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I have been given the task to get KMS installed on our 2003SP2 DC. I
downloaded the files necessary, installed and updated, however, slmgr -dlv
tell me that "Product Key Not Found".
Output below:
C:\Documents and Settings\%usr%>cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -dlv
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.
Software licensing service version: 6.0.6001.16460
Error: product key not found.
How the hell do I get KMS activated so my 2008/Vista clients can use the
service?
TIA!
Jon
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Jon,
Have you tried this? I found this online.
Please note that the instructions here only contain the essentials of KMS
(Key Management Service) installation. In uncommon network configurations,
for example, if you can't use DNS auto-discovery, you have to consult
Microsoft's documentation.
This is the short version of KMS installation:
1. Get a KMS Key from Microsoft Volume Licensing.
2. Download and run the setup if you want to install the KMS on Windows
Server 2003. If you want to run the KMS host on a Vista machine, you don't
need this download.
3. Launch a command prompt. On a Vista machine you have to launch the
command prompt with elevated privileges (type "cmd" at the Start Search bar,
right click, select "Run as administrator").
4. To install the KMS key enter this command: cscript
C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk <KMS Key>
5. To activate the KMS host use this command: cscript
C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
6. In most cases no additional configuration is necessary. Run slmgr.vbs
without any parameters to display all options.
7. The KMS host will automatically publish its SRV records in your DNS
server. If not, check out this article.
8. You don't have to configure anything on your Vista machines and no
product key is required.
9. They will use DNS auto-discovery to find the KMS host and get the
product key from there.
10. On your clients you can check the application event log under Windows
Logs to monitor the activation process (Microsoft Windows Security Licensing
SLC events 12288 and 12289)
11. On the Vista KMS host you can find the event logs under Applications
and Services/Key Management Service.
(Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC event 12290).
12. On a Windows Server 2003 SP1 KMS host you'll find the event log
entries under Applications.
Okay, this is the theory. Unfortunately, I wasn't really able to test it.
You can't test KMS in a virtual environment and you need at least 25 Vista
machines. Now, who has 25 physical computers in the lab just for testing
purposes? I really don't understand why Microsoft makes it so difficult for
us.
Daniel
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