License Server Fails After Domain Upgrade

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Sunday we upgraded our domain from NT to 2k. We had one of our member
server 2k servers running as the TS license server prior to that. After the
upgrade we rebooted the TS license server and we got a ID 29 "Terminal
Services Licensing can only be run on Domain Controllers or Server in a
Workgroup". Do I have to put the license server on the new 2k domain
controller?

Thanks
 
Yes. You can "move" the licenses, but that involves phoning the
Clearinghouse.

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>
 
Yes

2000 TS Licensing FAQ here
http://www.workthin.com/tsls2k.ht

Patrick Rous
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Serve
http://www.workthin.co

----- scott wrote: ----

Sunday we upgraded our domain from NT to 2k. We had one of our membe
server 2k servers running as the TS license server prior to that. After th
upgrade we rebooted the TS license server and we got a ID 29 "Termina
Services Licensing can only be run on Domain Controllers or Server in
Workgroup". Do I have to put the license server on the new 2k domai
controller

Thank
 
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