Cant use Windows Servers: WMI and ICMP poling method with local account

I have a server off the domain which i have a local administrator account on, but I cant get the Windows Servers: WMI and ICMP polling method to work.

I have checked, double cheeked, and triple checked the account name and password, but cant get it to work.

I have tried user name with "servername\user" and "user@servername" and those don't work either.

Is there a trick to get Windows Servers: WMI and ICMP to work with local accounts?

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Hi, try to check your credentials and access rights with WBEMTEST.EXE utility. Specify remote address and correct credentials.

In case you have some error, please follow WMI Troubleshooting

julrich

I get the following error when connecting with wbemtest.exe:

Number: 0x800706ba

Facility: Win32

Description: The RPC server is unavailable.

Not sure if it is a problem with RPC on the remote server, or just a symptom of trying to use a local account to authenticate.

FormerMember

sounds like your local admin account is not setup for remote access capabilities

you dont really need an admin account to read WMI data

either try making a normal user account with remote access capability

or just get a domian user account to use for monitoring via remote access

Have you checked this microsoft site?

0x800706BA - RPC Server Unavailable

- Firewall issue or server not available. The computer really doesn't exist · The Windows Firewall is blocking the connection