Configuring Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 to use
Penn State's Microsoft Key Management Server (KMS)
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 can either have its KMS server set manually or will look in the primary DNS suffix zone for the KMS Service Record. For machines joined to a Windows domain the KMS Service Record is the easiest method to use, for machines not joined to a domain the primary DNS suffix zone needs to be set to a DNS zone that has the KMS Service Record or the KMS needs to be set manually.
If you are apart of the Microsoft Windows Active Directory® at Penn State service, access.psu.edu, the KMS Service Record has already been set in the root domain. Organizations that have an OU in access.psu.edu will automatically use this service record pointing to the Penn State KMS. Child domains will need to follow the steps below to create the services record for the KMS.
Creating a SRV record in an Active Directory DNS zone
- Open the DNS MMC
- Expand the DNS Zone
- Right click on the _tcp folder and select Other New Records…
- Select Service Location (SRV) as the new record type
- Fill in the following information for the new records
- Service: _VLMCS (This is not in the drop down list and must be typed)
- Protocol: _tcp
- Port: 1688
- Host offering the service: mskms.psu.edu
Manually setting the KMS
In the near future a program will be create to do this task, until then please follow the steps below.
- Open a command prompt with Administrative Privileges. This is done by right clicking the command prompt shortcut and selecting "Run as administrator".
- Run the following command to set the KMS Server: “cscript slmgr.vbs /skms mskms.psu.edu”
- Run the following command to active against the newly set KMS: “cscript slmgr.vbs /ato”