This section documents how to install MS DTC through Cluster Administrator on all nodes in a cluster. You only have to install the MS DTC once in Cluster Administrator and MSDTC will be configured on all nodes in the cluster. You do not have to install MS DTC manually on each node.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301600
| 1. | Start Cluster Administrator. To do so:
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| 2. | Create a Group Named “MSDTC Group” that contains a Physical Disk, Network Name, and an IP Address. To do so:
Note When creating the MS DTC, moving the resource group into a group other than SQL Server or Exchange Server group is highly recommended. Creating the MS DTC resource in its own resource group and assigning it to a separate cluster group keeps the resource highly available. Note If you create the resource in the same cluster group, and if Resource A has failed over, Resource B will also failover. When you create the resouce in a different cluster group, even when Resource A has failed over, the resource B does not failover. Creating Cluster Resouces in the different cluster groups decreases unnecessary failovers of the Cluster Resouces. Important After the new group for MS DTC is created you must create the Network Name, IP address and Physical Disk for Msdtc. You may already have the physical disk resource that can be moved into the new group. After the MS DTC Group is created you must create the IP address resource, Network Name resource and the Physical disk resources. You may already have a physical disk resource that must be moved into the new MS DTC group. |
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| 3. | Create an IP address resource:
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| 4. | Create a Network Name resource:
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| 5. | Create a “Physical disk” resource.Note You may already have a physical disk resource created. If so, you will have to move this physical disk resource into the MS DTC group and go to the next step.
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| 6. | Right-click the MS DTC Group, and then click New\Resource. | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Type a name, such as MSDTC Resource. | ||||||||||||||
| 8. | In Resource Type, click to select Distributed Transaction Coordinator, verify that the MSDTC Group is selected, and then click Next. | ||||||||||||||
| 9. | In Possible Owners, click Next unless you do not want MS DTC to run on a particular node. | ||||||||||||||
| 10. | In Dependencies, press and hold the CTRL key on the keyboard, select both the Physical Disk and Network Name that you created in step 2, and then click the Add button. | ||||||||||||||
| 11. | Click Finish, and then click OK to confirm that the resource has been created.Note You should not put the MS DTC resource online before you follow the instructions in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 817064 to enable Network DTC Access. | ||||||||||||||
| 12. | Complete the steps that are documented in Knowledge Base article 817064. | ||||||||||||||
| 13. | Right-click the MSDTC Resource, and then click Bring Online. |