Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1- based server clusters (923830)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1, when used with:
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based Systems
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the hotfixes and the updates that we recommend that you install on each node of a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based server cluster. When you update your Windows Server 2003 SP1-based server cluster, you help reduce downtime. You also help decrease the number of support issues that you may experience.

Note We recommend that you evaluate these hotfixes and updates to determine whether they resolve problems in your environment. If you verify that cluster nodes in your environment may be affected by the problems that an update or a hotfix addresses, install the hotfix or the update on each one of the cluster nodes in your environment.

A short summary is included together with each hotfix and update that appears in the "More Information" section. This summary does not replace the information that is contained in the original Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article for that particular hotfix or update. Use this summary information that appears in the "More Information" section to help you determine whether a particular hotfix or update applies to your server cluster. Before you install a particular hotfix or update, we recommend that you review the original KB article that describes that hotfix or update.

MORE INFORMATION

We recommend that you install one or more of the following Windows Server 2003 hotfixes, depending on your environment.

General hotfixes

Hotfixes that were released after Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

  • KB article 913648 The hotfix in this article resolves various problems with the Volume Shadow Copy Service in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    913648 A new Volume Shadow Copy Service update is now available that fixes various Volume Shadow Copy Service problems in Windows Server 2003

  • KB article 923801 The hotfix in this article resolves a problem where no MPIO-managed disks or LUNs are available in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 when you use MPIO for disks that are presented by an iScsi HBA. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    923801 No Microsoft Windows Server Multipath I/O (MPIO) disks or logical unit numbers (LUNs) are available when you use MPIO for disks that are presented by an iScsi Host Bus Adapter (HBA) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

  • KB article 921981 This article lists the Microsoft COM+ bugs that are fixed in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 COM+ 1.5 Hotfix Rollup Package 9. Each hotfix rollup package contains all the fixes that were released in the previous Windows Server 2003 COM+ 1.5 hotfix rollup packages. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    921981 Availability of the Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 1 COM+ 1.5 Hotfix Rollup Package 9

  • KB article 913446 The update in this article applies to a Windows Server 2003 SP1-based server cluster. This update includes software updates to resolve a vulnerability issue in TCP/IP that causes denial of service. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    913446 MS06-007: Vulnerability in TCP/IP could allow denial of service

  • KB article 910929 The update in this article prevents a problem that occurs when you run the DFS Consolidation Root Wizard on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based Cluster service computer. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    910929 When you run the DFS Consolidation Root Wizard on a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based Cluster service computer, event 1055 is logged on the cluster nodes

  • KB article 909360 The update in this article is designed to help prevent file system corruption that may occur when extensive stress tests are run on NTFS volumes. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    909360 File corruption may occur when extensive stress tests are run on NTFS volumes on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

  • KB article 904160 The update in this article discusses a file sharing network performance issue that occurs only after Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is installed. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    904160 File sharing on the network is slower than expected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

  • KB article 903929 The update in this article resolves a problem where the Cluster Administrator console may stop responding when it enumerates resources on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    903929 The Cluster Administrator console may stop responding when it enumerates resources on a Windows Server 2003-based computer

  • KB article 898790 The hotfix in this article resolves a problem where the volume mount points on disks in a server cluster may intermittently become unavailable after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    898790 Volume mount points on disks in a server cluster may intermittently become unavailable after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

Resource-specific hotfixes

We recommend that you install the following hotfixes, depending on the resources that are running on your server cluster. You do not have to install these hotfixes if you are not running these resources on your server cluster.
  • KB article 921981 This article describes a rollup package of fixes that are specific to COM+ and MSDTC. This rollup package should be considered on cluster servers that have the MSDTC resource set up as a clustered resource. However, this rollup package does not apply to cluster servers that host Microsoft Exchange. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    921981 Availability of Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 1 COM+ 1.5 Hotfix Rollup Package 9

  • KB article 912593 The update in this article is designed to prevent a problem that occurs with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 on computers that are running HP SecurePath. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    912593 Event ID 50, 26, or 57 is logged when you use HP SecurePath on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or an x64 edition of Windows

  • KB article 900609 The update in this article addresses performance problems that occur in some programs after Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 is installed. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    900609 You may experience slow performance by some programs on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

  • KB article 908510 The update in this article is intended to correct a problem where a cluster does not fail over replicated or non-replicated cluster disks. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    908510 A cluster does not fail over replicated cluster disks after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003

  • KB article 902069 This article describes a security policy setting that may cause a Stop error when you shut down the cluster node after the security policy has been applied. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    902069 You may receive a "Stop 0x0000000A" error message when you shut down or restart a computer that is running Windows Server 2003

  • KB article 907545 This article includes a fix for a problem where you receive an error message when you try to use the Add Printer Wizard to add more printers to a virtual server that is part of a Windows Server 2003 cluster. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    907545 You may receive an "Access is denied" error when you try to add printers

  • KB article 901377 This article includes a fix for a problem where the printer display panel does not display the complete document name when the document name is a Multi-Byte Character Set (MBCS) string. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    901377 The printer display panel does not display the complete document name if the document name is a Multi-Byte Character Set string

  • KB article 906752 This article includes a fix for a problem where you cannot install a printer to a virtual server that is part of a Windows Server 2003 cluster when you use the Add Printer Wizard. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    906752 You cannot install a printer on a cluster node to a Windows Server 2003 cluster

  • KB article 899404 This article includes a fix for a problem where a backup fails for the passive node that is running Automated System Recovery (ASR) in a Windows Server 2003 clustered environment. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    899404 You receive a "files for the recovery diskette could not be created" error message when you run a backup program on the passive node of a Windows Server 2003 server cluster

REFERENCES

For more information about recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2003-based server clusters that have not been upgraded to Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

895092 Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2003-based server clusters

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/21/2006
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