DOCUMENT:Q231257 11-JAN-2001 [sms] TITLE :SMS: Software Metering Does Not Reserve License When Checked Out PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER::2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbClient kbSecurity kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbAudit kbsmsMeter ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When a computer checks out a license, and then restarts when it is connected to the network, the license is released upon startup. The workstation can continue to use the checked-out license, and the server can also allocate that license to other computers. The server retains the record of the checked-out license but does not indicate that the license is "in use" for that client. WORKAROUND ========== To work around this issue, release the checked-out license (close the appropriate program) before you restart the computer. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version for Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0. Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbClient kbSecurity kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbAudit kbsmsMeter Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 Version : :2.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbnofix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.