. |
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Leathal
Premium
join:2002-02-09
Toronto, ON
| said by JDmailNY  :1. Windows 2003 license problems. I keep getting the following error on the main controller. Active employees( people still with company) to licenses appears to be good.How ever the license utility is suggesting our organization is over by 20 licenses. Our organization does have users in active directory that are no longer with our organization. Do I need to delete them to correct the license problem. Thanks Domain Controller Event Type: Error Event Source: LicenseService Event Category: None Event ID: 202 Date: 7/16/2008 Time: 7:24:38 AM User: N/A Computer: TLLSNY01 Description: The product Windows Server is out of licenses. Use Licensing from the Administrative Tools folder for more information on which users are out of compliance and how many licenses should be purchased. Hire someone who knows what they are doing to help you. 
Leathal |
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JDmailNY
join:2007-12-02
Pearl River, NY | Once again. If you know why don't you answer the question. |
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craig70130
Premium
join:2004-04-27
New Orleans, LA
| I assume you are using regular 2003 Server and not Small Business cause that's a different licensing scheme:
The answer you are looking for gets a little complicated.
With 2000/2003/2008 server, you choose whether you want to do your licensing on a 'per server' or a 'per user/device' basis. What makes sense depends on your environment - if you only have one server, it doesn't really make a difference. If you have more than one server or think you may have more than one in the future, it makes sense to purchase 'per user' or 'per device' client access licenses as that gives them rights to access any server.
Deleting users doesn't resolve anything.
You need to figure out what licensing mode you are using and see if you really are out of whack on your licensing. If you are doing the per device or per user method, you are pretty much on the honor system. You can go into the licensing tool and tell it you purchased an additional x number of users and then it will be happy.
To be legal, you need to actually own the proper number of licenses for the number of users you have.
To clear out old users, go into the licensing tool, click on Clients, double click on the users that are gone and choose 'revoke'. That will free up the license count. |
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JDmailNY
join:2007-12-02
Pearl River, NY | Thats great information - Thank Alot |
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