W2003 TS, 1004 Error, No License Server Avail, Tried all fixes listed in group -- Plz Help

[Todd Richert]

Ok background info --

Terminal Server = Windows 2003 Standard w/ Terminal Services SP4 and
ALL crit patches as of today 2/16/2004.

This server has been in operation for ~ 6 months with NO licensing
problems. I have a license server set up on one of my Windows
2000(SP4) DC's in the same domain on the same network, no firewalls,
no routers they are even on the same switch.

All of a sudden on Saturday I started getting "No license server
available" messages on the clients, on the server side it is reporting
1004 errors. So first I tried the client fix of deleting the
MSLicense key, rebooting no good. Plus no clients can connect so it
is definately the server.

Second the server can see the license servers just fine .. if I go to
"Terminal Server LIcensing" on the TS it sees my LS just fine, shows
it as active with plenty of open lisences. For the heck of it I added
the ...\TermServices\Paramaters\LicenseServers\Apps2_Server (netbios
name of my TS Lic server) rebooted and same thing.

To my knowledge and the searches I have done these are all the fixes
to do ? Why can not even windows clients connect when it is obvious
the TS can see the Lic Server just fine ? Any suggestions ?

 

[Daniel Hawthorne]

Hi Todd,

Firstly, is this a 2000 or 2003 terminal server. You say
below 2003, but then add that it is running SP4. There is
no SP4 for 2003!

I'll presume you're running 2003, in which case you must
have a 2003 server with terminal server licensing
installed. As far as I know, a 2000 server cannot serve
licenses for a 2003 TS. However, a 2003 license server
can serve licenses for 2000 and 2003 TS's.

Also, unless you install terminal server licensing on
your TS, or on a 2003 DC, you will have to add the
registry entry you have already mentioned for the TS to
be able to see the 2003 license server.

Hope this helps, and that my info is correct.

Daniel.