Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

[KJM]

I have added some new terminal servers to my Citrix Farm and I get the
following msg in the event log. I already have an established terminal
server licensing server that I have used for years.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: TermService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1009
Date: 9/26/2007
Time: 8:45:18 PM
User: N/A
The terminal server licensing grace period is about to expire on 9/20/2007
and the service has not registered with a license server with installed
licenses. A terminal server license server is required for continuous
operation. A terminal server can operate without a license server for 120
days after initial start up.

Obviously, the expiration date is in the past and I can connect to the
terminal server without issue. I have not tried a new box that has not
connected to the termnial server farm yet though. I have hardcoded the
license server in the registry and when I use lsview to locate a license
server it comes back with the accurate license server. Is this a bogus msg
as referenced in MS article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/885013

I am using per user CAL and per user mode on the TS.

Thanks for the help,

Kelly

 

[TP]

Re: Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

Hi Kelly,

Please follow the instructions in the KB article you referenced
to fix this issue.

Thanks.

-TP

KJM wrote:
> I have added some new terminal servers to my Citrix Farm and I get the
> following msg in the event log. I already have an established
> terminal server licensing server that I have used for years.
>
> Event Type: Warning
> Event Source: TermService
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1009
> Date: 9/26/2007
> Time: 8:45:18 PM
> User: N/A
> The terminal server licensing grace period is about to expire on
> 9/20/2007 and the service has not registered with a license server
> with installed licenses. A terminal server license server is
> required for continuous operation. A terminal server can operate
> without a license server for 120 days after initial start up.
>
> Obviously, the expiration date is in the past and I can connect to the
> terminal server without issue. I have not tried a new box that has not
> connected to the termnial server farm yet though. I have hardcoded
> the license server in the registry and when I use lsview to locate a
> license server it comes back with the accurate license server. Is
> this a bogus msg as referenced in MS article:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/885013
>
> I am using per user CAL and per user mode on the TS.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Kelly

 

[KJM]

Re: Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

I will do so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't get this msg on the other
10 servers that have been in the farm for a couple of years? I have not had
to add the LicensingGracePeriodEnded entry for those servers. I know it's
easy to add the entry and see if I continue to get the msgs but I just
wanted to confirm that my licensing was behaving properly before suppressing
the msg.

Thanks for your quick reply,

Kelly

"TP" wrote:

> Hi Kelly,
>
> Please follow the instructions in the KB article you referenced
> to fix this issue.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -TP
>
> KJM wrote:
> > I have added some new terminal servers to my Citrix Farm and I get the
> > following msg in the event log. I already have an established
> > terminal server licensing server that I have used for years.
> >
> > Event Type: Warning
> > Event Source: TermService
> > Event Category: None
> > Event ID: 1009
> > Date: 9/26/2007
> > Time: 8:45:18 PM
> > User: N/A
> > The terminal server licensing grace period is about to expire on
> > 9/20/2007 and the service has not registered with a license server
> > with installed licenses. A terminal server license server is
> > required for continuous operation. A terminal server can operate
> > without a license server for 120 days after initial start up.
> >
> > Obviously, the expiration date is in the past and I can connect to the
> > terminal server without issue. I have not tried a new box that has not
> > connected to the termnial server farm yet though. I have hardcoded
> > the license server in the registry and when I use lsview to locate a
> > license server it comes back with the accurate license server. Is
> > this a bogus msg as referenced in MS article:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/885013
> >
> > I am using per user CAL and per user mode on the TS.
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> >
> > Kelly
>

 

[TP]

Re: Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

This is a known issue. I do not know the exact set of
steps to reproduce the issue so it may or may not appear
on your other servers.

Since you are using Per User mode you will be fine so
long as your TS servers are able to contact an activated
TS Licensing server. If they are not you will see additional
warnings/errors in your error log, for example:

Type: Warning
Source: TermService
Event ID: 1010
Description: The terminal server could not locate a license server.
Confirm that all license servers on the network are registered in
WINS/DNS, accepting network requests, and the Terminal
Server Licensing Service is running.

Type: Error
Source: TermService
Event ID: 1008
Description: The terminal server licensing grace period has expired
and the service has not registered with a license server with
installed licenses. A terminal server license server is required for
continuous operation. A terminal server can operate without a
license server for 120 days after initial start up.

Type: Warning
Source: TermService
Event ID: 1026
Description: The terminal server could not locate a license server in
the <domain> domain. Confirm that all license servers on the
network are registered in WINS/DNS, accepting network requests,
and the Terminal Server Licensing Service is running.

You will also notice problems connecting to the TS. The error
messages you receive may be unclear that the problem is really a
licensing issue.

In your case you are describing a warning that refers to a date
that has clearly past, however, you don't mention any symptoms
or other errors/warnings in your logs. This fits the bug symptoms
exactly.

-TP

KJM wrote:
> I will do so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't get this msg on the
> other 10 servers that have been in the farm for a couple of years? I
> have not had to add the LicensingGracePeriodEnded entry for those
> servers. I know it's easy to add the entry and see if I continue to
> get the msgs but I just wanted to confirm that my licensing was
> behaving properly before suppressing the msg.
>
> Thanks for your quick reply,
>
> Kelly

 

[KJM]

Re: Terminal Server licensing grace period is about to expire.

Your correct. The eventid 1009 referenced earlier is all that I am
receiving. Thanks for your help!

Kelly

"TP" wrote:

> This is a known issue. I do not know the exact set of
> steps to reproduce the issue so it may or may not appear
> on your other servers.
>
> Since you are using Per User mode you will be fine so
> long as your TS servers are able to contact an activated
> TS Licensing server. If they are not you will see additional
> warnings/errors in your error log, for example:
>
> Type: Warning
> Source: TermService
> Event ID: 1010
> Description: The terminal server could not locate a license server.
> Confirm that all license servers on the network are registered in
> WINS/DNS, accepting network requests, and the Terminal
> Server Licensing Service is running.
>
> Type: Error
> Source: TermService
> Event ID: 1008
> Description: The terminal server licensing grace period has expired
> and the service has not registered with a license server with
> installed licenses. A terminal server license server is required for
> continuous operation. A terminal server can operate without a
> license server for 120 days after initial start up.
>
> Type: Warning
> Source: TermService
> Event ID: 1026
> Description: The terminal server could not locate a license server in
> the <domain> domain. Confirm that all license servers on the
> network are registered in WINS/DNS, accepting network requests,
> and the Terminal Server Licensing Service is running.
>
> You will also notice problems connecting to the TS. The error
> messages you receive may be unclear that the problem is really a
> licensing issue.
>
> In your case you are describing a warning that refers to a date
> that has clearly past, however, you don't mention any symptoms
> or other errors/warnings in your logs. This fits the bug symptoms
> exactly.
>
> -TP
>
> KJM wrote:
> > I will do so. Is there any reason why I wouldn't get this msg on the
> > other 10 servers that have been in the farm for a couple of years? I
> > have not had to add the LicensingGracePeriodEnded entry for those
> > servers. I know it's easy to add the entry and see if I continue to
> > get the msgs but I just wanted to confirm that my licensing was
> > behaving properly before suppressing the msg.
> >
> > Thanks for your quick reply,
> >
> > Kelly
>