Topology Manager installation fails with the below error logged:
MSI (s) (EC:C0) [16:27:17:145]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=CreateGroupExecute,,)
MSI (s) (EC:C0) [16:27:17:145]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=CreateGroupExecute,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData,
Target=CreateGroupExecute,CustomActionData=ReadOnly=<HOSTNAME>\Topology Manager Users;ReadOnlyService=<HOSTNAME>\Topology Manager Service Users;
AdminsName=<HOSTNAME>\Topology Manager Administrators;UserName=someuser;UserDomain=UK)
MSI (s) (EC:54) [16:27:17:154]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIB152.tmp, Entrypoint: CreateGroupExecute
SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIB152.tmp-\
SFXCA: Binding to CLR version v4.0.30319
Calling custom action CommonCustomActions!CommonCustomActions.WindowsGroupCustomActions.CreateGroupExecute
Begin CreateGroupExecute
CreateGroupExecute: error The RPC server is unavailable.
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntries.Find(String name, String schemaClassName)
at CommonCustomActions.WindowsGroupCustomActions.CreateGroup(Session session)
at CommonCustomActions.WindowsGroupCustomActions.CreateGroupExecute(Session session)
MSI (s) (EC!3C) [16:27:31:382]: Product: SDL Web Topology Manager -- The RPC server is unavailable.
The RPC server is unavailable.
CustomAction CreateGroupExecute returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)