Microsoft KB Archive/290816

= Underscore in a Network Resource Name for Windows 2000 Cluster Could Not Be Created =

Article ID: 290816

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q290816



SYMPTOMS
When you are using the Cluster Administration tool or Cluster.exe tool to try to add a network resource name that contains an underscore (_) character, you may receive an error message that indicates the resource name contains invalid characters.



CAUSE
The clustering code treats the underscore (_) character as an error, and does not permit their use. This is a regression from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, when the clustering code interpreted that underscore characters were allowed.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date         Time   Version        Size     File name 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.4003  355,088  Advapi32.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3649  319,248  Cladmwiz.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3649  152,848  Cluadmex.dll 29-May-2001 13:18  5.0.2195.3649  404,752  Cluadmin.exe 29-May-2001 13:18  5.0.2195.3649  237,328  Cluscfg.exe 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.4030  210,704  Clusres.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3936  135,440  Dnsapi.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3649   94,992  Dnsrslvr.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3951  143,120  Kdcsvc.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:09  5.0.2195.4041  197,392  Kerberos.dll 26-Jun-2001 20:16  5.0.2195.3781   69,456  Ksecdd.sys 02-Aug-2001 18:10  5.0.2195.4041  501,520  Lsasrv.dll (128-bit) 02-Aug-2001 18:10  5.0.2195.4041  502,032  Lsasrv.dll (56-bit) 02-Aug-2001 18:10  5.0.2195.4041   33,552  Lsass.exe 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3776  306,448  Netapi32.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3997  358,160  Netlogon.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3868  909,072  Ntdsa.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.4005  382,224  Samsrv.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3781  128,784  Scecli.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.3649  299,792  Scesrv.dll 02-Aug-2001 18:43  5.0.2195.4025   48,400  W32time.dll 01-Aug-2001 00:44  5.0.2195.4025   56,592  W32tm.exe



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, note that you can create it manually in the cluster hive.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbBaseOS

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbenv kbfix kboswin2000fix kbwin2000presp3fix kbwin2000sp3fix KB290816

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