msdtc in a cluster

[Rick]

I'm setting up a 3 node cluster for exchange 2003. I'm going over
kb301600 on configuring msdtc. does this group need it's own physical
disk or can I use my quorum drive

[Bharat Suneja]

Can use quorum - can locate this in the Cluster Group.
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"Rick" <drumme...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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[Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]]

Just make sure to configure the MSDTC resource so that it does NOT affect
the group. If your DTC resource fails, you don't want it to fail the quorum
drive (or your cluster group) as well.

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"Bharat Suneja" <bharat...@no.spam.org> wrote in message
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[o...@msexchange911.org]

you may want to read this before you do it

http://mostlyexchange.blogspot.com/2005/09/exchange-clusters-and-microsoft.html

MSDTC is really used less than 1% of the time in a cluster.
So, the best practice for the MSDTC is to put it in the default Cluster
Group with the cluster name resource, cluster IP address, cluster quorum
resource, and the cluster quorum drive. If you are concerned about a failure
of the MSDTC causing a fail-over of the entire Cluster Group, on the Advanced
property page of the MSDTC properties, clear the "Affect the Group" checkbox.
I personally recommend this additional step.

Cheers
oz

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[Rick]

Thanks for all the replies, I was able to put it in the cluster grp.

R.