Microsoft KB Archive/194065

= How to Reset License Manager Throughout an Enterprise =

Article ID: 194065

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q194065



SUMMARY
This article is an addendum to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

153140 How to Reset License Manager Information

Fully resetting License Manager information throughout an enterprise may very well require not only deleting the relevant files on the primary domain controller (PDC) or "Enterprise Server," but actually deleting the license service files on EVERY server that participates in the license replication.

A batch file has been written that, combined with the NETDOM, NETSVC, and REG utilities from the Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit, will automatically discover all servers engaging in license replication, and, through iteration, stop the License Logging Service (LLS), delete the associated LLS files, restart the service, and queue LLS replication to take place immediately. In an enterprise environment this will significantly reduce the amount of work involved in this task.



MORE INFORMATION
Here is an overview of how this batch process works. All files are included below. The batch process is launched by running Restart.bat from the command prompt.

Please note, this process requires the following utilities from the Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit:


 * Netdom.exe
 * Netsvc.exe
 * Reg.exe

The following are the sequence of events:

 The user runs RESTART "License Logging Service" from the command prompt. Restart.bat calls NETDOM and creates text files containing a list of all PDCs, BDCs, and member servers in the domain. Iterating through this generated list, Restart.bat performs the following steps:

 Stops the LLS Service on all servers in the domain. Deletes the three relevant LLS files, if detected (Cpl.cfg, Llsuser.lls, and Llsmap.lls). Restarts the LLS Service on all servers in the domain. Schedules LLS for replication in the next five minutes on each server.</li></ol> </li> After LLS replication has taken place, an additional batch file, Llsrtime.bat, should be run to reset all servers to the default settings for LLS replication, which is once every 24 hour period.</li></ol>

Restart.Bat
echo off cls if (%1)== goto NoParams echo Creating list of domain controllers, please wait. netdom bdc | find "Found PDC " > pdc.txt netdom /noverbose bdc > netdom.txt netdom /noverbose member > netmember.txt

rem Stop LLS on all Servers.... Echo Stopping License Logging Service on all servers. Please wait. for /F "tokens=3" %%a in (pdc.txt) do call stop.bat %%a %1 for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netdom.txt) do call stop.bat %%a %1 for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netmember.txt) do call stop.bat %%a %1 Echo Done stopping services. Echo.

rem Delete LLS files on all servers Echo Deleting LLS configuration files on all domain controllers. Please wait. for /F "tokens=3" %%a in (pdc.txt) do call dellls.bat %%a for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netdom.txt) do call dellls.bat %%a for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netmember.txt) do call dellls.bat %%a Echo Done deleting LLS files. Echo.

rem Start LLS on all servers Echo Starting LLS Service on all servers. Please wait. for /F "tokens=3" %%a in (pdc.txt) do call start.bat %%a %1 for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netdom.txt) do call start.bat %%a %1 for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netmember.txt) do call start.bat %%a %1 Echo Done starting services. Echo.

Echo Resetting replication time on all servers. Please wait. for /F "tokens=3" %%a in (pdc.txt) do call sett.bat %%a %1 for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netdom.txt) do call sett.bat %%a %1 for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netmember.txt) do call sett.bat %%a %1 Echo Done stopping services. Echo. goto bottom

echo - echo - Done! - echo - goto bottom :NoParams echo usage: RESTART "Service Name" echo. echo. i.e.- RESTART "License Logging Service" echo. :bottom

Restart2.Bat
echo Stopping %2 on %1 netsvc %2 %1 /stop netsvc %2 %1 /start

Start.Bat
echo Starting %2 on %1 netsvc %2 %1 /start

Stop.Bat
echo Stopping %2 on %1 netsvc %2 %1 /stop

Dellls.Bat
Echo Now deleting files on %1.

if exist %1\admin$\system32\cpl.cfg del %1\admin$\system32\cpl.cfg if exist %1\admin$\system32\lls\llsuser.lls del %1\admin$\system32\lls\llsuser.lls if exist %1\admin$\system32\lls\llsmap.lls del %1\admin$\system32\lls\llsmap.lls

(wrapped lines must be entered on one line)

Sett.Bat
echo Now setting LLS replication time on %1

reg update HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\LicenseService\Parameters\ReplicationTime=300 %1

Llsrtime.Bat
rem reset replication period for LLS Echo Stopping LLS Service on all domain controllers. Please wait. for /F "tokens=3" %%a in (pdc.txt) do call setb.bat %%a %1 for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netdom.txt) do call setb.bat %%a %1 for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (netmember.txt) do call setb.bat %%a %1 Echo Done stopping services. Echo.

Setb.Bat
echo Now setting LLS replication time on %1

reg update HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\LicenseService\Parameters\ReplicationTime=86400 %1

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