RE: RPC Service unavailable

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Just confirm that if you configure them statically then it everything works
fine but if they are dhcp clients then thats when you get the rpc problems?
Do you have the dhcp client service running on the server?It needs to be to
update dns records etc (believe it or not).
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James Yeomans, BSc, MCSE


"Harmjan Olthoff" wrote:

Dear James,

All the clients get the corret IP, Gateway and DNS from the server, if I
configure them manualy with the same DNS and Gateway all works fine.
The server is the latest 2003 R2 server with SP2.
If I can ping an IP adress from a client I have to test again, I thought I
could but Im not sure.
On the server RPC is running and starts automaticly and on recovery tab it's
set on reboot when failure.

hopefully this information wil help examening the problem

"James Yeomans BSc, MCSE" wrote:

Hi there, firstly have you run ipconfig /all on the clients to check they
have the server configured as their dns server? Is the server installed with
Server 2003 SP2? Make sure all the latest updates are installed on the
server? From the clients are you able to ping an ip address on the internet,
this will test conenctivity and take dns out of the equation. On the server
go Start>Run>"services.msc"> Enter. Then in the services console scroll down
to Remote Procedure Call and check that the service is running. Right click
it and >Properties. Check the recovery tab and make sure that the service is
always configured to restart if it fails. Let me know how youget on, good
luck!! James.
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James Yeomans, BSc, MCSE


"Harmjan Olthoff" wrote:

Dear all,

Strange problem to solve...

I have migrated 2003 server to another server and all seem to work fine.
All the logons work perfect but there's something wrong with DNS, internet
on client computers don't work and also the GPO's do not reach the clients.
With an internal test for GPO's they work fine but when actualy testing them
on client computers I get the error: RPC service unavailable.

I have reinstalled both DHCP and DNS server but that diddn't help.

My best guess is because of a problem with RPC Service the DNS won't work as
it should (on the server internet works fine), and the cause is that
replicating the servers while migrating diddn't went well (and the old server
died already).

I have not one idea how to fix this RPC Service and get the DNS working
properly...

anyone ideas??
.

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