About the agent for SQL Server 2008 MSDTC service
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About the agent for SQL Server 2008 MSDTC service

The MSDTC agent brings the MSDTC service online, monitors its status, and takes it offline. The agent provides high availability for the MSDTC service in a clustered environment.

Specific agent functions include the following:

Online

Brings the configured MSDTC service online.

Offline

Takes the configured MSDTC service offline.

Monitor

Monitors the configured MSDTC service.

Clean

Cleans up after a resource fails to come online, fails to go offline, or fails to detect as ONLINE when resource is in an ONLINE state.

Note:

The agent for MSDTC comprises of two parts; the MSDTC client and MSDTC server. The MSDTC client and the MSDTC server must not be configured on the same cluster node.
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