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"Failed to fetch servers" when you try to find available IP addresses in IP Address Management in Windows Server 2012 R2

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
  • You create an IP Address Management (IPAM) server that is running Windows Server 2012 R2 in an environment, and then you configure a static IP address range by using IPAM. 
  • The IP address of a Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server, the IP address of a Domain Name System (DNS) server, the IP address of a gateway, a reserved IP address, a reserved IP address range, a virtual IP address, or a virtual IP address range uses the IP address in the static IP range. 
  • You try to find free IP addresses by clicking Find and Allocate Available IP address in Server Manager.
In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
Failed to fetch servers from database.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, install update rollup 2975719. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2975719 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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More Information

For more information about IPAM, go to the following Microsoft website:
General information about IPAM
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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Keywords: kbqfe, kbfix, kbsurveynew, kbexpertiseadvanced, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 2990795
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 8/12/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 310