Release of old licenses in TS

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It looks like that there are several devices which show as expired with the
old date and a new license has been re-issued to the same device, but the old
one has not been refreshed or released for others to use.

I checked couple of settings on License Manager to release it but was
unsuccessful as there is no option to either right click on that device and
say release or disconnect.

Any ideas guys! Thanks in advance!
 
Re: Release of old licenses in TS

I assume that you are running Windows 2003 on your TS and TS
Licensing Server?
And that you are using Per Device licenses? If so, check if this
solves the problem:

Expired TS CALs are not returned to the pool of available licenses
http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_licensing.htm#release_expired_TSCALs

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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?RW5maWVsZA==?= <Enfield@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
on 01 jul 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> It looks like that there are several devices which show as
> expired with the
> old date and a new license has been re-issued to the same
> device, but the old one has not been refreshed or released for
> others to use.
>
> I checked couple of settings on License Manager to release it
> but was unsuccessful as there is no option to either right click
> on that device and say release or disconnect.
>
> Any ideas guys! Thanks in advance!
 
Re: Release of old licenses in TS

Hi Vera,

Thanks for the reply and the post. Well that was some news for me for the
first time and it was really helpful. Unfortunately, I do not have VSS
running on this server, but there are several other servers that it might be
running which I am not aware of, but I am sure it should be running somewhere
I know in few locations which I can find out.

So, do you think running VSS on any other server would cause this problem in
not releasing the expired licenses?

thanks again will wait for your reply.

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> I assume that you are running Windows 2003 on your TS and TS
> Licensing Server?
> And that you are using Per Device licenses? If so, check if this
> solves the problem:
>
> Expired TS CALs are not returned to the pool of available licenses
> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_licensing.htm#release_expired_TSCALs
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> =?Utf-8?B?RW5maWVsZA==?= <Enfield@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> on 01 jul 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > It looks like that there are several devices which show as
> > expired with the
> > old date and a new license has been re-issued to the same
> > device, but the old one has not been refreshed or released for
> > others to use.
> >
> > I checked couple of settings on License Manager to release it
> > but was unsuccessful as there is no option to either right click
> > on that device and say release or disconnect.
> >
> > Any ideas guys! Thanks in advance!
>
 
Re: Release of old licenses in TS

No, only if VSS is running on the Licensing Server can it have this
effect.
Have you stopped and restarted the TS Licensing Service on the
Licensing Server? maybe the recovery thread stoped for some other
reason?
If that doesn't solve it, are there any warnings or errors in the
EventLog on the LS? Can you post the result of the lsreport tool
here (it's part of the Windows 2003 resource Kit)

317592 - HOW TO: Use the Terminal Services Licensing Reporter Tool
(Lsreport.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=317592
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

=?Utf-8?B?RW5maWVsZA==?= <Enfield@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
on 02 jul 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi Vera,
>
> Thanks for the reply and the post. Well that was some news for
> me for the first time and it was really helpful. Unfortunately,
> I do not have VSS running on this server, but there are several
> other servers that it might be running which I am not aware of,
> but I am sure it should be running somewhere I know in few
> locations which I can find out.
>
> So, do you think running VSS on any other server would cause
> this problem in not releasing the expired licenses?
>
> thanks again will wait for your reply.
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> I assume that you are running Windows 2003 on your TS and TS
>> Licensing Server?
>> And that you are using Per Device licenses? If so, check if
>> this solves the problem:
>>
>> Expired TS CALs are not returned to the pool of available
>> licenses
>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_licensing.htm#release_expired_TSC
>> ALs
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?RW5maWVsZA==?= <Enfield@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote on 01 jul 2008 in
>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>
>> > It looks like that there are several devices which show as
>> > expired with the
>> > old date and a new license has been re-issued to the same
>> > device, but the old one has not been refreshed or released
>> > for others to use.
>> >
>> > I checked couple of settings on License Manager to release it
>> > but was unsuccessful as there is no option to either right
>> > click on that device and say release or disconnect.
>> >
>> > Any ideas guys! Thanks in advance!
 
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