Error: 'A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a per (NETIQKB51739)

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.0

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.5

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Agent for Windows 5.0

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Agent for Windows 5.5

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Error: 'A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.' when deploying Windows agents to remote computers.

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Error: 'Unrecoverable network error occurred during the install/uninstall. Please try to perform this task again. The operation completed successfully.'

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An error occurs when I try to deploy Windows agents remotely.

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Remote deployment doesn't work.

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TCP port 700 is necessary for remote deployment, but is blocked by local software on the computer to which you are trying to deploy the Windows agent.

fix
Ensure communication is possible on TCP port 700 between the deployment computer and the remote computer on which the Windows agent will be installed.

Formerly known as NETIQKB51739