Cant check the switch as the engineer who looks after that side isnt around this week (politics!!!) we havent experienced any other connectivity issues though
There was a spare slot in one of the racks, so I took this compaq desktop down there, plugged it into the same switch as the other two servers, but same problem Have also tried installing exchange 5.5 onto a windows 2000 server, with exactly the same result At a total loss with this.....any further advice? Regards, Mr. Niki Blowfield NT Administrator Extension 482 Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Ltd. Lower Road Higher Denham near Uxbridge Middlesex UB9 5AJ England Tel : 01895 836 760 Fax : 01895 832 587 -----Original Message----- From: knighTslayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 July 2003 09:15 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus? What switch is it you are using? Have you logged on to it to make sure you are not getting errors etc.... I know that some Cisco switches (if not configured correctly) can cause problems when the nic on the server is forced to full-duplex..... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Niki Blowfield Sent: 01 July 2003 09:12 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus? I was thinking of doing something similar Unfortunately, the 2 existing servers are rack mounted. This 3rd 'server' is merely a Compaq desktop, and for evaluating a fax solution, and so its not really possible to them all together on one hub I suppose I could take the desktop down to the computer room and plug into the same switch as the two exchange servers Regards, Mr. Niki Blowfield NT Administrator Extension 482 Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Ltd. Lower Road Higher Denham near Uxbridge Middlesex UB9 5AJ England Tel : 01895 836 760 Fax : 01895 832 587 -----Original Message----- From: knighTslayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 July 2003 09:09 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus? I've come across this before and for me it was a faulty switch on my LAN. Is there any chance you could but the machines on to a hub and try it? It may be a shot in the dark...but worth a stab. k -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Niki Blowfield Sent: 01 July 2003 08:38 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus? Hi Thanks for the responses "Any of these servers multi-homed?" No, but the 2 existing servers that are already in the Exchange Site have 2 network adapters and the Compaq teaming drivers installed "Also, I know you say DNS is working, but try putting all the respective entries in all the server's hosts files." Tried putting all three servers (2 existing and 1 new) into each others lmhosts and hosts, imported lmhosts, rebooted, problem persists "Verify that you can resolve the hostname properly through both WINS and DNS." Are you referring to any other means other than pinging the netbios then the full hostname? Thanks for any further advice Regards, Mr. Niki Blowfield NT Administrator Extension 482 Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Ltd. Lower Road Higher Denham near Uxbridge Middlesex UB9 5AJ England Tel : 01895 836 760 Fax : 01895 832 587 -----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 June 2003 16:59 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus? Any of these servers multi-homed? Also, I know you say DNS is working, but try putting all the respective entries in all the server's hosts files. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niki Blowfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:57 AM Subject: Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus? > Dear All, > > This is a problem I had at my previous employer, and I got around it > by temporarily removing DNS whilst joining the site, this isnt working > here > > We have 2 Exchange Servers on our private LAN. One has mailboxes, one > has IMC. Both Exch 5.5 SP4 > > Running on NT4 SP6a with only TCP/IP installed > > Both point to DNS and WINS servers on the same LAN address range > > There are no problems communicating between the 2 servers > > However, when attempting to join a 3rd server to the site, it fails at > the point of running setup where it starts to make a copy of the > directory, saying; > > "A connection could not be made to the remote directory service, > possibly due to a network failure. Be sure both directory services are > running and that your network is available and running and then try > again. > > Microsoft Exchange Setup Error: c1030b11 " > > I've gone through the technet docs ensuring as best I can that comms > are ok. > Ping is fine, and I'm able > to browse each server fine > > However, running RPCPing fails > > When running RPCPing32 from the new server (MBEXCH3) to an existing > one > (MBEXCH2) it fails and reports; > > RPC call raised exception 0x6ba - The server is unavailable > > RPC service is running on all servers > > Cant find any documentation on troubleshooting RPC Ping errors > > help !!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Regards, > > Mr. Niki Blowfield > NT Administrator > Extension 482 > > Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Ltd. > Lower Road > Higher Denham > near Uxbridge > Middlesex > UB9 5AJ > England > > Tel : 01895 836 760 > Fax : 01895 832 587 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail messages direct to your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------ This Email together with any attachments is confidential and intended solely for the person to whom it is addressed. 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