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Windows 2000 licencing (going mad)

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by simon

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Hi all,

I have a brand new Windows 2000 network that I have setup at work which includes 3 Servers.

Server 1 (Primary) houses a database which 8 users uses.

Server 2 (secondary) houses all the user files and network documents along with theprinters.

Server 3 (Seconday) houses the VPN connection and email connections

(I know there aren't Primary and secondary in Windows 2000, just to make it simpler to explain really :-)

I have installed all the Licences (per seat) on to Server 1 as it's the main server.

Looking at the Licence MMC on that server all is fine, but when I look at Server 2 which only house files etc it says all access' are Un-Licenced. I don't want to break the licenceing agreement so am keen to make sureI have been told the correct information, ie:- Because Server 1 authenticates the log on's that is the Server I need the licences for.

Have I been told correctly? Do I need more licence? Should I just install the licence onto server 2 that I have for Server 1.

Any help greatly appreciated, thank you

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by timwalsh

In per-seat licensing mode, you need a license for each client, regardless of the number of servers being accessed. Therefore, the answer is to add the licenses to all servers that clients access.

An easier solution would be to turn off, and disable, the Licensing Logging Service on your servers, unless your company has some requirement for you to run it. There is no requirement, either legal, or from Microsoft, for you to run this service. For smaller networks, you usually already have agood idea of how many clients and available licenses you have. Therefore, all the License Logging Service tends to do is cause consternation when it doesn't appear to work correctly.

by ghstinshll

Just simply enter in the amount of licenses you have for your client workstations on each server that is having the license issue... You don't have to buy licenses for each server, you simply tell the server how many licenses you have for clients. There's no infringement here...

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