Oracle Fail Safe Does Not Function After Service Pack 4 Installed

ID: Q219303

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 on your computer that already has Oracle Fail Safe installed, the Oracle software may not function properly.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because NetBIOS support is not enabled for the cluster's TCP/IP address resource.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.

Additional query words: mscs

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbnetwork ntsp kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 nt4sp5fix
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug