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Help with RPC over HTTPS
I am trying to get HTTP over RPC to work for my Exchange server.
I added a new server that I connected to the Exchange organization. I then moved all the mailboxes and public folders. I changed the bridgehead and recipient updating service. Everything seems to be working properly. I took the server down for a little bit and there were no errors or problems with mail.
There was some garbage in IIS so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it to get it back to default settings. i enabled the RPC component on the front end server. i went into Exchange System manager and set the server as the front end server. I then set it as the front end in the RPC settings in ESM.
I then set the back end server in ESM in the PRC area.
I left the ports set to the default. They correspond between the 2 servers. I have verified that the PRC ports are open on the firewall, along with http and https.
However, I can not connect. I am pretty new at this so I am not sure of the exact steps. I have followed what I have found online and in books, but I am sure I am missing something.
Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?
I added a new server that I connected to the Exchange organization. I then moved all the mailboxes and public folders. I changed the bridgehead and recipient updating service. Everything seems to be working properly. I took the server down for a little bit and there were no errors or problems with mail.
There was some garbage in IIS so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it to get it back to default settings. i enabled the RPC component on the front end server. i went into Exchange System manager and set the server as the front end server. I then set it as the front end in the RPC settings in ESM.
I then set the back end server in ESM in the PRC area.
I left the ports set to the default. They correspond between the 2 servers. I have verified that the PRC ports are open on the firewall, along with http and https.
However, I can not connect. I am pretty new at this so I am not sure of the exact steps. I have followed what I have found online and in books, but I am sure I am missing something.
Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?
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Thanks for the link. I am looking into that now.
Let me ask a question. With the sever set up as the RPC server and the frontend, will it still server OWA? Right now it is not working with OWA and I am wondering if that is indicative of an issue.
Let me ask a question. With the sever set up as the RPC server and the frontend, will it still server OWA? Right now it is not working with OWA and I am wondering if that is indicative of an issue.
Yes OWA will work as well. If OWA is also not working I would say yes that indicates a problem. Are you able to access OWA on that server inside the network?
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No, i cant access OWA inside the network on the RPC server. I can access it on the backend server though.
I think ill uninnstall Exchange and then reinstall it. There is nothing residing on the server, so there shouldnt be an issue.
I think ill uninnstall Exchange and then reinstall it. There is nothing residing on the server, so there shouldnt be an issue.
Let me know if this works for you.
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OK so I reinstalled Exchange and OWA now works. However I am still having issues with RPC. i can not seem to establish a connection. I am going through all the troubleshooting steps that are listed in that technet article.
for the ValidPorts value i have the following I have the 6001-6002 and 6004 ports that are associated with the backend server (ex. servername,6004) as entries.
The only thing that looks like it may be wrong is that when i do a rpcdump, I dont see a port etry of 6004. Also when i try to specify the ncacn_http protocol i get an error the permision was denied. I am not sure if this is wrong or not.
Any ideas?
for the ValidPorts value i have the following I have the 6001-6002 and 6004 ports that are associated with the backend server (ex. servername,6004) as entries.
The only thing that looks like it may be wrong is that when i do a rpcdump, I dont see a port etry of 6004. Also when i try to specify the ncacn_http protocol i get an error the permision was denied. I am not sure if this is wrong or not.
Any ideas?
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Some additional testing. I am able to telnet on ports 6001,6002, and 6004 from the frontend server to the backend server.
I can telnet of port 6001 and 6002 on from the backend server to the frontend server, but not on port 6004. How do I open this up?
I can telnet of port 6001 and 6002 on from the backend server to the frontend server, but not on port 6004. How do I open this up?
ASKER
Thank you for your help. After going through all the trouble shooting steps I was able to get it working. I hope next time I dont have as many problems, but I really got a good understanding of how to trouble shoot RPC.
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The connection to the Exchange Server is unavailable.