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June 10th, 2005 04:00
TS CAL
OK, I bought my Dell PowerEdge 2800 for work. I bought an additional 10 per-device CALs. I'm assuming Dell installed these, since I got no activation key...just a tracking number.
Now, I installed Terminal Services so I can do Remote Administration. It says I have no CALs.
From what I understand TS CALs are not the same as the CALs I bought from Dell. Correct? I need to drop more money to Bill Gates...correct??
Other than that, the only thing I'm using the server for is to run a 3rd Party Database (www.AdvantageDatabase.com) as well as share a folder using NET USE. I don't need anything else for that...correct??
Now, I installed Terminal Services so I can do Remote Administration. It says I have no CALs.
From what I understand TS CALs are not the same as the CALs I bought from Dell. Correct? I need to drop more money to Bill Gates...correct??
Other than that, the only thing I'm using the server for is to run a 3rd Party Database (www.AdvantageDatabase.com) as well as share a folder using NET USE. I don't need anything else for that...correct??



oliviercn
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June 10th, 2005 12:00
For the CAL part of your question, TS CAL are different from regular CAL. I presume that the CAL you bought are normal CAL. These CAL will allow 10 devices to access file shares, your database server, or whatever other service you installed on that server except Terminal Services. TS CAL are mostly needed when your clients will be running application directly on the server as part of their daily job. It's often seen in a secure desktop corporate environnement. But my guess is that youi don't need the TS CAL if it's only Remote Admin.
For the file sharing to be fully licensed, you'll need as many CALs as there are computers accessing the server. Right now, you have 10, so your covered if you only have 10 client computers on your LAN. For your database, my bet is to look at the system requirements to see what you need.