05 December 2007

Procedure to free up Patch Management License for Retired PC's

I used this procedure to free up my license on retired resource for Patch Management KB Ref
  1. Create a folder in the Resource Tab, Resources
  2. Get the GUID of this folder by right clicking on this folder then Properties and copy the GUID for later use
  3. Get the Report from the KB link and import it into Reports
  4. Run this report for Non Active Resources
  5. Select All resource and move them to the newly created folder in step 1
  6. Create a folder on the server where the exported files will reside
  7. Open a command window and type \diagnostics\ImportExportUtil /export {GUID from step 2} ""
  8. When export is complete check if all files are in this directory you created in step 6, if ok then continue.
  9. return to your report from step 4, Select all Non Active resoures and delete them by right clicking and select Delete
  10. Check the license by clicken refresh buttun in Configuration Tab, Licenses
  11. Now reimport the deleted resources by run the following command in the command window on the command prompt \diagnostics\ImportExportUtil /import ""
  12. Rerun the report from step 4 to check if all resources are back.

Example
E:\AExNS\Diagnostics\ImportExportUtil /export {21082ac4-26fe-43e9-a304-98632f65afa5} "e:\RetiredPC"
E:\AExNS\Diagnostics\ImportExportUtil /import "e:\RetiredPC"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ya!complet
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