DTC access In win 2003

Enable network DTC access in Windows Server 2003

To day I have faced a issue with my SCCM server that DTC not started .

My Environment :

Windows 2003 server with SP2
SCCM R3 Secondary site

Work around :

Steps to enable network DTC access

1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
3. Select Application Server, and then click Details.
4. Select Enable network DTC access, and then click OK.
5. Click Next.
6. Click Finish.

If you are running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you must follow these additional steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type comexp.msc, and then click OKto open Component Services.
2. Expand Component Services, expand Computers, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
3. On the MSDTC tab, click Secuity Configuration under Transaction Configuration, click to select the Network DTC Access check box under Secuity Settings, and then click to select the following check boxes under Transaction Manager Communication:
   • Allow Inbound
   • Allow Outbound
4. On Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) clusters, you cannot select Mutual Authentication Required. Therefore, click to select one of the following check boxes:
   • Incoming Caller Authentication Required
   • No Authentication Required
   NoteFor more information about these options, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   899191

   (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899191/ )

   New functionality in the Distributed Transaction Coordinator service in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and in Windows XP Service Pack 2
5. Make sure that the Logon Account is set to NTAUTHORITY\NetworkService.
6. Click OK. A message box explains that the MS DTC Service will be stopped and restarted, and that all dependent services will also be stopped and restarted. Click Yes.
   
   Note If this is a Majority Node Set (MNS) cluster, do not use the MNS resource as the storage device for MS DTC. MS DTC requires a storage resource such as a physical disk.

(Help Link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817064)