PRB: Large IsAlive() Polling Interval Is Accepted but Ignored

ID: Q179475

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Microsoft Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Cluster Administrator allows you to set a very large value for the IsAlive() polling interval. However, IsAlive() is called more frequently than specified. For example, a value of 100,000,000 milliseconds (more than 27 hours) results in an IsAlive() call roughly every six minutes.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

You can determine the correct IsAlive() polling interval by logging an event every time IsAlive() is called and enabling logging for the cluster server. If you use the Resource Type AppWizard to generate your resource DLL, you can compile with LOG_VERBOSE defined to log a message for each call to IsAlive().

Additional query words: LogEvent()

Keywords          : kbcluster 
Version           : win95; WINNT:4.0
Platform          : Win95 winnt
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 24, 1998