Microsoft 2 manual Managing License States, Backup Requirements

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Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide

To disable the WAU link

5.In the tree pane, click the WAU key. Right-click in the details pane, point to New, and then click DWORD (32 bit) Value.

6.Type Disabled as the name of the new value, and then press Enter.

7.Right-click the new Disabled value, and then click Modify.

8.In the Value data box, type 1 and then click OK.

9.Exit the registry editor.

10.Complete the reference image and deploy it using standard techniques.

Backup Requirements

Backup is not required for KMS hosts. However, if the event log is used to track or document KMS activations, periodically export the Key Management Service event log from the Applications and Services Logs folder. If you use a tool to perform routine cleanup of event logs, you can lose the activation history stored in the logs. If you use System Center Operations Manager 2005, the event log data is collected and stored in the Operations data warehouse for reporting, so no backups of the event log are necessary.

Managing License States

The display license information (/dli) parameter of Slmgr.vbs displays the current license state of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 computers. The output of this parameter also includes general information about the current license, time remaining before expiration, and time remaining in the grace period.

The following is an example of the information displayed when Slmgr.vbs /dli runs on a KMS client.

Name: Windows(TM) Vista, Enterprise edition

Description: Windows Operating System - Vista, ENVIRONMENT channel

Partial Product Key: RHXCM

License Status: Licensed

Volume activation expiration: 43162 minutes (29 days)

Evaluation End Date: 11/29/2007 4:59:59 PM

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Contents For Windows Vista and Windows Server Volume ActivationPage Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide Systems Management Server SMS 2003 SP3 Management Tools for Volume ActivationVolume Activation Management Tool Vamt IntroductionGroup Policy Support Volume Activation TroubleshootingKMS Activation Troubleshooting Steps Clients are not KMS Health Monitoring Volume Activation OperationsMAK Activation Troubleshooting Steps Report Name Description KMS Host Failover Disabling Windows Anytime Upgrade for Windows VistaDisabled WAU Managing License States Backup RequirementsVolume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide Recovering from RFM Recovery from an Unlicensed StateRFM Dialog box applicable only to Windows Vista RTM Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide Activation of Windows OEM Computers Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide WMI Properties Appendix 1 WMI Software Licensing Classes and PropertiesMAK Dlv WMI Methods Required Privilege Administrator MAK KMS Registry Keys / Values Set this for MOM automatic discovery of the Key Hresult KMS Events Logged in Windows Event LogCmid KMS server An activation request RPC Request KMS RPC MessagesRPC Response Name Type Size Description Bytes VLRenewalInterv MAK/KMS Appendix 2 Troubleshooting by Error CodeMAK/KMS KMS, KMS MAK/KMS DNS SRV

2 specifications

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