Enterprise Vault™ Configuring a Windows Server's Firewall for File System Archiving

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (14.1, 14.0, 12.5, 12.2, 12.1)

Where to find more about Windows Firewall ports and port configuration

For general information on configuring Windows Firewall's ports and DCOM access, see the Microsoft documentation for your target server's operating system.

  • For an overview of Windows network ports and RPC, see the following Microsoft article, and the articles in its Reference section under "Remote Procedure Calls and DCOM":

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832017

  • For information for Windows Server 2003 on creating rules to allow the inbound traffic that uses dynamic RPC, see the following Microsoft article:

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa389286.aspx

  • For information for Windows Server 2008 and later on creating rules to allow the inbound traffic that uses dynamic RPC, see the following Microsoft article:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc732839.aspx

  • For guidelines on how to configure dynamic port ranges for TCP/IP on Windows Server 2008 and later, see the following Microsoft knowledge base article:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851

  • For more information about the ports that Enterprise Vault uses, see the appendix "Ports used by Enterprise Vault" in the Administrator's Guide.