There are issues with Exch and ISA if client connections are abruptly terminated that can cause this behavior Keep your eyes open for a KB that quotes "RPC" and "Keep-Alive". From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Jones Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:26 PM To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isapros] Re: RPC filter - connectivity changed Thanks Ori - kinda how I expected the alert to be. I get the ISA alerts 2/3 times every couple of weeks and lots of event log errors, saying "RPC server available", then "RPC server unavailable" in a complete loop. The only way to solve the issue is to reboot all array members - ouch! Whilst ISA is in this state all existing MAPI clients remain working, but all new sessions fail. However, I can see no reason why the Exchange server (the RPC published server) should suddenly appear unavailable - I also cannot see why the destination server is at fault if a reboot of ISA fixes the problem. Kinda feels like ISA is getting confused to me :-\ JJ ________________________________ From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ori Yosefi Sent: 08 August 2006 18:23 To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isapros] Re: RPC filter - connectivity changed This alert is issued when a published RPC server has gone offline / came back online. When attempting to establish a connection with the RPC server, if the connection attempt fails (for the first time) then this alert is issued. Later on, when a connection attempt is successful (for the first time) then this alert is issued again. HTH, Ori. ________________________________ From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Jones Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:10 PM To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isapros] RPC filter - connectivity changed Hi, Anyone seen the "RPC filter - connectivity changed" ISA alert? Under what scenario does this get trigged? Is this an ISA problem or an indication that the published RPC server is at fault? Cheers JJ <<rpc filter.JPG>> All mail to and from this domain is GFI-scanned.