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Generate Secure and Customizable License Keys for Terminal Server with This Tool



For Windows 2003 Terminal Server, follow Microsoft TechNet article How to override the license server discovery process in Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services to add the Terminal Server License Server. For Windows 2008 Server follow Microsoft TechNet article - TS Licensing Step-by-Step Guide.


Note: In Windows Server 2008, open Edit Settings, double-click License server discovery mode, select the Licensing tab, select the Use the specified license servers option, and enter the license server name (or IP address) in the field provided. The following screen shot shows the interface in Windows Server 2008:




Terminal Server License Key Generator




Verify the number of TSCAL servers installed and their installation location. If your Terminal Servers are members of an Active Directory domain, you should install the TS License Server on a domain controller in the root domain of the forest. There can be only one Enterprise TS License server per Active Directory site. Install one Enterprise TS License server for each site in the Active Directory forest.For the Active Directory Object to be created properly, install TS Licensing as an Enterprise Administrator or an administrator belonging to the root domain. If an empty root domain is created, the Active Directory object for the TS-Enterprise-License-Server might not be created properly.Does the object look like it is in the Active Directory Sites and Services and can it be queried using an LDAP query? If you follow this process, all Windows 2000 servers running Terminal Services will discover their site-wide Enterprise TS license server by LDAP lookup.Whether or not Active Directory is used is very important with regard to the TS License Server discovery process. For more information about the TS License server discovery process, see Terminal Services Licensing service discovery.


You have a commercial Code With Me license, and your company uses the JetBrains floating license server (FLS). In this case, you can activate the license the same way you would activate the IntelliJ IDEA license.


The other major attack vector is known as a software "keygen", which is much more ominous. Asits name may imply, a keygen is a form of software, often a separate program or webpage, thatgenerates valid license keys, i.e. a key-generator, or "keygen."


Most software vendors have some type of license keygen, which they keep secret. For example, aftera user submits a successful purchase order, part of the order process calls a key generator, whichgenerates a valid, legitimate license key for the new customer.


When you install the role, by default, you have a 120-day grace period that Microsoft gives you to properly license the server for use as an RDS installation. If you are using a server in a lab environment, most likely, you are not going to license this type of server outside of production.


You can use the tsm licenses commands to manage server license tasks like activating or deactivating a Tableau Server product key on- or off-line, and getting associated files for offline activation or deactivation.


You can install licensing components on a separate, dedicated server or on a server they share with another application. Alternatively, you can use a web or application server. However, the locations mentioned later in this article are less resource intensive. If you are running fewer than 50 servers or 10,000 licenses, you can install the License Server on the same server as your product. To determine if relocation of the License Server to another system is necessary, monitor CPU and memory load (lmgrd.exe and CITRIX.exe).


A license server stores all client licenses installed on a Terminal Server and provides a secure way of tracking the licenses that have been issued to Terminal Server clients. You need to install the license server, activate it through the Microsoft Clearinghouse, and install license key packs onto the license server before issuing Terminal Server client licenses. For more information on the license server, refer to the Client Services section of the Windows Server Help.


The following instructions allow you to activate the license server through the Internet. If you want to activate your server through telephone, fax, or World Wide Web, refer to the Windows Server Help.


For Citrix or terminal server environments, we suggest installing from Command Prompt with the SKIPREGISTER=1 property. This prevents the server from consuming a license intended for one of your users. For more information on installing from Command Prompt, click here.


When Working Papers is accessed from multiple terminal servers, you may be eligible to receive a Network License. Network Licenses are typically used in large organizations where the software is managed through a centralized server. A Network License Server is installed on this centralized server and acts as a license repository for Working Papers.


If your organization is approved to receive a Network License, you will be sent the installation file for the Network License Server tool. This tool must be installed on a centralized server so that all licensed staff can retrieve licenses for Working Papers.


Static license is bound to terminal network card MAC-address forever. Please, be very attentive specifying MAC-address. In case of mistake you'll receive incorrect license. Every issue of license restoration in case of terminal network card failure is considered individually.


