H165468:  MICROSOFT CLUSTER SERVER RESOURCES FAIL AFTER APPLYING SP4


 SYMPTOM:

 After applying Microsoft Service Pack 4 in a Microsoft Cluster
 Server (MSCS) environment, cluster resources that rely on
 NetBIOS will fail. The following event will be written to the
 Windows NT system event log:

     "Event ID 1051: Cluster Network Name resource '<Network
     Name>' cannot be brought on-line because it does not
     depend on an IP Address resource. Please add an IP
     Address dependency."

 PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:

 - The system is any IBM system certified to run MSCS.

 - The system is configured with Microsoft Cluster Server
   version 1.0.

 - The system has Microsoft Service Pack 4 applied.

 NOTE: Clustering Configurations that have been tested
 with current models of IBM Netfinity and PC Servers at
 the following URL:

 http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/clustering/matrix.shtml

 FIX:

 The failing resource(s) will have a dependence on a IP cluster
 resource(s) with in the same cluster group. Right click this IP
 cluster resource and choose properties, then select the
 "Parameters" tab from the Properties windows, check the "Enable
 NetBIOS for this address" box. Bring the failed cluster group
 on-line.

 DETAILS:

 Microsoft Windows NT Service Pack 4 has added a newly definable
 parameter to the IP cluster resource, titled "Enable NetBIOS
 for this address". Previous to Windows NT Service Pack 4 this
 parameter was always enabled. After Service Pack 4 is applied,
 the problem arises when an application creates a IP and
 Network Name  resource and the required dependencies. The
 application is not aware of the "Enable NetBIOS of this
 address"  parameter, so it is not set. When the newly created
 group is brought on-line the Network Name resource will fail. A
 fix for Oracle "Fail Safe" should be available from Oracle with
 in the next several weeks (Dated: 12/7/98). If Microsoft
 Cluster Administrator is running remotely i.e. not on either
 node in the cluster) you must update the remote system to
 Windows NT Service Pack 4. This will allow you to view the new
 "Enable NetBIOS of this address" parameter from the Microsoft
 Cluster Administration program.

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 other countries.



DATE: December 9, 1998