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    kms host has event error in application

    publishing the KMS to DNS domain failed.

    clients do not automaticly resolve dns and activate license

    i can run the command slmgr.vbs -skms server01.instfo.local:1688 and it connects the client and host manually but don't want to do that for hundreds of windows 7 computers

    Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:01 PM

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    Hi,

    if your KMShost server doesn't have permissions to create/update the DNS records in the _vlmcs._tcp zone, you will get this error.
    You can either grant the KMShost server permissions to update its own records, or manage the records yourself?

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793434.aspx#EIF
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx#E1B

    Don


    • Proposed as answer by DonPick Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:36 PM
    • Edited by DonPick Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:38 PM
    • Marked as answer by Boo_MonstersInc Monday, February 6, 2012 2:42 AM
    Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:30 PM
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    Hello,

     

    I’d suggest setup KMS again following this deploy instruction

     

    Check this:

     

    Deploying KMS Activation

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx

     

     

    Thanks

    ZHANG

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:52 AM
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    yes that is correct

    but i show in my server 2008 Softwarelicensing not SoftwareProtectionPlatform

    Ah Yes, for 2008 that would be Softwarelicensing folder.

    Well, try this..

    Right click SoftwareLicensing folder,  in the security add user  NT Service\slsvc (if it doesn't exist) and provide full control.


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    • Proposed as answer by Jayawardhane Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:54 PM
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    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:41 PM

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    Hi,

    if your KMShost server doesn't have permissions to create/update the DNS records in the _vlmcs._tcp zone, you will get this error.
    You can either grant the KMShost server permissions to update its own records, or manage the records yourself?

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793434.aspx#EIF
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx#E1B

    Don


    • Proposed as answer by DonPick Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:36 PM
    • Edited by DonPick Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:38 PM
    • Marked as answer by Boo_MonstersInc Monday, February 6, 2012 2:42 AM
    Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:30 PM
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    Hello,

     

    I’d suggest setup KMS again following this deploy instruction

     

    Check this:

     

    Deploying KMS Activation

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793409.aspx

     

     

    Thanks

    ZHANG

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:52 AM
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    my setup process

    server 2008 ent which has AD, DHCP and DNS

    clients windows 7 sysprep by altiris with generalization for windows 7 prof

    ran the command on host cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk server 2008 R2 Std/Ent KMS B product key

    then cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato

    it activated and put the _VLMCS record under the _tcp which is under my domain.local with the srv information

    the server has a record in the forward and reverse lookup zones

    I can manually set client to host with command of slmgr.vbs -skms server01.instfo.local:1688

    then command slmgr.vbs /ato which sends a request to the host

    these work as of right now and i have 25 requests to the host but the clients are not activating yet.

    The only error in the event under application is the publishing the kms to dns domain failed

    I will look at the tech tips for fix right now

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:23 PM
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    forgot this info

    host command slmgr.vbs /dlv shows 103 failed reqeusts

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:25 PM
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    when i run the command 
    net stop sppsvc && net start sppsvc


    i get the system error 1060 has occurred

    the specified servcie does not exist as an installed servcie

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:32 PM
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    when i run the command 
    net stop sppsvc && net start sppsvc


    i get the system error 1060 has occurred

    the specified servcie does not exist as an installed servcie

     Go to  folder C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft

     Right click SoftwareProtectionPlatform folder,  in the security tab, add user NT Service\sppsvc (if it doesn't exist) and provide full control.

    See if it helps.

    Please note, AppData is a hidden folder !

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    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:53 PM
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    i get all the way to microsoft folder but do not see the SoftwareProtectionPlatform folder.

    have internet explorer, softwarelicensing, systemcertificates and windows

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:05 PM
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    Make sure following folder permissions are set.

    Post which, you should be able to view SoftwareProtectionPlatform folder in C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft

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    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:17 PM
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    yes that is correct

    but i show in my server 2008 Softwarelicensing not SoftwareProtectionPlatform

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:25 PM
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    yes that is correct

    but i show in my server 2008 Softwarelicensing not SoftwareProtectionPlatform

    Ah Yes, for 2008 that would be Softwarelicensing folder.

    Well, try this..

    Right click SoftwareLicensing folder,  in the security add user  NT Service\slsvc (if it doesn't exist) and provide full control.


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    • Proposed as answer by Jayawardhane Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:54 PM
    • Marked as answer by Boo_MonstersInc Monday, February 6, 2012 2:42 AM
    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:41 PM
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    OK

    It is done, ran the net stop sppsvc && net start sppsvc

    same problem: system error 1060 has occurred "the specified servcie does not exist as an installed service"

    should there be a software install for this?

    should this show up in services?

    Is this related to my event error in application stating publishing the KMS to DNS domain failed?

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:53 PM
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    In case of 2008, you should run net stop slsvc && net start slsvc

    ~ Knowledge Seeker
    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:55 PM
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    As suggested by K Seeker, try  net stop slsvc && net start slsvc
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    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:02 PM
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    ok that worked

    now clients are requesting but failing.

    firewall is off on domain host and domain client

    so i don't think i need to worry about host to client communication

    Have 25 clients connecting to the host but are failing activation.

    Is this related to my event error in application stating publishing the KMS to DNS domain failed?

    Should i remove my dns record and re add it?

     

     

    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:17 PM
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    Please see if following thread helps...

    Event ID 12293 - Windows 2008 

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/c00cf870-47bb-4d2a-aea9-2b92d694f4f9/

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    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:35 PM
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    can you run cscript slmgr.vbs /dli on your host and one client and post the output here?

