As a new network admin in our small organization I am trying to understand the licensing and the license manager I have inherited. Now we are about to add two new servers to the domain. From what I understand about licensing, we shouldnt have to purchase any more if we make all of ours per server, because we already have enough for each user that could connect simultaneously.
Here's what the license managers on each server report:
licensing mode Per seat Per Seat Per Server Per Server Reached
(per server) purchased Allocated Purchased Reached
SV1 win2k sp4 15 1195 75 230 76
SV2 win2k sp4 30 1195 75 230 76
SV3 (PDC)win2k sp4 50 1195 75 230 76
SV4 2003 R2 SP2 Ent 45 0 0 45 -31
SV5 2003 Std sp2 45 0 66 0 1
SV6 win2k sp4 15 0 0 80 18
SV7 win2k sp4 15 0 0 65 39
Heres my confusion: I go into Admin Tools\licensing&server browser& SV3 (the PDC) says 50 per server CALs purchased. But in the main window under product view it says the following:
licensing mode Per seat Per Seat Per Server Per Server Reached
(per server) purchased Allocated Purchased Reached
SV3 win2k sp4 50 1195 75 230 76
Why does it say 1195 per seat purchased, etc.; is this referring to all the servers? If I look at each server in server browser at per server for :XX concurrent connections these numbers do not add up to 1195 per seat, so what gives here? Am I missing something?
On my Win 2003 R2 sp2 SV4 it says 45 per server CALs purchased in server browser. In the main license window it says:
licensing mode Per seat Per Seat Per Server Per Server Reached
(per server) purchased Allocated Purchased Reached
SV4 2003 R2 SP2 Ent 45 0 0 45 -31
Does this mean that this individual server is giving out more licenses than it has, and if so, why arent some licenses being taken from other servers?
They all point to the same license server, which is SV2. All servers are on the same subnet except for SV5.
How can I get all these in synch? I want to make sure our two new servers dont add to our confusion.
We are about to add two new servers to the domain. From what I understand about licensing, we shouldnt have to purchase any more if we make all of ours per server, because we already have enough for each user that could connect simultaneously.
Thanks so much to anyone who can help me understand this.
Maureen