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Topic: Binding to Active Directory...Fails.
Posted By: RonnieE
Subject: Binding to Active Directory...Fails.
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 4:57am
We have problem to bind to Active Direcory. Any ideas?
 
 
From the logfile:
//
Starting migration service... Done.
Finding Domain Controller for domain xx.net... Done.
Using Domain Controller: file://%5C%5Cyy.xx.net - \\yy.xx.net .
Binding to Active Directory...Fails.
Migration Fails.
Access Denied.
 
/Ronnie



Replies:
Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 5:25am
If you are sure that the account you are using does have permissions to access AD, the problem could be down to name resolution. Try specifying the name in a different format: if you are using a "flat" NetBIOS name like "Username" try the UPN format -  " mailto:username@xx.net - username@xx.net " If this works, you should still try to resolve the name resolution issue.


Posted By: rickdputo
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2010 at 9:01pm
same problem here:
 
Finding Domain Controller for domain nutecdesign... Done.
Using Domain Controller: file://%5C%5Cacctnsql.nutecdesign.com - \\acctnsql.nutecdesign.com .
Binding to Active Directory...Fails.
The RPC server is unavailable.
Migration Fails.
 
any ideas..??


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rick


Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2010 at 5:08am

Hi Rick,

RonnieE had a problem where connecting to AD failed because access was denied - which is very unusual. The "The RPC server is unavailable" is generally the result of a DNS name resolution problem. See Finding Domain Controller Fails/ “The RPC server is unavailable” in the http://www.forensit.com/Downloads/User%20Profile%20Wizard%203.0%20User%20Guide.pdf - User Guide .


Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 4:40pm
Add an entry into the hosts file with the address of the domain controller.

1. Find Notepad, right-click and run as Administrator.
2. Open c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Add an entry like

10.2.1.10 AD ad.companyname.ca

It can fail because the DNS isn't figuring out where the server is. This solved the problem for me.


Posted By: insanetech
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2017 at 9:14am
This error happened with me also.binding to active directory fails..rpc unavailable.....really frustrating..i have checked dns configuration of my dns server..its fine.firewall is disabled..account has complete rights..still same error..i dont know what to do..please please help.....


Posted By: mjordan494
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 9:29am
We had a fail message - It turns out the workstation was in a "Private Network" - Not "Work Network". This caused the workstation firewall to block a lot of the NETBIOS traffic. Changing the Network type to "Work Network" fixed the issue.


Posted By: mjordan494
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 9:30am
Sorry - The network was not "Private Network" - It was "Public Network"


Posted By: jmarcellais
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2017 at 1:30pm
Same issue here. Workstation has already been moved to the new domain. Attempting to have new domain account to point to old domain profile. DNS pointed at new domain, HOSTS file updated to point to new domain just in case. Logging in with domain admin account when prompted but still getting RPC Server unavailable error. Network type is set to Domain network with firewall turned off.



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