DistributedCOM Event ID: 10009 (Server 2008)

One of my servers kept reporting an event id 10009 Error over and over again.  The below link and instructions fixed the problem for me.  

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Check the firewall settings and enable the firewall exception rule

To check the firewall settings and enable the firewall exception rule:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type wf.msc, and then click OK. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.
3. In the console tree, click Inbound rules.
4. In the list of firewall exception rules, look for COM+ Network Access (DCOM In).
5. If the firewall exception rule is not enabled, in the details pane click Enable rule, and then scroll horizontally to confirm that the protocol is TCP and the LocalPort is 135. Close Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
6. 

Right mouse click and enable the rule

Then to get the server to be able to query the name/model of the remote server enable the WMI in the inbound firewall rules as well.

 

Once you do that your server will report into the console and provide the hardware information on the Network/Computers tab.