Event ID - 5047

Event Id5047
SourceWindows SharePoint Services 3
DescriptionInformation Rights Management (IRM): There was a problem when trying to find the enterprise Rights Management Services (RMS) server.

There was no enterprise server registered.
Additional Data
Service Type: %1
Error value: %2
Event Information Cause :

This event is caused by a problem with the availability or health of the RMS serverand was no enterprise server registered.

Resolution :

Check RMS server status and settings

You must be a member of the SharePoint Administrators group to perform the following task.

To check IRM settings in Central Administration
  1. In Central Administration, on the top navigation bar, clickOperations.
  2. On the Operations page, in theSecurity Configuration section, clickInformation Rights Management.
  3. On the Information Rights Management page, perform one of the following steps:
a)If your organization specifies the RMS server in Active Directory, verify that Use the default RMS server specified in Active Directory is selected. b)If you are manually specifying the location of the RMS server, verify that Use this RMS server is selected and that the URL specified for the RMS server that you want to use is correct. To check the health and availability of the RMS server

a)Browse to http:// (or https://)/_wmcs/certification/servercertification.asmx where is either the FQDN or NetBIOS name of the RMS server. If the page is not successfully loaded, the RMS server is not operational and the problem is not specific to the site.

Verify :

To verify that this problem is resolved, users should download and then re-upload a file from a rights-managed document library. If successful, then the problem is resolved.

To activate Information Rights Management on a document library, navigate to that library's Document Library Settings page. Click Information Rights Management and select Restrict permission to documents in this library on download.
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