Tuesday, April 7, 2009

All About MSDTC

MSDTC, an abridgement for Microsoft’s Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC), is a account basic built-in in afresh marketed Microsoft Windows systems (operating systems Windows 2000 and after, and Windows NT 4.0 has the MSDTC). Its job is analogous the assorted affairs amid assorted ability managers, including but not bound to databases, book systems, and bulletin queues.

Installing and Configuring MSDTC on a Windows 2003 Server Cluster
There are two capital means on installing the MSDTC in Windows Server 2003, one of the added widely, if not the best acclimated server arrangement today. Before annihilation else, the MSDTC ability charge be created by enabling the Arrangement DTC access.

Method 1: Array Administrator

Cluster Administrator can be acclimated to install MSDTC on all nodes in a cluster, as you alone charge to install the MSDTC already to accept an aftereffect on all.

1. Start the Array Administrator by:

A. Click Start, and again All Programs

B. Go to Administrative Tools, and bang Array Administrator

2. Create a Accumulation alleged “MSDTC Group” absolute a Arrangement Name, IP Address, and a Concrete Disk, by:

A. Click Book Menu, New, and again Group

B. Go through the New Accumulation Wizard which will advice you actualize the MSDTC Group

3. Create an IP abode ability by:

A. Right bang on the MSDTC Group, and bang NewResource

B. Create a name (eg. MSDTC IP Address)

C. Go to Ability Type, bang IP Address, and analysis MSDTC Group, and again Next

D. Go to Possible Owners and bang Next

E. Go to Dependencies and bang Next as you do not appetite to add any dependencies

F. Go to TCP/IP Abode Parameters and accept the accessible network

G. Type in the changeless IP abode for the MSDTC Accumulation and bang Next

H. Click Finish and Ok

4. Create a Arrangement Name ability by:

A. Right bang on the MSDTC Group, and bang NewResource

B. Create a name (eg. MSDTC Arrangement Name)

C. Go to Ability Type, bang Arrangement Name, and analysis MSDTC Group, and again Next

D. Go to Possible Owners and bang Next

E. Go to Dependencies, add the MSDTC IP Abode as a dependency, and bang Next

F. Go to Name, and blazon in the name of the MSDTC ability and bang Next

G. Click Finish and Ok

5. Create a Concrete Deejay ability by:

A. Right bang on the MSDTC Group, and bang NewResource

B. Create a name (eg. MSDTC Concrete Disk)

C. Go to Ability Type, bang Concrete Disk, and analysis MSDTC Group, and again Next

D. Go to Possible Owners and bang Next

E. Go to Dependencies and bang Next as you do not appetite to add any dependencies

F. Go to Deejay Paramters and baddest a concrete deejay for the MSDTC

G. Click Finish and Ok

6. Right bang on the MSDTC accumulation and bang NewResource

7. Type in a name

8. Go to Ability Blazon and baddest the Distributed Transaction Coordinator in the MSDTC Accumulation and bang Next

9. Go to Possible Owners and bang Next

10. Go to Dependencies, authority on to your Ctrl key, baddest the Arrangement Name and Concrete Deejay that you created, and bang Add

11. Click Finish and Ok to complete the conception of the resource

12. Enable the arrangement DTC access

13. Right bang the MSDTC Ability and bang Accompany Online

Method 2: Cluster.exe

Cluster.exe is able for installing and configuring the MSDTC on assorted clusters.

1. Enable the arrangement DTC admission unless the array is committed to Exchange Server, which would accomplish the enabling unecessary

2. Using the command alert (cmd.exe), actualize a Accumulation alleged MSDTC Accumulation (make abiding that the accumulation contains an IP Address, Arrangement Name, and a Concrete Disk)

3. Create the MSDTC Ability by accounting the afterward into the command prompt:

cluster clustername res "MSDTC Resource" /CREATE /GROUP:"MSDTC Group" /TYPE:"Distributed Transaction Coordinator"

4. Run the afterward command in the command prompt:

cluster clustername res "MSDTC Resource" /ADDDEP:"Network Name"

cluster clustername res "MSDTC Resource" /ADDDEP:"Disk X:"

A. Network Name is the Arrangement Name ability and Deejay X is MSDTC’s concrete disk

5. Run the afterward command in the command alert to accompany online the MSDTC:

cluster clustername res "MSDTC Resource" /ON

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