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WMI remote gives 'RPC Unavailable'
  1. #1


    LordFox Guest

    WMI remote gives 'RPC Unavailable'

    Hi,

    Here's the setup of my prpblem:

    I'm working an a machine that is not in the domain, running Windows
    XP.

    I'm trying to access a machine in the domain, running Windows Vista
    Business.

    When I run



    get-wmiobject win32_service -credential domain\user -computer vistapc

    the following error is returned:

    Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from
    HRESULT: 0x800706BA)
    At line:1 char:14
    + get-wmiobject <<<< win32_service -credential domain\user -computer
    vistapc

    When I run this againt a Windows 2000 server in the same domain, I do
    get results.

    I already checked if the WMI service is running on VistaPC, and it is.

    What am I missing here?

    Cheers,

    Rick

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  2. #2


    Marco Shaw Guest

    Re: WMI remote gives 'RPC Unavailable'

    LordFox wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > Here's the setup of my prpblem:
    >
    > I'm working an a machine that is not in the domain, running Windows
    > XP.
    >
    > I'm trying to access a machine in the domain, running Windows Vista
    > Business.
    >
    > When I run
    >
    > get-wmiobject win32_service -credential domain\user -computer vistapc
    >
    > the following error is returned:
    >
    > Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from
    > HRESULT: 0x800706BA)
    > At line:1 char:14
    > + get-wmiobject <<<< win32_service -credential domain\user -computer
    > vistapc
    >
    > When I run this againt a Windows 2000 server in the same domain, I do
    > get results.
    >
    > I already checked if the WMI service is running on VistaPC, and it is.
    >
    > What am I missing here?


    Out of the box on my Vista Biz install, the Windows firewall will block
    remote WMI calls.

    Marco


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    LordFox Guest

    Re: WMI remote gives 'RPC Unavailable'

    Duh. That's it.

    Note to self: 1. Boot machine 2. Get coffee 3. Start work.
    In-that-order!

    :-)

    Tnx!

    Cheers, Rick

    On Thu, 03 May 2007 09:07:06 -0300, Marco Shaw
    <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote:

    >LordFox wrote:
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> Here's the setup of my prpblem:
    >>
    >> I'm working an a machine that is not in the domain, running Windows
    >> XP.
    >>
    >> I'm trying to access a machine in the domain, running Windows Vista
    >> Business.
    >>
    >> When I run
    >>
    >> get-wmiobject win32_service -credential domain\user -computer vistapc
    >>
    >> the following error is returned:
    >>
    >> Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from
    >> HRESULT: 0x800706BA)
    >> At line:1 char:14
    >> + get-wmiobject <<<< win32_service -credential domain\user -computer
    >> vistapc
    >>
    >> When I run this againt a Windows 2000 server in the same domain, I do
    >> get results.
    >>
    >> I already checked if the WMI service is running on VistaPC, and it is.
    >>
    >> What am I missing here?

    >
    >Out of the box on my Vista Biz install, the Windows firewall will block
    >remote WMI calls.
    >
    >Marco


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    Brandon Shell Guest

    Re: WMI remote gives 'RPC Unavailable'

    my guess... Vista's firewall

    "LordFox" <newsaccount2001@*spamtag*yahoo.com> wrote in message
    newsa6j33ltkke7pkjg127vmt2oirrihu7j6q@4ax.com...
    > Hi,
    >
    > Here's the setup of my prpblem:
    >
    > I'm working an a machine that is not in the domain, running Windows
    > XP.
    >
    > I'm trying to access a machine in the domain, running Windows Vista
    > Business.
    >
    > When I run
    >
    > get-wmiobject win32_service -credential domain\user -computer vistapc
    >
    > the following error is returned:
    >
    > Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from
    > HRESULT: 0x800706BA)
    > At line:1 char:14
    > + get-wmiobject <<<< win32_service -credential domain\user -computer
    > vistapc
    >
    > When I run this againt a Windows 2000 server in the same domain, I do
    > get results.
    >
    > I already checked if the WMI service is running on VistaPC, and it is.
    >
    > What am I missing here?
    >
    > Cheers,
    >
    > Rick



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