We are going to install a SQL Server 2012 Ent. Edition two node (Active/Passive) cluster. Only one instance. Issue is, a separate shared storage is not provision for MSDTC.
1. Is it mandatory to configure MSDTC for a single SQL 2012 instance ?
2. Can we use one of the shared drives (Data/log/bkp/temp) for configuring MSDTC ?
Environment: Windows Advanced Server with SP2. SQL 2K Enterprise edition with SP2.
There are three disk drives in my shared array named E:, F:, and H:.
When I use EM (Enterprise Manager) to create a job (like a backup job), the drop down box contains only drive F:.
Drive F: was the drive specified during the install process for data files.
Drive C: and D: also exist. Drive D: was specified during the install process for the program files.
It seems to me that drop down boxes in EM which show disk drives should actually show me the following drives: C:, D:, E:, F:, and H:.
Any ideas why EM may not be showing all the disk drives.
TIA solart
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From Books Online:
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Hi ,
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All the installations I have seen so far will only allow the MSDTC resource to be under on resource group (usually one of the SQL groups...
Can you all that have worked with cluster respond.
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If anyone knows of a link to this information, I'd appreciate it. My searches come up with lots on information on MSDTC, but nothing that answers my specific questions.
Thanks for your time.
When i do a BEGIN TRAN to a SQL server sitting on Windows 2003 Server from a SQL Server Sitting on Windows 2000 Server,
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It still hangs
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Thx