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Rogue RDS service.

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by traffety

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I have a file server that is serving about 400 users. I have service pack 6a on this Compaq Proliant 1600R. Every week or two users complain about slowness of the server. When checking the server I find that a service/process called RDS is takingabout 90%+ processor time. A reboot stops this. But it will return with uptime. Has anyone out there had this issue? I would like to hear if someone has delt with this and how they fixed this.

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by lewey04

I haven't had this particular problem and I noticed that RDS is running on our server as well. We are running SP5 though. Anyway it sparked my interest so I looked at Technet a bit and came up with a few articles you might look at.

Also if you don't use IIS then you could just stop IIS from starting. However if you do use IIS then you might take a look at these article on TechNet.

Q230294 - Remote Data Service 1.5 Release Notes
Q251122 - Troubleshooting Common Problems with Remote Data Services
MS99-025 - Unauthorized Access to IIS Servers through ODBC Data Access with RDS Security Bulletin
Q250536 - Configure RDS for Windows 2000

Not for sure how much they will help but they might get you on the right track. Good luck and happy computing.

by traffety

This has hit the nail on the head! I am using Arcserv on this server. Perfect!!! I am 100% sure you are correct.

Thanks

Tim

by sfo farmer

If you are running Arcserve: RDS is spawned by the arcserve DB engine. If thats the case #1 apply the CA arcserve service pack and #2 reapply your NT service pack...

Take a peek at your application event log and the arcserve log- see what is scheduled on arcserve at the same this happens or just before...
Cheers! SFO

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