During installation of Nintex Live and Nintex Workflow on a multi-server farm the following error message appears:
"The RPC server is unavailable"
This message may indicate upgrade or installation issues on one or more servers in the farm for one or more of the following services:
Nintex Live Workflow Queue Service
Nintex Workflow Start Service
Possible causes for this error include firewall and security restrictions for affected servers.
Manually install or upgrade the Nintex LiveWorkflow Queue Service
In SharePoint Management Shell, run the following script for the Nintex Live Workflow Queue Service:
$path =
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility]::GetVersionedGenericSetupPath("bin\NintexWorkflow\Nintex.Workflow.Live.QueueService.exe", 15)
$serviceName = "Nintex Live Workflow Queue Service"
New-Service -Name $serviceName -DisplayName $serviceName -BinaryPathName $path
In SharePoint Management Shell, run the following script for the Nintex Workflow Start Service:
$path =
[Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility]::GetVersionedGenericSetupPath("bin\NintexWorkflowStart\Nintex.Workflow.Start.Service.exe", 15)
$serviceName = "Nintex Workflow Start Service"
New-Service -Name $serviceName -DisplayName $serviceName -BinaryPathName $path
Run the IISReset command and restart the SharePoint Timer Service.
To start the service on the current server, do the following:
On the Central Administration Home page, click Application Management.
In the Service Applications section, click Manage services on server.
On the Services on Server page, select the desired server.
Click Start for Nintex Live Workflow Queue Service.
Click Start for Nintex Workflow Start Service.