MSDTC unable to go online

Hi,
I have a problem starting my MSDTC.
I have enable network DTC access (following the instructions in MS KB
817064) on two of my servers before I clustered them. The DTC services run
well. After that, I configured my servers in cluster Node A and B
(Active/Passive). The DTC immediately failed to start. I carried on and
configured my MSDTC resources (following the instructions in MS KB 301600) on
Node A. The other resources like IP, Physical disk, Network name able to
bring online except for DTC.
What is happening? I have tried my best to follow all instructions as
closely as possible. I seems to be struck. Still have to install SQL 2005
but now spend days to resolve the MSDTC issue. Please kindly help me!
Thanks a lot in advance!
Received error like
MS DTC was unable to start because the installation was not configured to
run on a cluster. Please create a MS DTC resource through cluster
administrator. Error Specifics:
d:\srvrtm\com\complus\dtc\shared\mtxclu\mtxclusetu phelper.cpp:534, Pid: 3192,
CmdLine: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdtc.exe
Could not start the MS DTC Transaction Manager.
MS DTC Transaction Manager start failed. LogInit returned error 0x3.
Dear Shann Lim,
Have a look at this KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867520
and let us know if that solved your problem
good luck,
Edwin.
"Shann Lim" <ShannLim@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:36DA21D5-FF1C-47D7-82EC-585E86597416@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have a problem starting my MSDTC.
> I have enable network DTC access (following the instructions in MS KB
> 817064) on two of my servers before I clustered them. The DTC services
run
> well. After that, I configured my servers in cluster Node A and B
> (Active/Passive). The DTC immediately failed to start. I carried on and
> configured my MSDTC resources (following the instructions in MS KB 301600)
on
> Node A. The other resources like IP, Physical disk, Network name able to
> bring online except for DTC.
> What is happening? I have tried my best to follow all instructions as
> closely as possible. I seems to be struck. Still have to install SQL
2005
> but now spend days to resolve the MSDTC issue. Please kindly help me!
> Thanks a lot in advance!
> Received error like
> MS DTC was unable to start because the installation was not configured to
> run on a cluster. Please create a MS DTC resource through cluster
> administrator. Error Specifics:
> d:\srvrtm\com\complus\dtc\shared\mtxclu\mtxclusetu phelper.cpp:534, Pid:
3192,
> CmdLine: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdtc.exe
> Could not start the MS DTC Transaction Manager.
> MS DTC Transaction Manager start failed. LogInit returned error 0x3.
>
>
>
>
|||Microsoft has a fix that I have used several times. Free from PSS. Only the web page for version 6 & 7 are not on the net today.
Google shows this though:
Availability of the Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 1 COM+ ...897667 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897667/) Availability of Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 1 COM+ 1.5 Hotfix Rollup Package 6 ...
support.microsoft.com/kb/921981 - Similar pages
Could be because SP2 is right around the corner now...
Cheers,
Rodney R. Fournier
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
"Shann Lim" <ShannLim@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:36DA21D5-FF1C-47D7-82EC-585E86597416@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I have a problem starting my MSDTC.
> I have enable network DTC access (following the instructions in MS KB
> 817064) on two of my servers before I clustered them. The DTC services run
> well. After that, I configured my servers in cluster Node A and B
> (Active/Passive). The DTC immediately failed to start. I carried on and
> configured my MSDTC resources (following the instructions in MS KB 301600) on
> Node A. The other resources like IP, Physical disk, Network name able to
> bring online except for DTC.
> What is happening? I have tried my best to follow all instructions as
> closely as possible. I seems to be struck. Still have to install SQL 2005
> but now spend days to resolve the MSDTC issue. Please kindly help me!
> Thanks a lot in advance!
> Received error like
> MS DTC was unable to start because the installation was not configured to
> run on a cluster. Please create a MS DTC resource through cluster
> administrator. Error Specifics:
> d:\srvrtm\com\complus\dtc\shared\mtxclu\mtxclusetu phelper.cpp:534, Pid: 3192,
> CmdLine: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msdtc.exe
> Could not start the MS DTC Transaction Manager.
> MS DTC Transaction Manager start failed. LogInit returned error 0x3.
>
>
>
>
|||Hi,
I appreciate all the helps.
But may I noe where to d/l the COM+ patch?
Thank you.
"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
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> Microsoft has a fix that I have used several times. Free from PSS. Only the web page for version 6 & 7 are not on the net today.
> Google shows this though:
> Availability of the Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 1 COM+ ...897667 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897667/) Availability of Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 1 COM+ 1.5 Hotfix Rollup Package 6 ...
> support.microsoft.com/kb/921981 - Similar pages
>
> Could be because SP2 is right around the corner now...
> Cheers,
> Rodney R. Fournier
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>
> "Shann Lim" <ShannLim@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:36DA21D5-FF1C-47D7-82EC-585E86597416@.microsoft.com...
|||Hi,
Sorry. I think I forgotten to include that I am using Win2k3 SP 1 for my
nodes. THe articles given by Mr Fournier and Mr Mierlo seems to be for
Win2k. Is it applicable for my case?
Thanks again.
"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Microsoft has a fix that I have used several times. Free from PSS. Only the web page for version 6 & 7 are not on the net today.
> Google shows this though:
> Availability of the Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 1 COM+ ...897667 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897667/) Availability of Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 1 COM+ 1.5 Hotfix Rollup Package 6 ...
> support.microsoft.com/kb/921981 - Similar pages
>
> Could be because SP2 is right around the corner now...
> Cheers,
> Rodney R. Fournier
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>
> "Shann Lim" <ShannLim@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:36DA21D5-FF1C-47D7-82EC-585E86597416@.microsoft.com...
|||Dear Shann Lim,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897667
is for Windows 2003
HTH,
Edwin.
"Shann Lim" <ShannLim@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D3B191E6-503E-445A-8B0D-20109E5D1E7F@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Hi,
> Sorry. I think I forgotten to include that I am using Win2k3 SP 1 for my
> nodes. THe articles given by Mr Fournier and Mr Mierlo seems to be for
> Win2k. Is it applicable for my case?
> Thanks again.
> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
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MSDTC name resolution - two servers same bios name

Is there any way to set up name resolution for DTC when there are two servers with the same name? I have three servers - two production systems named "SQL" and an archive system "DMART". I want to run DTC procedures to archive data from both SQL's to the DMART. Is there any way to set up the DMART so it can properly resolve the names from each of the SQL's? They are on separate networks, but unfortunately have the same NetBIOS name.When two computers that are not running in the same domain use MSDTC for communication and for distributed transactions, the mutual authentication may fail.

And I don't think its possible to set name resolution if the BIOS is similar.|||Can the #DOM: option in the lmhosts file be used to specify different networks for hosts with the same BIOS name? Will DTC recognize the #DOM: option during name resolution?|||Added after an entry to associate that entry with the domain specified by domain. This keyword affects how the Browser and Logon services behave in routed TCP/IP environments.

Still I'm bit unsure about the approach, may try and take help of network admin.