During boot terminal connects to Internet and sends request to WTware activation servers for obtaining the license for this terminal. Concurrent license is not stored anywhere, it is valid until terminal reboot. If during boot terminal fails to connect to Internet, terminal won't be able to obtain license and WTware willdraw banner "evaluation copy" on the screen.


If terminal finds in configuration CLID parameter and doesn't find static license, it requests DNS for servers cl.wtware.com IP-addresses. There are several servers, terminal attempts to connect to all of them. Terminal connects to the first responding server by TCP, 80 port.It sends one HTTP-request. In HTTP-request terminal sends to server concurrent licenses ID, specified in it's confguration, and it's MAC-address. Terminal sends no other information to WTware servers. All sent data is thoroughly encrypted.


Concurrent license is bound to terminal MAC-address for several days. If you have 10 licenses, 10 your terminals may obtain concurrent licenses at the same time. When some terminal goes out of service and for several days sends no requests to generator, then generator releases license, issued for this terminal. Then another terminal with specified concurrent licenses ID in it's configuration may obtain this released license.


Any time you may stop using concurrent licenses and use static licenses. If for several days terminal doesn't ask generator for concurrent license, you may release this concurrent license on generator and generate static license for any needed MAC-address.


There's no way to tranfer static license to concurrent. Static license is bound to computer network card MAC-address forever. Static license life time is terminal life time. Every issue of license restoration in case of terminal network card failure is considered individually.


If the database connection string is updated, the server ID will be re-generated and you'll need a new license. When it is generated, the server ID is unique. The same server ID will never be generated twice, even on the same SonarQube instance.


The license server (sesinetd) keeps track of the licenses and their activity (whether they are checked out or available for use). When a Houdini product needs a license, it communicates with hserver, which is a helper program running on the client. Hserver communicates with the license server (sesinetd). It is the license server (sesinetd) that grants licenses to valid clients and collects licenses when Houdini applications terminate. If there is no hserver running on the client, Houdini will not start. On Linux and Mac OSX, hserver is started automatically when you start a Houdini application, or it can be started manually. On Windows, both hserver and the license server are started as Services named HoudiniServer and HoudiniLicenseServer respectively.


"sesictrl" is a license utility that communicates either with the local hserver or with the (possibly remote) sesinetd license daemon. If you run sesictrl with the "-h hostname" option, sesictrl will contact that host (specified by hostname) for the license information. Otherwise, it will query the local hserver as long as there is an hserver process running.


The hserver client helper or proxy program which communicates with the local or remote sesinetd (license server). In a client/server model, hserver is the client and sesientd is the server. The hserver program is included in every Houdini installation. It is automatically started when a Houdini application is first launched.


This configuration allows the client to query multiple license servers. This allows license servers to be broken up based on whatever specification you may have (i.e. license product type). For more information on chaining please refer to the online documentation


If you receive an error saying /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.sesinetd.plist: No such file or directory, please reinstall Houdini and choose Commercial Licensing. This will install the necessary license server files.


These license acquisition tables list what licenses are checked by Houdini applications through the client helper program hserver.The tables below are based on how the client starts hserver. The column to the left refers to the product or license type that will be requested from the license server. The column on the right refers to the product that the client is asking for (based on the commands):Product NameKeystring NameExecutable Name(s)Houdini FXHoudini-Masterhoudini, houdinifxHoudini CoreHoudini-EscapehoudinicoreHoudini Engine [Batch] Houdini-Enginehbatch,hythonHoudini Engine [Plug-in]Houdini-EngineN/A [open with plug-in]Note that running hbatch -R will request a non-graphics token. It will not attempt to checkout a graphical token.The number in brackets indicates the order in which the licenses are checked for a given application.For more information on running hserver, please refer to the section What kind of options are available to hserver? of the License Management section of the FAQ.Client runs hserver: 2ff7e9595c


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