DFS Replication only works in one direction

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Published on 2014-06-05T20:36:27Z Indexed on 2014/06/05 21:27 UTC
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SERVER1 - SBS 2011

SERVER2 - Windows Server 2008r2

I'm using DFS-R. Changes work perfectly from 1 to 2 but nothing propagates from 2 to 1.

When I attempt to run: dfsrdiag staticrpc /port:5001 /member:SERVER2

I get the error: [ERROR] Failed to connect to WMI services on computer: SERVER2.domain

That command works just fine in the other direction.

I've completely disabled the firewall on both ends.
SERVER1 pings SERVER2 just fine.
RPC Service is running on both servers.
WMI Service is running on both servers.

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