DOCUMENT:Q226869 22-OCT-2000 [sms] TITLE :SMS: Cannot License Programs That Specify ANY for Language/Time PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER::2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbsms200 kbsms200bug ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When a program is licensed and ANY is specified in either the time zone or language categories, the record becomes mutually exclusive. This means that any other instance of the same product cannot be tracked for another time zone or language. WORKAROUND ========== To work around this issue, explicitly enter each combination of time zone and language. For example: +-------------------------------------------+ | Program | Version | Language | Time Zone | +-------------------------------------------+ | Calc.exe | 4.00 | English | Eastern | +-------------------------------------------+ | Calc.exe | 4.00 | German | Pacific | +-------------------------------------------+ | Calc.exe | 4.00 | German | Eastern | +-------------------------------------------+ | | | | | +-------------------------------------------+ | | | | | +-------------------------------------------+ STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0. Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbsms200 kbsms200bug Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 Version : :2.0 Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.