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Event ID 59 — Client Access License Assignment

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Client access licenses (CALs) for Windows EBS must be assigned to user accounts or networked devices for your users to log on to the Windows EBS network. If you assign a CAL to a user account, the user can log on to Windows EBS from any networked device.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 59
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Windows Server Solutions Client Access Licensing
Version: 6.0
Symbolic Name: LIC_RPC_ERROR
Message: An RPC error has occurred: %1.%r%2

Resolve

Enable resources to be available on the server

To resolve this issue, resources must be made available for the Remote Procedure Call Service to function correctly.

The error code that is listed in the event description can be used to resolve this issue. For more information about the codes that can be reported, see "System Error Codes (1700-3999)" at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=136796).

You can use the Reliability and Performance Monitor to help you decide how to manage system resources. For more information about monitoring resources, see "Monitoring System Activity with Resource View" at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=136811).

To start the Reliability and Performance Monitor

Click Start, click in the Start Search box, type perfmon, and then press ENTER.

For more information about how to troubleshoot Remote Procedure Call error messages, see the Knowledge Base article titled "How to Test Microsoft Remote Procedure Call Performance" at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=142920).

Verify

You must use an account that is in the Domain Admins group to perform this procedure.

You can monitor the assignment of CALs in the Administration Console.

To view CAL assignments

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Windows Essential Business Server, and then click Windows Essential Business Server Administration Console.

  2. Click the Licenses tab.

  3. Click User Licenses. 

    The results view shows the user accounts that are set up in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and the CALs for Windows EBS that are assigned to them.

    Note: The Administrator account is automatically assigned a Premium Edition CAL in all editions of Windows EBS. You cannot unassign this CAL.

  4. Click Device Licenses. 

    The results view shows computers and devices in AD DS and the CALs for Windows EBS that are assigned to them.

Client Access License Assignment

Windows EBS