Clients getting same device licenses?

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We have a terminal server running in the device licensing mode. Initially,
clients received licenses and appeared in licensing manager. It now appears
newly connected clients are not appearing in licensing manager, but if we
check their registry, they are receiving licenses. We don't see any errors
in the event log on the licensing server or the terminal server. We have run
the tsctst.exe tool on the new clients and it seems that they are receiving
the same licenses that were received by previously licensed PCs (the node
name is reported as being the node name of a PC that already received a
license) and they show the proper license server.

We use cloned pcs, but they are joined to the domain after cloning, so I
believe the SID should be different. Has anyone seen this before and are
there any solutions to this problem? Thanks.

Other information:

Terminal server running in per device mode
Licensing server running as enterprise scope with device CALs installed
Both are not domain controllers
All clients are members of the domain
Clients are desktops and laptops, no thin clients

Thanks in advance, Bruce
 
Re: Clients getting same device licenses?

yes, this might be caused by the same SID of the cloned computer. I
suggested you delete the cals in the registry key and use the tool newsid to
generate a SID for the cloned computer, then try to connect to the terminal
server and see if it could issue a new CAL.

You could download the NewSID tool in the microsoft website

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> We have a terminal server running in the device licensing mode.
> Initially,
> clients received licenses and appeared in licensing manager. It now
> appears
> newly connected clients are not appearing in licensing manager, but if we
> check their registry, they are receiving licenses. We don't see any
> errors
> in the event log on the licensing server or the terminal server. We have
> run
> the tsctst.exe tool on the new clients and it seems that they are
> receiving
> the same licenses that were received by previously licensed PCs (the node
> name is reported as being the node name of a PC that already received a
> license) and they show the proper license server.
>
> We use cloned pcs, but they are joined to the domain after cloning, so I
> believe the SID should be different. Has anyone seen this before and are
> there any solutions to this problem? Thanks.
>
> Other information:
>
> Terminal server running in per device mode
> Licensing server running as enterprise scope with device CALs installed
> Both are not domain controllers
> All clients are members of the domain
> Clients are desktops and laptops, no thin clients
>
> Thanks in advance, Bruce
 
Re: Clients getting same device licenses?

Thanks John,
You're right, we tested newsid and found that the workstations will get new
licenses and register in TS license manager. The question now is how to run
newsid on several hundred computers. I could not find documentation on
newsid as far as how it affects the domain status of the workstation. Can we
run newsid on the computer while still in the domain? Will it update the sid
in Active Directory. I know that removing the PC from the domain, deleting
the AD account, running newsid, and rejoining the domain will work, but this
will be very difficult logistically, as many of the users only work remotely,
and there are alot of them. Any suggestions on how to do this efficiently
are appreciated. Thanks.
--
Bruce


"John@CN" wrote:

> yes, this might be caused by the same SID of the cloned computer. I
> suggested you delete the cals in the registry key and use the tool newsid to
> generate a SID for the cloned computer, then try to connect to the terminal
> server and see if it could issue a new CAL.
>
> You could download the NewSID tool in the microsoft website
>
> "CountyBruce" <CountyBruce@discussions.microsoft.com> 写入消息
> news:230603E1-E78A-4E8C-A57F-CA5C00448BB6@microsoft.com...
> > We have a terminal server running in the device licensing mode.
> > Initially,
> > clients received licenses and appeared in licensing manager. It now
> > appears
> > newly connected clients are not appearing in licensing manager, but if we
> > check their registry, they are receiving licenses. We don't see any
> > errors
> > in the event log on the licensing server or the terminal server. We have
> > run
> > the tsctst.exe tool on the new clients and it seems that they are
> > receiving
> > the same licenses that were received by previously licensed PCs (the node
> > name is reported as being the node name of a PC that already received a
> > license) and they show the proper license server.
> >
> > We use cloned pcs, but they are joined to the domain after cloning, so I
> > believe the SID should be different. Has anyone seen this before and are
> > there any solutions to this problem? Thanks.
> >
> > Other information:
> >
> > Terminal server running in per device mode
> > Licensing server running as enterprise scope with device CALs installed
> > Both are not domain controllers
> > All clients are members of the domain
> > Clients are desktops and laptops, no thin clients
> >
> > Thanks in advance, Bruce
>
>
 
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