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Event ID 4156 with RPC_S_INVALIDA_ARG is logged intermittently when MSDTC Mutual Authentication is not required

SYMPTOMS   Intermittently MSDTC 4156 error message with RPC_S_INVALIDA_ARG in the event details is logged in the event log when MSDTC is configured with Mutual Authentication not required. Event Type: Error Event Source: MSDTC Event Category: CM Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:31 PM by davidqiu | 0 Comments
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TimeoutException Is Thrown in System.Transactions When Using the IBM Informix OLE DB Provider

Problem Description A .NET WinForms application creates a distributed transaction that inserts a row into a remote Informix OLE DB database. The .NET app uses System.Transactions and the IBM Informix OLE DB Provider. The transaction starts timing out Read More...
Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 11:11 PM by davidqiu | 0 Comments

How to Update MSDTC with Windows Server 2003 MS DTC Hotfix Rollup Packages

The Windows Server 2003 COM+ 1.5 hotfix rollup packages are cumulative. Each package contains all of the fixes that were released in previous rollup packages. Note that the fixes in a COM+ 1.5 rollup includes fixes for both COM+ and MSDTC. The final COM+ Read More...
Posted Saturday, May 02, 2009 8:50 PM by davidqiu | 0 Comments
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Disaster Recovery for MSDTC on Windows Server 2003 and 2008

You may experience serious problems with the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service. All attempts to troubleshoot MSDTC have not fixed the issue. You can follow these disaster recovery instructions on a standalone machine or a cluster Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:50 PM by davidqiu | 4 Comments
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Intermittent Error: MSDTC on server 'servername' is unavailable

MSDTC on server 'servername' is unavailable is a generic error which indicates the application cannot connect to the MSDTC service or determine the service state at the beginning of a transaction. This article addresses the cause and the solutions for Read More...
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 11:35 PM by davidqiu | 0 Comments
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Troubleshooting MSDTC Permission Issues When a Distributed Transaction Starts

This article is intended to address some common permission issues during the initialization process of a distributed transaction especially when a transaction begins on Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) clusters.  Symptoms   Microsoft Distributed Read More...
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 11:29 PM by davidqiu | 0 Comments
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The hidden tool – MSDTC Transaction Tracing

If you deal with MSDTC frequently, you might have noticed an option to toggle the tracing options for transactions in the MSDTC settings but I am not sure how many are really aware of what information is logged inside the trace file and how the trace Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:35 AM by puneetg | 2 Comments
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Troubleshooting MSDTC issues with the DTCPing tool

Every day the Distributed Services support team in Microsoft helps customers in troubleshooting some of the most common Distributed Transaction errors which are a direct result of MSRPC (Microsoft Remote Procedure Call) communication failing in a network Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:40 AM by puneetg | 11 Comments
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Welcome to the Distributed Services Support Team Blog

Welcome everyone to the official blog of the Distributed Services support team at Microsoft. We are a part of Developer Support and currently provide support for the following technologies: COM/DCOM COM+ DTC Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Workflow Read More...
Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 6:58 PM by Todd Foust | 0 Comments
 
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