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jspatz
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Posted - 2009-04-30 : 09:59:17
I am wondering if I missed a step or am doing something wrong. We have two mS Server 2003 R2 EEx64 servers clustered, and we are trying to setup Active/Active. However Everytime we start up an instance on the active server that doesn't have the MSDTC Resource, Distributed Transaction Coordinator shows as "stopped" in SSMS. When I move the group back to Node A with the MSDTC resource, it shows green, when I move the Cluster Group (yes I know not best practice to have msdtc in cluster group) to Node B, DTC shows green on Node B instances but red on Node A instances. So is this because SSMS isn't being truly cluster aware, or am I missing a step somewhere to have this working properly? Enable network DTC access is checked on both nodes in windows components.. I have checked msdn, and I have seen other people experiencing similar issues but I have never seen a resolution.

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tkizer
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Posted - 2009-04-30 : 12:38:23
Ignore the status of services in SSMS. It doesn't always show it right. To see if a service is in the proper state, use CLuster Administrator.

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jspatz
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Posted - 2009-04-30 : 13:54:18
Thanks Tara .. thats the reaffirmation I was hoping for :)
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tkizer
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Posted - 2009-04-30 : 13:57:04
You're welcome.

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