Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service on a Cluster
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
You can run the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator service (MSDTC) as a clustered resource on a failover cluster server for increased reliability, based on the failover capabilities of the clustered servers.
Events
| Event ID | Source | Message |
|---|---|---|
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
MS DTC has determined that the cluster service is configured but not running when MS DTC was started. MS DTC will continue to startup but it will not failover. Additionally, if the cluster service is started then please shut down this instance of MS DTC as it will become unusable. Error Specifics: %1%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
Unable to start MS DTC because initialization of cluster support failed.%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC Client |
Unable to start MS DTC because initialization of cluster support failed.%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
MS DTC setup has determined that the existing cluster resource for MS DTC is not configured correctly. Setup cannot continue to upgrade the installation. Please contact product support or delete the existing MS DTC resource and re-run setup via comclust.exe. Error Specifics: %1%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
MS DTC setup has determined that the existing cluster resource for MS DTC is of a newer version. Setup cannot continue to upgrade the installation. Error Specifics: %1%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
MS DTC setup has determined that the installation of MS DTC on this node used to be a part of cluster that had a newer version of MS DTC installed. Setup cannot continue to upgrade the installation. Error Specifics: %1%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
MS DTC was unable to determine the version of the data associated with cluster support in the local registry. MS DTC cannot continue to startup. Please contact Microsoft Product Support. Error Specifics: %1%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
MS DTC was unable to determine the version of the data associated with MS DTC cluster resource. MS DTC cannot continue to startup. Please contact Microsoft Product Support. Error Specifics: %1%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
MS DTC was unable to determine the state of the cluster service on this machine. MS DTC cannot continue to startup. Please contact Microsoft Product Support. Error Specifics: %1%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
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: %1%0 | |
Microsoft-Windows-MSDTC |
MS DTC cannot start because it failed to initialize the log file for its first usage after a cluster install. Please try to restart MS DTC. If the problem persists please contact Microsoft Product Support. Error Specifics: %1%0 |