Microsoft KB Archive/226842

= SMS: Importing a New License Management Information Format File Overwrites Existing License Information =

Article ID: 226842

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q226842



SYMPTOMS
When you want to increase the number of available licenses for a particular product that is being metered by software metering, one option is to import a license Management Information Format (MIF) file, which contains the additional license information. When you do this, the number of licenses is not increased in an additive fashion but, rather, is overwritten by the new value contained in the MIF file.



CAUSE
When an MIF file is imported for a program that already exists, and the MIF file contains identical parameters as a program that is already being metered, the existing parameters are overwritten.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, make sure that any import MIF files reflect the total available licenses rather than the number of licenses to be added.



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 kbsms200presp2 kbsms200presp3 kbsmsmeter KB226842

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