Error Message Appears When You Add Computer That Is Outside of Firewall to Managed Computer Rules (300348)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Operations Manager 2000

This article was previously published under Q300348

SYMPTOMS

When an agent is manually installed outside of the firewall, you may receive the following error messages:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: OnePoint Operations
Event ID: 21171
Description: The Agent Manager was unable to determine the Primary Domain Controller for domain AGENT while resolving the Managed Computer Rules. This domain will not be processed.
System error code: 2453
System error text: Could not find domain controller for this domain.

CAUSE

This error message appears because the Agent Manager is unable to identify the primary domain controller (PDC) for the domain while the Agent Manager is resolving the Managed Computer Rules.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, add the agent's name to the following file

InstallDir\OnePoint\ManualMC.txt

where InstallDir is the installation directory of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/13/2005
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg KB300348