Event 1009, Distributed COM SQL 2012

Question

I have installed SQL 2012 64 bit on 2008 R2 server.  I am getting the following error every 3 seconds:

"The description for Event ID 10009 from source Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event: 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\DReplayClient\Controller"

Log Name: System

Source: Distributed COM

EventID: 10009

Level: Error

User: N/A

OpCode: Info

Logged: 5/14/2012 12:09:06 PM

Task Category: None

Keywords: Classic

Computer: SCCM2012PRI.....

It looks like it is looking for something in the 32 bit directory (programs (x86)....  I am not sure why when it is 64 bit install but the directory it is looking for is not there.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

If you installed the Distributed Replay components by doing a everything feature install, these specific tools are 32 bit which is why they go into the Program Files (x86) folder.  If you are using the Distributed Replay components, you can remove them from the install and this will probably go away.  It isn't worth troubleshooting what part of the Component Services DCOM+ permissions is wrong, a common problem if you weren't installing Distributed Replay components with the intention of using them for replay operations.

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