Error message The RPC Server is Unavailable is reported during creation of Windows Server RDS user profile disks
Applies to
- Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services (RDS)
- Windows Server 2016
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS Protocol
Issue
While creating Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS User Profile Disks on a CIFS/SMB share on a clustered Data ONTAP system, the following error message is reported:
The RPC Server is Unavailable ( Exception from result: 0x800706BA)