Adding Remote backup Agent to Win2k Server

[j4v4d0g]

Good afternoon all, well here we go again, backups have been running fine, now i want to throw another kink in my backup schedule, and its causing a problem, that im not sure where to look for the answer.

Backup exec 9.1 running on win2k server. backing up locally fine, now i want to add a remote agent to another 2k server and backup its files. When i go into the install, and choose to do a Remote Install, and then right click on 'Windows Agent/Option Computers i get the prompt for the server im trying to add. I give User ID and Password credentials for the Domain for the remote machine, and i get the following error back:

"Attempting to connect to server \\(server) failed with the following error: the RPC server is unavailable."

i have checked in my services, and RPC services are both set to automatic and they are started. Not exactly sure what Backup Exec is throwing a error with. Any suggestions are certainly appreciated. And Thank you in advance.

Hearty Hello to SQLBill and the others that helped me on the original setup and connectivity issue. You all are a great group and certainly on the top of my lists for useful and informative help. Thank you all again.

-Javadog

 

[j4v4d0g]

UPDATE:

I checked and didnt have the remote agent licence installed on the main backup server, so i got that installed, and then tried to add the remote agent to the 2k server that i need to backup, and now im getting a different error:

"attempting to connect to server \\(server) failed with the following error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

now i am unchecking the 'local install' and checking the 'remote install' and then selecting by right clicking on the 'Windows agent/Option and trying to add the remote server. Do i need to leave a 'Local install' checked as well? Am i just compounding my errors right now?
Any help is certainly appreciated. Thank you all in advance for your time.

-javadog