I have 15 SQL Clusters in Production without MSDTC in the cluster, the local
service is disabled. No issues. Our application simply does not use it!
"Michael Hotek" <mike@solidqualitylearning.com> wrote in message
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> Well, you'd have to take that up with the failover clustering team. It is
> their explicit recommendation for ALL clusters that you will install a
> failover cluster instance in.
>
> Not having it there is going to cause several errors during the upgrade as
> well as throwing additional errors during a fresh install. I haven't
> tested enough permutations to say whether it is needed or not, so at this
> point, I tend to trust the people who have spent thousands of hours
> testing hundreds of different configurations. They know the code a lot
> better than me since they wrote it. If that's the recommendation, I'm
> sticking into in this case, because I have no way of proving that it
> shouldn't be followed.
>
> --
> Mike
>
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>
> "Linchi Shea" <linchi_shea@NOSPAMml.om> wrote in message
> news:%23Dc$G%238IGHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>I hate to nitpick. But technically, you don't have to if you don't need
>>it.
>>
>> Linchi
>>
>> "Michael Hotek" <mike@solidqualitylearning.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23YUT2d2IGHA.2912@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Yes. You will always configured DTC into the cluster. There are other
>>> services which will use it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike
>>>
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com >>> Disclaimer: This communication is an original work and represents my
>>> sole
>>> views on the subject. It does not represent the views of any other
>>> person or entity either by inference or direct reference.
>>>
>>> "SteveO" <SteveO@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:332351AB-0806-4F9A-94DF-C5F929F5B7D0@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> If the SQL environment is not going to use distributed transactions, is
>>>> it
>>>> still necessary to configure a DTC resource on the cluster ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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