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Thread: Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is unavailable

  1. #1
    Paul Kus Guest

    Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is unavailable

    Hi;



    Environment:

    2003 Active Directory (Domain Functional Level is 2000 Mixed)

    3 Domain Controllers, each running active directory integrated DNS

    Domain members are mostly Windows 2003 Servers (WEB and Standard edition)

    All Domain members with the exception of Domain Controllers have multiple
    NICs installed.



    Problem:

    Some machines on the network do not register with DNS. When I try to
    register them manually by running "ipconfig /registerdns" I get the
    following error "Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is
    unavailable". I have confirmed physical connectivity to all domain
    controllers, I can copy files to and from the domain controllers, I have no
    problems logging into the domain. Everything seems to be working properly
    otherwise.



    Thanks for your help

    Paul Kus

    pkus@cyence.com



  2. #2
    Todd J Heron Guest

    Re: Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is unavailable

    "Paul Kus" <pkus@cyence.com> wrote in message...
    >2003 Active Directory (Domain Functional Level is 2000 Mixed). 3 Domain
    >Controllers, each running active directory integrated DNS. >Domain members
    >are mostly Windows 2003 Servers (WEB and Standard edition). All Domain
    >members with the exception of Domain >Controllers have multiple NICs
    >installed.
    >Problem:
    >Some machines on the network do not register with DNS. When I try to
    >register them manually by running "ipconfig /registerdns" I get the
    > >following error "Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is

    >unavailable". I have confirmed physical connectivity to all domain
    >controllers, I can copy files to and from the domain controllers, I have no
    >problems logging into the domain. Everything seems to be >working properly
    >otherwise.


    RPC traffic may know where to go based on the machine being multihomed. You
    can do things like adjust the binding order of the NICs so that the NIC
    facing the LAN containing your DCs/DNS servers is on top thereby directing
    your RPC traffic automatically in that direction first. RPC traffic will
    try the NIC bound first in the network stack I believe.

    --
    Todd J Heron, MCSE
    Windows Server 2003/2000/NT; CCA
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights


  3. #3
    Paul Kus Guest

    Re: Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is unavailable

    Hi Todd;

    That's not it. I disabled all interfaces except for the one facing the
    Domain Controllers and tried re-registering... no luck. Any other ideas?

    Thanks
    Paul



    "Todd J Heron" <todd_heron(delete)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:%23Dqnvx37FHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
    > "Paul Kus" <pkus@cyence.com> wrote in message...
    >>2003 Active Directory (Domain Functional Level is 2000 Mixed). 3 Domain
    >>Controllers, each running active directory integrated DNS. >Domain
    >>members
    >>are mostly Windows 2003 Servers (WEB and Standard edition). All Domain
    >>members with the exception of Domain >Controllers have multiple NICs
    >>installed.
    >>Problem:
    >>Some machines on the network do not register with DNS. When I try to
    >>register them manually by running "ipconfig /registerdns" I get the
    >> >following error "Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is

    >>unavailable". I have confirmed physical connectivity to all domain
    >>controllers, I can copy files to and from the domain controllers, I have
    >>no
    >>problems logging into the domain. Everything seems to be >working
    >>properly
    >>otherwise.

    >
    > RPC traffic may know where to go based on the machine being multihomed.
    > You
    > can do things like adjust the binding order of the NICs so that the NIC
    > facing the LAN containing your DCs/DNS servers is on top thereby directing
    > your RPC traffic automatically in that direction first. RPC traffic will
    > try the NIC bound first in the network stack I believe.
    >
    > --
    > Todd J Heron, MCSE
    > Windows Server 2003/2000/NT; CCA
    > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    > This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights
    >




  4. #4
    Todd J Heron Guest

    Re: Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is unavailable

    "Paul Kus" <pkus@cyence.com> wrote...
    >Hi Todd;
    >
    >That's not it. I disabled all interfaces except for the one facing the
    >Domain Controllers and tried re-registering... no luck. Any other ideas?


    Other possible causes:
    1) DNS resolution problem. Look at the DNS configuration for Win2000 and
    above. If you rule out name resolution, try mapping a drive to a share on
    the target computer, and then try the operation again.
    2) RPC services not running on target machine
    3) TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service not running on target machine
    4) Firewall blocking RPC ports in between the source and target machine

    Troubleshooting "RPC Server is Unavailable" in Windows
    http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=224370

    See also:
    How to Test Microsoft Remote Procedure Call Performance:
    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=177446

    --
    Todd J Heron, MCSE
    Windows Server 2003/2000/NT; CCA
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights


  5. #5
    Paul Kus Guest

    Re: Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is unavailable

    Hi Todd;

    I was able to resolve the issue. Machines on which the DHCP Client service
    was disabled and stopped couldn't register wth DNS. Machines on which the
    DHCP Client service was running had no issues. That was it.

    Paul


    "Todd J Heron" <todd_heron(delete)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:etf1Sw57FHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    > "Paul Kus" <pkus@cyence.com> wrote...
    >>Hi Todd;
    >>
    >>That's not it. I disabled all interfaces except for the one facing the
    >>Domain Controllers and tried re-registering... no luck. Any other ideas?

    >
    > Other possible causes:
    > 1) DNS resolution problem. Look at the DNS configuration for Win2000 and
    > above. If you rule out name resolution, try mapping a drive to a share on
    > the target computer, and then try the operation again.
    > 2) RPC services not running on target machine
    > 3) TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service not running on target machine
    > 4) Firewall blocking RPC ports in between the source and target machine
    >
    > Troubleshooting "RPC Server is Unavailable" in Windows
    > http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=224370
    >
    > See also:
    > How to Test Microsoft Remote Procedure Call Performance:
    > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=177446
    >
    > --
    > Todd J Heron, MCSE
    > Windows Server 2003/2000/NT; CCA
    > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    > This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights
    >




  6. #6
    Todd J Heron Guest

    Re: Registration of DNS records failed: The RPC server is unavailable

    I should have thought of that. :-) Glad you got it sorted.

    --
    ~tjh


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