Article ID: 295300
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
This article was previously published under Q295300
SYMPTOMS
A disk signature may be changed. When this occurs, the Clusdisk tool cannot manage the disk.
CAUSE
The query for DiskSignature does not work and returns zero (even though the disk contains a valid signature). However, the query sets a new signature on the disk. When the cluster nodes try to compare the on-disk signature to the value that is stored in the registry, they do not match and the disk cannot be used. On Fibre Channel multiple-node clusters, several nodes may stop working at the same time.
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
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4/4/2001 02:19p 5.0.2195.3452 115,312 Ftdisk.sys
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 obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product
For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot
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
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