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Q269547: SMS: Software Metering Licenses Increase Across Server

Article: Q269547
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsmsMeter
Last Modified: 06-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2 
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SYMPTOMS
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The number of Software Metering licenses may unexpectedly increase when multiple
sites are used to balance software licenses.

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

MORE INFORMATION
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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.


Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsmsMeter 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1 kbSMS200SP2
Version           : :2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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