Microsoft KB Archive/210366

= SMS: Software Metering Client in Offline Mode Shows Multiple Instances of Program Being Run =

Article ID: 210366

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q210366



SYMPTOMS
When a Software Metering client is running in offline mode, the Software Metering administrative console may show that a client program has been run a number of times, even though the program has been run only once. The number of instances reported corresponds directly with the configuration of the Check local environment setting on the client.

For example:


 * 1) Set up a Software Metering server.
 * 2) Register a product and configure the client for offline mode.
 * 3) Navigate to Configuration Components, and then in Software Metering, set the local License balancing frequency to every 15 minutes.
 * 4) Open Notepad.exe and run for one hour.

Notepad appears in Software Metering Summary as having run 4 times, for 15-minute durations each time.



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

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kbclient kbconfig kbinterop kbnofix kbreport kbsmsadmin kbsmsmeter KB210366

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