PHWinfo - Afficher un message - RPC Server is unavailable afet installing AD DS: Win Serv 2008

13/04/2008, 20h42

Hello Joe,

Check that DNS is only pointing to internal DNS servers. Did you run dcdiag
/v and netdiag /v to check for errors?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** us YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

> On a brand new Dell Server I have installed Windows Server 2008
> standard
> edition.
> The existing domain is controlled by a two server win 2003 AD setup
> and as
> part of the installation on the nw server I upgraded the schema of AD
> 2003 to
> be compatible with AD 2008.
> After booting the server I have access to AD Users and Computers (and
> windows logs via event viewer) for a short while but eventually I get
> the error (when trying to load AD Users and Computers):-
>
> "Naming information cannot be located because:
> The RPC server is unavailble.
> Contact your administrator to verify that your domain is properly
> configured
> and is currently online"
> When this happens I also have problems viewing the windows logs using
> Event
> Viewer. I get the following message when trying to view the Windows
> Application or System logs:-
> "One or more logs in the query have errors
> Log: System (or Application, etc)
> Error: Insufficient information exists to identify the cause of
> faiure"
> I then demoted the server from being a DC and de-installed AD DS.
> Once I do that I have no problem with the event viewer.
>
> I have two other DC's on the network (AD 2003 upgraded to AD 2008
> schema).
>
> With the addition of Win Serv 2008 I wanted to have three DC's and I
> configured all three as Global Catalogs (Don't know if this is
> required as its only a small network with no inter-site
> communications). I set all three as GC's so that any one of them
> could process logons and authentication in case of a single server
> failure.
>
> The only thing I can think of is completely re-installing the OS but
> if I do that I cannot think that I would do anything differently.
>
> There are two network cards. One disabled and one active. I have
> unticked TCP/IPv6 on both cards as they were causing error messages as
> they weren't fully configured.
>
> The server has 4GB RAM and loads of free disk space.
>
> Can anybody ?
>

13/04/2008, 20h42	#2
Meinolf Weber Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: RPC Server is unavailable afet installing AD DS: Win Serv 2008 Hello Joe, Check that DNS is only pointing to internal DNS servers. Did you run dcdiag /v and netdiag /v to check for errors? Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups us YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > On a brand new Dell Server I have installed Windows Server 2008 > standard > edition. > The existing domain is controlled by a two server win 2003 AD setup > and as > part of the installation on the nw server I upgraded the schema of AD > 2003 to > be compatible with AD 2008. > After booting the server I have access to AD Users and Computers (and > windows logs via event viewer) for a short while but eventually I get > the error (when trying to load AD Users and Computers):- > > "Naming information cannot be located because: > The RPC server is unavailble. > Contact your administrator to verify that your domain is properly > configured > and is currently online" > When this happens I also have problems viewing the windows logs using > Event > Viewer. I get the following message when trying to view the Windows > Application or System logs:- > "One or more logs in the query have errors > Log: System (or Application, etc) > Error: Insufficient information exists to identify the cause of > faiure" > I then demoted the server from being a DC and de-installed AD DS. > Once I do that I have no problem with the event viewer. > > I have two other DC's on the network (AD 2003 upgraded to AD 2008 > schema). > > With the addition of Win Serv 2008 I wanted to have three DC's and I > configured all three as Global Catalogs (Don't know if this is > required as its only a small network with no inter-site > communications). I set all three as GC's so that any one of them > could process logons and authentication in case of a single server > failure. > > The only thing I can think of is completely re-installing the OS but > if I do that I cannot think that I would do anything differently. > > There are two network cards. One disabled and one active. I have > unticked TCP/IPv6 on both cards as they were causing error messages as > they weren't fully configured. > > The server has 4GB RAM and loads of free disk space. > > Can anybody ? >