Can I just delete MSDTC resource and recreate one?

Hi all,

I can not bring cluster up as MSDTC is offline and no owner is on it. Can I
just delete it and recreate it?

Thanks.

Yes you can.

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner


"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B041C16F-ABD7-4397-A18D-36C49D9F977F@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I can not bring cluster up as MSDTC is offline and no owner is on it. Can
> I
> just delete it and recreate it?
>
> Thanks.

Thank you for your response. Now, I found out that it is not MSDTC
resources. We have exchange 2000 active/active two nodes. If I shut down
the node2, the cluster service can be started. But, the cluster service can
not be started on node2. I am going to remove the exchange virutal server2
from the cluster and make it active/passive. Do you know how to do it since
no mailboxes are on exchange virtual server 2? Only around 30 users are on
one mailbox store of exchange 2000 virtual sever as I migrate most users to
exchange 2003 cluster. Can you advise what's the best way to do it?

I am quite out of mind now.
"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:

> Yes you can.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rodney R. Fournier
>
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B041C16F-ABD7-4397-A18D-36C49D9F977F@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I can not bring cluster up as MSDTC is offline and no owner is on it. Can
> > I
> > just delete it and recreate it?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>

If EVS2 is empty use the Cluster Administrator to remove the EVS.

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner


"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F7D10C36-2EF1-4275-8478-DD253A809930@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for your response. Now, I found out that it is not MSDTC
> resources. We have exchange 2000 active/active two nodes. If I shut down
> the node2, the cluster service can be started. But, the cluster service
> can
> not be started on node2. I am going to remove the exchange virutal
> server2
> from the cluster and make it active/passive. Do you know how to do it
> since
> no mailboxes are on exchange virtual server 2? Only around 30 users are
> on
> one mailbox store of exchange 2000 virtual sever as I migrate most users
> to
> exchange 2003 cluster. Can you advise what's the best way to do it?
>
> I am quite out of mind now.
> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Yes you can.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rodney R. Fournier
>>
>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
>> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
>> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>>
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B041C16F-ABD7-4397-A18D-36C49D9F977F@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I can not bring cluster up as MSDTC is offline and no owner is on it.
>> > Can
>> > I
>> > just delete it and recreate it?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

Now, we have only one virtual server now. I still can not mount the
databases as I can see the relay logs onfo from the event viewer on node1. I
evict the node2 too. When I try to mount the store, I got event 9175
MSExchangeSA in the application log and then I can see some exchange virtual
server resources online pending.

I very very appreciate your help as these users can not access exchange
server now. Any advice?



"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:

> If EVS2 is empty use the Cluster Administrator to remove the EVS.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rodney R. Fournier
>
> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F7D10C36-2EF1-4275-8478-DD253A809930@microsoft.com...
> > Thank you for your response. Now, I found out that it is not MSDTC
> > resources. We have exchange 2000 active/active two nodes. If I shut down
> > the node2, the cluster service can be started. But, the cluster service
> > can
> > not be started on node2. I am going to remove the exchange virutal
> > server2
> > from the cluster and make it active/passive. Do you know how to do it
> > since
> > no mailboxes are on exchange virtual server 2? Only around 30 users are
> > on
> > one mailbox store of exchange 2000 virtual sever as I migrate most users
> > to
> > exchange 2003 cluster. Can you advise what's the best way to do it?
> >
> > I am quite out of mind now.
> > "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Yes you can.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Rodney R. Fournier
> >>
> >> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
> >> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
> >> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
> >> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
> >> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
> >>
> >>
> >> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B041C16F-ABD7-4397-A18D-36C49D9F977F@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > I can not bring cluster up as MSDTC is offline and no owner is on it.
> >> > Can
> >> > I
> >> > just delete it and recreate it?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Don't wait, run to the phone and call Support. As you can see, these groups
may not give you the fastest possible support.

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner


"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:852FF04A-AD92-43B6-A627-AE175C541642@microsoft.com...
> Now, we have only one virtual server now. I still can not mount the
> databases as I can see the relay logs onfo from the event viewer on node1.
> I
> evict the node2 too. When I try to mount the store, I got event 9175
> MSExchangeSA in the application log and then I can see some exchange
> virtual
> server resources online pending.
>
> I very very appreciate your help as these users can not access exchange
> server now. Any advice?
>
>
>
> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> If EVS2 is empty use the Cluster Administrator to remove the EVS.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rodney R. Fournier
>>
>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
>> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
>> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>>
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F7D10C36-2EF1-4275-8478-DD253A809930@microsoft.com...
>> > Thank you for your response. Now, I found out that it is not MSDTC
>> > resources. We have exchange 2000 active/active two nodes. If I shut
>> > down
>> > the node2, the cluster service can be started. But, the cluster
>> > service
>> > can
>> > not be started on node2. I am going to remove the exchange virutal
>> > server2
>> > from the cluster and make it active/passive. Do you know how to do it
>> > since
>> > no mailboxes are on exchange virtual server 2? Only around 30 users
>> > are
>> > on
>> > one mailbox store of exchange 2000 virtual sever as I migrate most
>> > users
>> > to
>> > exchange 2003 cluster. Can you advise what's the best way to do it?
>> >
>> > I am quite out of mind now.
>> > "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yes you can.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Rodney R. Fournier
>> >>
>> >> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> >> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
>> >> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>> >> http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
>> >> ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:B041C16F-ABD7-4397-A18D-36C49D9F977F@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >
>> >> > I can not bring cluster up as MSDTC is offline and no owner is on
>> >> > it.
>> >> > Can
>> >> > I
>> >> > just delete it and recreate it?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

What support??????

I didnt see any links to any good info he could read on or anything.
Just short anwsers. To the guy that decided to completely disable his
Exchange environment off the simple advice of a Google group, that was
insane. You must do research. The Google Groups as well as the Technet
discussion groups are not something to rely on 100%. You need to do
research and doublecheck everything. Sometimes you are lucky if you
even get a reponse.

In this case Microsoft Support.

Cheers,

Rodney R. Fournier

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Training
ClusterHelp.com is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner


"Nicky" <Nickyis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1158333673.687311.130840@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
> What support??????
>
> I didnt see any links to any good info he could read on or anything.
> Just short anwsers. To the guy that decided to completely disable his
> Exchange environment off the simple advice of a Google group, that was
> insane. You must do research. The Google Groups as well as the Technet
> discussion groups are not something to rely on 100%. You need to do
> research and doublecheck everything. Sometimes you are lucky if you
> even get a reponse.
>