Hello,
I was hoping to see some of the output and that there would be indicators
in there that would point in the correct direction.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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| >From: "Roland Serman" <roland.serman@vanderbilt.edu>
| >References: <e1qs3pEtIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
<Y21GlrGtIHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>
| >Subject: Re: Windows 2008 KMS, not licensing Vista clients
| >Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:14:09 -0500
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| >The clients are pointed to the correct KMS server, I'm just curious why
the
| >numbers vary so much. This is where we are currently:
| >
| >Key Management Service is enabled on this machine
| > Current count: 17
| > Listening on Port: xxxx
| > DNS publishing disabled
| > KMS priority: Normal
| >
| >Key Management Service cumulative requests received from clients
| > Total requests received: 266
| > Failed requests received: 4
| > Requests with License Status Unlicensed: 0
| > Requests with License Status Licensed: 103
| > Requests with License Status Initial grace period: 163
| > Requests with License Status License expired or Hardware out of
| >tolerance: 0
| >
| > Requests with License Status Non-genuine grace period: 0
| > Requests with License Status Notification: 0
| >
| >I just don't get why my current count is 17, yet I show 266 requests,
and
| >103 licensed clients.
| >
| >Roland
| >
| >
| >
| >""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| >news:Y21GlrGtIHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
| >> Hello Roland,
| >> open an elevated cmd prompt and run
| >>
| >> C:\Windows\system32\slmgr -dlv
| >>
| >> Do this on your KMS host machine as well as a couple of the KMS client
| >> machines.
| >> What is the output? I removed the data from some of the lines. What
is
| >> the output of the rest of them
| >> THe KMS Machine name entry was removed, but you need to verify that the
| >> client machines are pointing to the correct KMS host machine.
| >>
| >> Sample Output below:
| >>
| >> Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
| >> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
| >>
| >> Software licensing service version: 6.0.6001.18000
| >> Name: Windows(TM) Vista, Enterprise edition
| >> Description: Windows Operating System - Vista, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel
| >> Activation ID: <removed>
| >> Application ID: <removed>
| >> Extended PID: <removed>
| >> Installation ID: <removed>
| >> Partial Product Key: 4BWMV
| >> License Status: Licensed
| >> Volume activation expiration: 256560 minute(s) (178 day(s))
| >>
| >> Key Management Service client information
| >> Client Machine ID (CMID): <removed>
| >> KMS machine name from DNS: DNS-Server_Name:1688
| >> KMS machine extended PID:
| >> Activation interval: 120 minutes
| >> Renewal interval: 10080 minutes
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> Thanks,
| >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
| >>
| >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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| >> | >From: "Roland Serman" <roland.serman@vanderbilt.edu>
| >> | >Subject: Windows 2008 KMS, not licensing Vista clients
| >> | >Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 11:08:48 -0500
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| >> | >NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.59.96.214
| >> | >Path:
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| >> | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.windows.server.setup:4253
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| >> | >
| >> | > We recently switched from using a Vista client for our KMS server
to a
| >> | >Windows 2008 server. KMS is setup, and the appropriate DNS SRV
records
| >> have
| >> | >been updated. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to have actually
| >> licensed
| >> any
| >> | >of the clients yet.
| >> | >
| >> | >Key Management Service is enabled on this machine
| >> | > Current count: 3
| >> | > Listening on Port: XXXX
| >> | > DNS publishing disabled
| >> | > KMS priority: Normal
| >> | >
| >> | >Key Management Service cumulative requests received from clients
| >> | > Total requests received: 113
| >> | > Failed requests received: 0
| >> | > Requests with License Status Unlicensed: 0
| >> | > Requests with License Status Licensed: 0
| >> | > Requests with License Status Initial grace period: 113
| >> | > Requests with License Status License expired or Hardware out of
| >> | >tolerance: 0
| >> | >
| >> | > Requests with License Status Non-genuine grace period: 0
| >> | > Requests with License Status Notification: 0
| >> | >
| >> | >Not sure why after receiving 113 requests it has a current count of
3,
| >> and 0
| >> | >for 'Status Licensed'.
| >> | >
| >> | >If anyone can provide some guidance on this I would greatly
appreciate
| >> it.
| >> | >
| >> | >Roland
| >> | >
| >> | >
| >>
| >