I'm having this same problem, but the solution steps here don't work for me.
RRAS stubbornly refuses to start. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling
IAS because that service refuses to run on my server.
I upgraded from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 SBS Premium.
How can I fix this?
"Janani V" wrote:
> This might be because the IAS databases are corrupted. Follow the below
> steps to restore the IAS database to proper condition:
>
> {snip from MSDN}
> Extract the Ias.mdb file and extract the Dnary.mdb file from the Windows
> Server 2003 CD to the %WinDir%\System32\Ias folder on the disk. To do this,
> follow these steps: a. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box,
> and then click OK.
> b. At the command prompt, type the following lines. Press ENTER after
> each line:
> Drive:
> cd i386
> ren %windir%\system32\ias\ias.mdb %windir%\system32\ias\iasOLD.mdb
> ren %windir%\system32\ias\dnary.mdb %windir%\system32\ias\dnaryOLD.mdb
> expand ias.md_ %windir%\system32\ias\ias.mdb
> expand dnary.md_ %windir%\system32\ias\dnary.mdb
> Note In this step, Drive is a placeholder for the drive letter of the
> CD-ROM drive or of the DVD-ROM drive that contains the Windows 2000 Server
> or the Windows Server 2003 CD.
>
> {snip}
>
> Now try configuring RRAS again.
> --
> Thanks,
> Janani.
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> "Jim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I upgraded a server from 2000 to 2003 standard edition, using dynamic
> > update. Upgrade called out a warning that RRAS would be limited to 2000
> > connections for Standard Edition. This was okay with me as we were only
> > using 10 and only for VPN. An error message for IIS was also called out,
> > but we are not using IIS on that server.
> >
> > However, when all was said and done RRAS will not properly start after
> > installation.
> >
> > The eventlog entry I have is:
> >
> > Event Type: Error
> > Event Source: Service Control Manager
> > Event Category: None
> > Event ID: 7024
> > Date: 2/25/2005
> > Time: 4:12:11 PM
> > User: N/A
> > Computer: SERVER2
> > Description:
> > The Routing and Remote Access service terminated with service-specific
> > error
> > 127 (0x7F).
> >
> > Running the RRAS mmc applet shows the server with a red dot. Expanding it
> > shows the entry for policy and logging to be in red (in the left pane).
> > Selecting either show nothing in the right or detail pane. Right
> > clicking
> > and selecting "new" for either policy or logging has the "Add" function
> > greyed out.
> >
> > I can't find anything in the MS Knowledge Base that describes this
> > problem.
> >
> > I have disabled and then reconfigured RRAS without fixing the problem.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
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