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Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide
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Working with 64-Bit Windows Vista KMS Hosts
The OpsMgr 2005 agent is available only as a 32-bit application. As a result, 64-bit
versions of Windows Vista RTM are not automatically added to the KMS computer
group defined by the KMS Management Pack. KMS hosts running Windows Vista
SP1 or Windows Server 2008 are not affected by this issue. Computers that are not
a member of this group do not send data to Operations data warehouse. Since
reports are generated from this data warehouse, computers with 64-bit versions of
Windows Vista are not automatically included in KMS management pack reports.
To resolve this issue, you can create a custom Computer Group on the OpsMgr
2005 console and add the 64-bit Windows Vista RTM KMS hosts to it.
KMS Host Failover
If a KMS host fails, you must install a KMS key on a new host and activate it. You
then need to ensure that the new KMS host has an SRV resource record in the DNS
database. If you install the new KMS host with the same computer name and IP
address as the failed KMS host, the new KMS host can use the DNS SRV record of
the failed host. If the new host has a different computer name, you need to
manually remove the DNS SRV record of the failed host. If your network is using
DDNS, the new KMS host automatically creates a new SRV record in the DNS
server. The new KMS host then starts collecting client renewal requests and begins
activating clients as soon as the KMS activation threshold is met.
If your KMS clients are using auto-discovery, they automatically choose another
KMS host if their original KMS host does not respond to renewal requests. If you are
not using auto-discovery, you need to update the KMS client computers that were
assigned to the failed KMS host.
Disabling Windows Anytime Upgrade for Windows Vista
The Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) program allows Windows Vista Business
users to purchase an upgrade directly from Microsoft by clicking the Windows
Anytime Upgrade link in the Extras and Upgrades subfolder of the All