SMS: Number of Software Metering Licenses Increases Across Multiple Metering Server (269547)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP1
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP2
This article was previously published under Q269547

SYMPTOMS

The number of Software Metering licenses may unexpectedly increase when multiple sites are used to balance software licenses.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because when a site is sent a license, it is not removed from the sending site until the receiving site acknowledges that it has received the license.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Example:

You have three license metering servers in your environment. Monitoring for Microsoft FrontPage, you have allocated 250 licenses per site. After a week of allowing the sites to run, the number of licenses is now shown as 250, 251, and 253, respectively, for the three sites.

NOTE: This effect was noticed on software that was moved from the excluded software list to the metered software. Load balancing was set to every hour.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/14/2006
Keywords:kbBug kbpending kbsmsMeter KB269547
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