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Volume Activation 2.0 Operations Guide
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KMS initialization failures, DNS SRV publishing issues, when KMS counts drop below
activation thresholds, and when no KMS activity occurs for more than 8 hours.
To download the KMS Management Pack, go to the System Center Operations
Manager product catalog at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=110332
. This
download includes a Management Pack guide that covers installation, configuration,
and included rules. Several sample reports are also included, as well as data
grooming and indexing processes.
KMS Activity Reporting
If an OpsMgr 2005 agent is installed on KMS hosts, the event log data generated on
the KMS host is collected and forwarded to the Operations data warehouse. The
data is then aggregated in the Operations data warehouse, so it is available for
reports. Table 3 describes the reports that are included in the KMS Management
Pack.
Table 3: Reports Included in the KMS Management Pack
Report Name
Description
Activation Count
Summary
Summary
Displays the number of KMS activations for each Windows edition across a
number of historical time ranges.
number of historical time ranges.
Virtual Machine
Summary
Summary
Displays, by Windows edition, the number of virtual and physical KMS
client computers that have activated in the past 14 days.
client computers that have activated in the past 14 days.
KMS Activity
Summary
Summary
Displays new KMS activations for each Windows edition within the past
day. You can display data from all KMS hosts or you can add a filter to
display data from a subset of KMS hosts.
day. You can display data from all KMS hosts or you can add a filter to
display data from a subset of KMS hosts.
Licensing Status
Summary
Summary
Displays the number of days left until a KMS client needs to renew its
activation, as well as the license state for each KMS client that has
connected to a KMS host.
activation, as well as the license state for each KMS client that has
connected to a KMS host.
Machine
Expiration Chart
Expiration Chart
Displays the number of computers that are in an Initial/Out of Box (OOB),
Out of time (OOT)/Expired, or Non-Genuine grace periods, and which could
go to an unlicensed condition in the next 30 days.
Out of time (OOT)/Expired, or Non-Genuine grace periods, and which could
go to an unlicensed condition in the next 30 days.
Machine
Expiration Detail
Expiration Detail
Lists the computers that are in Initial/Out of Box (OOB), Out of time
(OOT)/Expired, or Non-Genuine grace periods and which could go to an
RFM condition in the next 7 days.
(OOT)/Expired, or Non-Genuine grace periods and which could go to an
RFM condition in the next 7 days.