PRB: MS DTC Event 4156: "Session Idle Timeout Over" (290334)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft COM+ 1.0
  • Microsoft COM+ 1.5
  • Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0
This article was previously published under Q290334

SYMPTOMS

You may see the following entry in the application event log:
String message: Session idle timeout over, tearing down the session.

CAUSE

This message indicates that the connection between a Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) client and Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) is being torn down due to inactivity.

RESOLUTION

This message is usually just informational and can be ignored. Under normal circumstances, MS DTC tears down inactive connections after 10 minutes of idle time.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

197810 FIX: Upgrading DTC to Close Idle Connections

250987 HOWTO: Reinstall MS DTC for a Nonclustered Windows NT 4.0 Server

279786 HOWTO: Reinstall MS DTC for a Nonclustered Windows 2000 Server

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/20/2002
Keywords:kbDSupport kbDTC kbprb KB290334
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