Rpc server unavailable
Originally our network only had one domain controller. It is running server 2003. Last week I added a secondary domain controller to the network on a fresh install of server 2008.
The only thing that seems to be effected negatively on the network by the addition of the new DC is our exchange server that is running exchange 2003 on top of server 2003. One or two times a day, all of our employees that use imap to connect to the mail server are disconnected. When they try to recconnect is says that it can't resolve their username or password. This problem doesn't effect people who are using outlook. Restarting all the exchange and DNS services doesn't fix the problem. The only thing I can to to resolve the issue is to reboot the server.
Also, when this problem occurs, I can no longer remote into the mail server on a domain account. I have to remote in and log in as a local administrator or else it gives the message saying that it cannot log me on because the RPC server is unavailable.
Any ideas?
The only thing that seems to be effected negatively on the network by the addition of the new DC is our exchange server that is running exchange 2003 on top of server 2003. One or two times a day, all of our employees that use imap to connect to the mail server are disconnected. When they try to recconnect is says that it can't resolve their username or password. This problem doesn't effect people who are using outlook. Restarting all the exchange and DNS services doesn't fix the problem. The only thing I can to to resolve the issue is to reboot the server.
Also, when this problem occurs, I can no longer remote into the mail server on a domain account. I have to remote in and log in as a local administrator or else it gives the message saying that it cannot log me on because the RPC server is unavailable.
Any ideas?
Also confirm that AD replication is happening between the 2 DCs. Add a test user to DC1, add a test user to DC2 and then confirm both users appear on both DCs
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Yes, I've run domainprep.
I have confirmed that the DCs are replicating. I created a test user in AD from both DCs and they both showed up on both DCs
I have confirmed that the DCs are replicating. I created a test user in AD from both DCs and they both showed up on both DCs
If you run policytest.exe from the Exchange files does it show both DCs as having the SACl right? The exchange server should be logging an event every 15 minutes about the AD topology. 2080 event ID I think. Look in that event and ensure the DCs have the same values. E.g. 77710011 or something similar
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I took the cheater's way out and didn't fix the problem
Setup /domainprep
After adding the new DC so exchange can use it?