Microsoft KB Archive/296382

= Windows Datacenter Server Process Control Service Is Not Cluster Aware =

PSS ID Number: 296382

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2002

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q296382



SUMMARY
The Process Control service that is included with Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is not cluster aware. In the event of a failover from one node to another, any failing-node implemented process control constraints will not be available on the receiving node unless manual administrative measures have been taken.

The Process Control service does feature command-line functionality which can be used by an administrator to guarantee that rules that are implemented on the failing node will apply to processes that are moved to a receiving node. The commands that are listed below may be used to dump (backup) and restore process control data on a native or remote node or even a non-cluster member computer on the network.

Computers that are not running Windows 2000 Datacenter Server may be used to manage process control parameters between Windows 2000 Datacenter Server-based computers in an enterprise because the Process Control service has remote computer connection capabilities. This may be accomplished by using mapped drives to non-Windows 2000 Datacenter Server computers where process control files may be stored and can be used by the Process Control service for dump and restore.



MORE INFORMATION
The basic command line functions of the Process Control service, Proccon.exe, used to dump and restore Process Control configurations are:

&quot;ProcCon -xd d:\\dir1\\dumpfile.txt&quot; to dump ProcCon data

&quot;ProcCon -xr d:\\dir1\\dumpfile.txt&quot; to restore ProcCon data

NOTE: These commands may be useful on stand-alone computers if you want to keep separate copies of process control implementations for backup and restore purposes.

For additional information about all of the available switches for the Process Control service, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296258 Verbose Help Output For The Process Control Service Command Line

Keywords: kbinfo KB296382

Technology: kbwin2000DataServ kbwin2000DataServSearch kbwin2000Search kbWinDataServSearch

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