    (to confirm the KMS has correctly accepted and activated its own KMS prodkey)

    also, 12293 events should show additional info: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793440.aspx

    Don

    • Edited by DonPick Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:24 PM
    Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:04 PM
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    Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:22 PM
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    I have same problem

    Started over from scratch

    Windows 2008 Ent R2 Server with Active Directory, DNS and DHCP Server New from scratch.

    Windows 2008 Ent R2 Server KMS

    30 Clients with Windows 7 Professional 32bit

    Used VMAT 2.0 to update computer status and on 25 of them I clicked activate then KMS Activate then i used the specific kms host and put in the FQDN for the KMS Server which activated the 25 computers.

    The auto discovery of the computers for activation did not happen

    I also ran the nslookup for the kms info and it came back with all the correct information.

    I also ran a netstat command and found the port 1688 is listening

    The next picture i submit will be 3 commands run on the 26th computer and it isn't activating the kms key.

    I am running out of ideas

    Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:32 PM
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    your KMShost looks setup fine (the KMS aspect), and your KMSclient looks fine (again KMS aspect).

    it sure seems like a DNS name resolution issue to me.
    is your KMShost logging success or fail, when it tries to publish to DNS?
    is the KMShost showing clients hitting it and failing to activate, or, not showing clients hitting it?
    is the client logging that it is attempting, and to what?
    is the client hitting the correct DNS suffix/zone?
    (I note you mentioned your "domain.local" but you show your KMShost is server01.instfo.local)

    on the client, do this:
    nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp >%temp%\kms.txt
    is the correct RR returned?
    this is a good article on troubleshooting KMS activation, using event logs:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee939272.aspx

    Don


    • Edited by DonPick Friday, February 10, 2012 9:59 AM
    Friday, February 10, 2012 9:59 AM
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    This is on a test network before implementing on live network.

    So what i did was back on the 31st of January I put it on my test network which i had a server01 which had the AD, DHCP, DNS and then i put on the KMS role because i've been told it is so easy and it is automatic for clients to activate.

    It didn't not work how it was suppose to so I blamed it on my test network.  I got a HOST server put on it a Hyper V server windows 2008r2 ent server with the roles of AD, DNS and DHCP.  Made sure that all was well with the system as far as DNS, DHCP and AD were concerned with.  I then created another server just for kms and it is a windows 2008r2 ent virtual server

    Since the 2 tries act the same way i am getting to a loss of why.

    The following information from microsoft sight Code 0x8007232b says if i run this command it must be a srv record issue.

    I actually used the VMAT 2.0 tool and activated the first 25 machines.

    First run the following commands:

    cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms <KMS_FQDN>:<port>
    cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs –ato

    If these two commands resolve the issue, the issue is a SRV record issue and requires you to troubleshoot the SRV record.

    The next 5 windows 7 clients i have actually ran the slmgr.vbs -ato command but still get the error 0x8007232b say DNS error.

    The HOST doesn't see these 5 machines request at all in the KMS server Event log.  I thought any client would request automatic?

    The Client in the application event log i show a License Activation Scheduler (sppuinotify.dll) was not able to automatically activate. Error code: 0x8007232b Event ID 8196

    Friday, February 10, 2012 7:58 PM
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    nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp >%temp%\kms.txt
    ran this command on the client

    in the cmd prompt this is what it says

    ***server01.instfo.local can't find _vlmcs._tcp:  Non-existent domain

    server01 is my AD server

    serverkms is my kms server

    the txt file output has this information in it

    Server:  server01.instfo.local

    Address:  192.168.0.9

    Friday, February 10, 2012 9:19 PM
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    I ran this from the client side and it returned correctly for communicating witht the kms server

     portqry.exe -n serverkms.instfo.local -p tcp -e 1688

    The command will return "TCP port 1688 (unknown service): LISTENING" if the computer is able to communicate with the KMS server.

    Friday, February 10, 2012 9:45 PM
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    nslookup -type=srv _vlmcs._tcp >%temp%\kms.txt
    ran this command on the client

    in the cmd prompt this is what it says

    ***server01.instfo.local can't find _vlmcs._tcp:  Non-existent domain

    server01 is my AD server

    serverkms is my kms server

    the txt file output has this information in it

    Server:  server01.instfo.local

    Address:  192.168.0.9

    ok, you have a DNS issue.
    ( the client activates ok if you hard-code the kmshost using slmgr.vbs -skms )

    your client is failing to resolve the kmshost by service/protocol.
    (the kmsclient service issues a name query "is there a kms here?" and it's getting a response from your dns "Nope" )

    check for existence / create if missing, the needed dns records:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793405.aspx

    Don

    Friday, February 10, 2012 10:52 PM
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    I ran the nslookup on the following and got the above results

    Active Directory Server 2008r2 Ent

    KMS Server 2008r2 Ent

    Altiris Deployment Server 2003

    Windows XP client computer

    Monday, February 13, 2012 3:22 PM
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    So I am thinking it isn't DNS because the nslookup for kms record seems to work for servers and xp client It has to be something to do with the Windows 7 Clients.
    Monday, February 13, 2012 3:24 PM
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    Get this

    Took the Windows 7 Professional CD and wiped and reinstalled the OS with NO updates just installed the NIC Driver and disabled the IPV6.

    Joined it to the domain and group policy turned off the firewall.

    ran the command slmgr.vbs /ato

    It activated immediately!!!!!

    So something in our original image which we pushed out thru our altiris server causing the problem.

    We are currently creating a base image of OS no updates with ip v6 disabled then use the altiris create image then deploy to couple computers.

    And we are using the altiris sys prep on the image.

    Monday, February 13, 2012 4:40 PM