Knowledge Base

License Manager Purchase History Lost Promoting BDC to PDC

Article ID: 142046

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q142046

SYMPTOMS

When you change the role of a Backup domain controller to Primary you may lose the Purchase History if the current primary cannot be contacted.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, copy %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\CPL.CFG from the former PDC to the new PDC and restart License Manager.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server versions 3.51 and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Licensing information for each domain is stored in the CPL.CFG file on the PDC. This information is replicated up to the PDC. When a BDC is promoted and the License Manager is started, it creates a new CPL.CFG if one does not exist. In this case, the purchase history will have to be reentered.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbnetwork KB142046