Microsoft KB Archive/296313

= Setup fails when MS DTC is not configured as a cluster resource =

Article ID: 296313

Article Last Modified on 1/4/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q296313



SYMPTOMS
When you set up a Microsoft SQL Server cluster per the Commerce Server and SQL Server Enterprise Edition documentation, and then attempt to install Commerce Server, setup fails with the following error:

Error 1904: pipeline.dll failed to register (several other errors ensue)



CAUSE
We only support running Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) on cluster nodes as a clustered resource. We do not recommend or support running MS DTC in stand-alone mode on a cluster. If you use MS DTC as a non-clustered resource on a Commerce Server cluster, transactions may be orphaned, causing data corruption if a cluster failover occurs. The SQL Server Enterprise Edition documentation specifies that Comclust.exe (which configures DTC as a cluster resource) must be run prior to setup and after you make other specific changes on the system. (For further detail, see &quot;Comclust.exe&quot; in the SQL Server online documentation).



RESOLUTION
Run Comclust.exe before you run Setup.exe for Commerce Server.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Commerce Server.

Additional query words: plutonium MSCS

Keywords: kbprb kbpending KB296313

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