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Enabling RPC using SCW on Windows 2003 Server R2 Rob Nicholson 06-08-2007
Posted by Rob Nicholson on June 8, 2007, 6:42 am
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How do you configure the Windows 2003 Server R2 firewall via the Security
Configuration Wizard to allow RPC ? When trying to remote install a Backup
Exec 11D remote agent to the server, it says the RPC server is not
available. Turn off the firewall and it installs fine.

I've gone through every obvious option in SCW and turned on anything that
said "RPC" without effect :-)

Cheers, Rob.



Posted by jwgoerlich on June 8, 2007, 7:26 am
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Not sure about the SCW, but I have done this via GPO and on the
firewall.

=> GPO

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > Network
Connections > Windows Firewall

Domain Profile
Windows Firewall: Protect all network connections: Enabled
Windows Firewall: Do not allow exceptions: Disabled
Windows Firewall: Allow remote administration exception: Enabled
Allow unsolicited incoming messages from: (your backup server)

=> Firewall

Network Connections control panel
Connection, Properties, Advanced tab
Windows Firewall [Settings]
Exceptions tab
Check [x] File and Printer Sharing

Hope that helps,

J Wolfgang Goerlich


> How do you configure the Windows 2003 Server R2 firewall via the Security
> Configuration Wizard to allow RPC ? When trying to remote install a Backup
> Exec 11D remote agent to the server, it says the RPC server is not
> available. Turn off the firewall and it installs fine.
>
> I've gone through every obvious option in SCW and turned on anything that
> said "RPC" without effect :-)
>
> Cheers, Rob.



Posted by Rob Nicholson on June 8, 2007, 1:07 pm
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> Windows Firewall: Allow remote administration exception: Enabled

That might be a clue Daphne! There is a section in SCW about remote
administration - didn't try enabling that.

Cheers, Rob.



Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on June 8, 2007, 2:05 pm
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The remote administration exception is the one for exposing RPC.
Be absolutely certain that you scope the exception down to only
the intended IPs.

>> Windows Firewall: Allow remote administration exception: Enabled
>
> That might be a clue Daphne! There is a section in SCW about remote
> administration - didn't try enabling that.
>
> Cheers, Rob.
>



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