Microsoft KB Archive/278283

= PRB: *MSMQ Clustered Resource May Not Start If Name Is More Than 20 Characters in Length =

Article ID: 278283

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Message Queuing 2.0

-



This article was previously published under Q278283



SYMPTOMS
When you create a cluster resource of type Message Queuing, the resource is created but does not start. The application event log reports Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) event 2017:

Unable to initialize the Message Queuing service



CAUSE
This error can occur if the name of the MSMQ resource on the cluster is more than 20 characters in length or contains spaces.



RESOLUTION
Rename the MSMQ cluster resource so that the name contains less than twenty characters and does not contain spaces. Remember that a clustered MSMQ resource should have a name in the form &quot;MSMQ$UNIQUE_NAME).

To rename a cluster resource, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Cluster Administrator to open the Cluster Administrator.
 * 2) In the console tree (usually the left pane), click the Resources folder.
 * 3) In the details pane (usually the right pane), click the resource that you want to rename.
 * 4) On the File menu, click Rename, and type a new name for the resource.
 * 5) Restart the service and verify that the errors shown in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section of this article no longer appear in the event logs.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbprb KB278283

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.