If your BDCs have:
Event ID 5719
No Windows NT Domain Controller is available for domain <domain name>.
The following error occurred: RPC server is unavailable.
To work around this problem:
Create an %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\Etc\LMHOSTS file on each BDC that conains:
<IP Address of PDC> <PDC Name> #PRE #DOM:<Domain Name>
<IP Address of PDC> "<Domain Name> \0x1c" #PRE
<IP Address of PDC> "<Domain Name> \0x1b" #PRE
where the text within the quotes (") is exactly 20 characters. You can use the following template:
"123456789012345\0x1?"to insure that the spacing is exact. Example:
192.168.1.10 JSI001 #PRE #DOM:JSI 192.168.1.10 "JSI \0x1c" #PRE 192.168.1.10 "JSI \0x1b" #PREOn each BDC, type:
nbtstat -R
to clear and reload the local name cache.
Import the static mapping from the %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\Etc\LMHOSTS file to the WINS database:
1. Use the WINS Manager to select the WINS server
2. Mappings / Static Mappings / Import Mappings / %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\Etc\LMHOSTS / Open.
3. After the import, click OK.
4. Press Close.
5. Replicate these changes to the the WINS replication partners by pressing Replicate Now.