INFO: Stand Alone Distributed Transaction Coordinator Setup
ID: Q197218
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0
SUMMARY
This setup program allows customers to upgrade to the version of the
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) that shipped with the
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4) even if the service pack and/or the
Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack (NTOP) is not installed.
MORE INFORMATIONWho Should Install This Release?
The recommended procedure for obtaining this release is to install the NTOP
and then the Service Pack 4. This release is for those customers that need
the latest DTC version, but can not install either the NTOP or Service Pack 4. For example, you can use it to update DTC on a SQL Server 6.5 installation where for various reasons the operating system can not be
modified.
You can install this release on all versions of Windows NT including
Microsoft Cluster Server nodes. However, you should not install it on
Windows 95 or Windows 98 computers.
Obtaining This Release
You can obtain this release from the following location:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/distapps/MTS/Public-Fixes/usa/DTC/SvcPack Installing the Release on a Non-Clustered System
- Download the proper Dtcsetup.exe for your computer (that is i386
or Alpha).
- Make sure that you stop the Microsoft DTC service. Also, make sure that
you stop any service that depends upon Microsoft DTC including Microsoft
Transaction Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Message Queue, and
Microsoft COMTI.
- Make sure that you close the Windows NT Control Panel.
- Execute the Dtcsetup.exe file.
- Restart the system.
- Restart any services that depend upon Microsoft DTC.
Installing on a Cluster with an Existing Clustered Microsoft DTC
- Download the proper Dtcsetup.exe for your computer (that is i386 or
Alpha).
- Make sure that you stop the Microsoft DTC cluster resource using the
MSCS Cluster Administrator. Also, make sure that you stop any service
that depends upon Microsoft DTC including Microsoft Transaction Server,
Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Message Queue, and Microsoft COMTI.
- Make sure that you close the Windows NT Control Panel on all systems in
the cluster.
- Execute the Dtcsetup.exe on the node that controls the Microsoft DTC
cluster resource. When prompted to install Microsoft DTC on the other
nodes in the cluster, run DTCSETUP.EXE on those nodes. After doing this,
reboot all systems.
- Restart any services that depend upon Microsoft DTC.
Installing the Release on a Cluster with a Non-Clustered Microsoft DTC
- Download the proper DTCSETUP.EXE file for your computer (that is i386 or
Alpha).
- Make sure that you stop the Microsoft DTC service on every system in the
cluster. Also, make sure that you stop any service that depends upon
Microsoft DTC including Microsoft Transaction Server, Microsoft SQL
Server, Microsoft Message Queue, and Microsoft COMTI.
- Make sure that you close the Windows NT Control Panel.
- When you install this release on a clustered system, the setup program
automatically installs a clustered version of Microsoft DTC. The
clustered version of Microsoft DTC requires a MSCS Resource Group that
contains both a Network Name Resource and a Shared Disk Resource. Before
installing this release, make sure that at least one such MSCS Resource
Group exists. Dtcsetup.exe assigns Microsoft DTC to the first MSCS
Resource Group that it finds that contains both a Network Name Resource
and Shared Disk Resource. After ensuring that the necessary Resource
Group exists, execute Dtcsetup.exe on the node controlling that Resource
Group.
- When prompted to install Microsoft DTC on the other nodes in the
cluster, run Dtcsetup.exe on those nodes. After doing this, reboot all
systems.
- Restart any services that depend upon Microsoft DTC.
Additional query words:
Keywords : kbMTS kbMTS200 kbGrpCom
Version : winnt:2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo
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