How to enable network DTC access in Windows Server 2003 (817064)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003

SUMMARY

This article describes the procedure that you follow to enable network Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) access in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Note The following procedure is for Windows Server 2003. It does not apply to Microsoft Windows 2000 Server.

By default, network DTC access is disabled on the Windows Server 2003 products that are mentioned in the "Applies To" section. When you do not enable network DTC access on the server, applications can only use transactions that stay on the local computer. For example, transactions cannot flow from a local computer to a database that runs on a separate computer if network DTC access is disabled.

When network DTC access is disabled, clients that try to gain access to DTC on the server may receive the following error message:
error 0x8004D025 (XACT_E_PARTNER_NETWORK_TX_DISABLED)
For more information about how to configure DTC on a Windows Server 2003 cluster, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301600 How to configure Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator on a Windows Server 2003 cluster

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to enable network DTC access

  1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
  3. Select Application Server, and then click Details.
  4. Select Enable network DTC access, and then click OK.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Click Finish.
  7. Stop and then restart the Distributed Transaction Coordinator service.
  8. Stop and then restart Microsoft SQL Server and the other resource manager services that participate in the distributed transaction, such as Microsoft Message Queuing.

REFERENCES

For more information about what is new in Microsoft COM+ 1.5, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cossdk/htm/whatsnewcomplus_350z.asp?frame=true

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