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Q198706: SMS: Software Metering Components on the Client

Article: Q198706
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbRegistry kbsms200
Last Modified: 04-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SUMMARY
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The Software Metering (SWM) client agent must be configured correctly in order
to perform, set up a SWM server, and configure the Tool itself. The client
machine itself holds no configurable aspect of SWM. All the client agent
configuration is done through the MMC Systems Management Server Administrator
Snap-In. The client machine does hold the SWM agent, Licclint.exe (32-bit)
Liccli95.exe (16-bit).

However, there are several SWM components installed on the client. The first is
the agent (or .exe) itself. The second is the adding of the SWM directory
structure. You can observe this by the LICMTR directory located as a
sub-directory of %windir%\ms\sms\clicomp. This is where the SWM agent's .exe
file will be stored along with the client's SWM data files.

Finally, two registry keys are added on the client:

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SMS\Client\Sites\<site
  code>\LICENSE_METERING - which indicates where the SWM license servers for
  the site reside (the client has randomly picked these),

  -and-

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SMS\Client\Client Components\LICENSE
  METERING - which is the component information for the client.

Additional query words: prodsms swmeter

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Keywords          : kbRegistry kbsms200 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : :2.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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