Microsoft KB Archive/142046

= License Manager Purchase History Lost Promoting BDC to PDC =

Article ID: 142046

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q142046





SYMPTOMS
When you change the role of a Backup domain controller to Primary you may lose the Purchase History if the current primary cannot be contacted.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, copy %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\CPL.CFG from the former PDC to the new PDC and restart License Manager.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server versions 3.51 and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
Licensing information for each domain is stored in the CPL.CFG file on the PDC. This information is replicated up to the PDC. When a BDC is promoted and the License Manager is started, it creates a new CPL.CFG if one does not exist. In this case, the purchase history will have to be reentered.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbnetwork KB142046

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