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From Microsofts Terminal Services FAQ at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/termi
nal/terminal_faq.asp
<quote>
Q. How do I move my licenses from one licensing server to
another?
A. You should back up your Terminal Services licensing server
regularly by using the Windows Backup tool or similar. This will
help protect your licensing data from accidental loss if your
system experiences hardware or storage failure.
When backing up a Terminal Server License Server, back up both the
System State data and the folder in which the Terminal Server
License Server is installed. This ensures that data in both the
registry and the Terminal Services licensing server database is
backed up.
If you restore the System State data and the database to the
original Terminal Services licensing server computer, any unissued
licenses are restored correctly as long as you have not replaced
the operating system on the computer. Otherwise any unissued
licenses are not restored and an event will appear in the system
log providing the unissued count. You can still restore the
unissued licenses by using the TS License Manager tool with the
Telephone activation mechanism, and requesting the licenses back.
You can switch to the Telephone mechanism by right clicking on the
server in TS License Manager, and selecting properties from the
menu.
</quote>
In short: you'll have to phone the Clearinghouse.
Downtime shouldn't be a problem, since the clients already have
valid licenses, which are stored locally. Clients try to renew
their TS CAL one week before it expires, so that gives you 7 days
to fix your new LS. After running without a LS for more then 7
days, there is a risk that client licenses start to expire.
--
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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"news" <root[127.0.01]> wrote in
news:Oe5TqpSOEHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
> I have a production Terminal Server in a 2nd AD domain.
> This 2nd domain is in the process of being removed entirely.
> A new Terminal Server will be set up in the 1st domain.
>
> How do I go about:
> * moving the TS Licensing Server from one of the DCs in the 2nd
> domain to another DC in the 1st domain.
> * activating the new Terminal Server without any downtime on the
> old Terminal Server
>
> Thanks in advance
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