INFO: Stand Alone Distributed Transaction Coordinator Setup

ID: Q197218

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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.

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Who 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

1. Download the proper Dtcsetup.exe for your computer (that is i386 

   or Alpha).
2. 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.
3. Make sure that you close the Windows NT Control Panel.

4. Execute the Dtcsetup.exe file.

5. Reboot the system.

6. Restart any services that depend upon Microsoft DTC.

Installing on a Cluster with an Existing Clustered Microsoft DTC

1. Download the proper Dtcsetup.exe for your computer (that is i386 or 

   Alpha).
2. 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.
3. Make sure that you close the Windows NT Control Panel on all systems in 
   the cluster.
4. 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.
5. Restart any services that depend upon Microsoft DTC.

Installing the Release on a Cluster with a Non-Clustered Microsoft DTC

1. Download the proper DTCSETUP.EXE file for your computer (that is i386 or 

   Alpha).
2. 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.
3. Make sure that you close the Windows NT Control Panel.

4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Restart any services that depend upon Microsoft DTC. 

Version           : WINNT:2.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: December 15, 1998