Article ID: 935640
Article Last Modified on 12/5/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
INTRODUCTION
This article describes the hotfixes and the updates that we recommend that you install on each node of a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based server cluster. When you update a Windows Server 2003 SP2-based server cluster, you help reduce downtime. You also help decrease the number of support issues that you experience.
Note We recommend that you evaluate these hotfixes and updates to determine whether they resolve problems in your environment. If you verify that cluster nodes in your environment are affected by the problems that an update or a hotfix addresses, install the hotfix or the update on each cluster node in your environment.
A short summary is included with each hotfix and with each update that appears in the "More Information" section. This summary does not replace the information that is contained in the original Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article for that particular hotfix or update. Use this summary information to help you determine whether a particular hotfix or update applies to the server cluster in question. Before you install a hotfix or an update, we recommend that you review the original KB article that describes that hotfix or that update.
MORE INFORMATION
We recommend that you install one or more of the following Windows Server 2003 hotfixes, depending on your environment.
General hotfixes
Hotfixes that were released after Windows Server 2003 SP2
KB article 936594 The fix that is described in this article may also resolve issues with Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, or after you install the Scalable Networking Pack.
The following hotfix is recommended for configurations that use a Storport-based storage driver: For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
932755 An updated Storport storage driver (version 5.2.3790.4021) is available for Windows Server 2003
This article contains an updated Storport driver for use on clusters that use Storport storage drivers.
Note If the update in KB 932755 is installed, you may also need the following update on some servers:
For more information about hotfix 940015, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
940015 You receive a Stop error message after you install update 932755 on an HP ProLiant server that is running Storport in Windows Server 2003
For more information about hotfix 941276, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
941276 A Windows Server 2003-based computer stops responding when the system is under a heavy load and when the Storport driver is being used
For more information about hotfix 936594, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
936594 You may experience network-related problems after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 or the Scalable Networking Pack
For more information about hotfix 935561, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
935561 StorPort may not delete zombie LUN objects when a storage adapter is surprise-removed by software in Windows Server 2003
For more information about hotfix 932578, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
932578 Event ID 55 may be logged in the System log when you create many files on an NTFS partition on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Resource specific hotfixes
Hotfix 934016: This hotfix addresses a number of issues that may occur when MSDTC is running as a cluster resource.
934016 Availability of Windows Server 2003 Post-Service Pack 2 COM+ 1.5 Hotfix Rollup Package 12
REFERENCES
For more information about recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2003-based server clusters that have not been upgraded to Windows Server 2003 SP2, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
923830 Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based server clusters
895092 Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2003-based server clusters
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