OpsMgr 2007: Event ID: 29106 "Failed to connect to an IPC Port: Access is denied"

fixWhen running System Center Operations Manager 2007 you may notice the following event:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: OpsMgr Config Service
Event Category: None
Event ID: 29106
Date:
Time:
User:
Computer:
Description:
The request to synchronize state for OpsMgr Health Service identified by
"5209bd53-3cf6-dd12-af0d-7f872b995f76" failed due to the following exception
"System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingException: Failed to connect to an IPC Port:
Access is denied.

Cause

This can occur if the OpsMgr SDK Service and the OpsMgr Config Service are running under different credentials.

Resolution

Make Sure the OpsMgr SDK Service and OpsMgr Config Service are configured to run using the same credentials.

Please refer the KB https://support.microsoft.com/kb/936220  for How to change the credentials for the OpsMgr SDK Service and for the OpsMgr Config Service in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Hope this helps,

Satish Phatge | Operations Manager Support Engineer