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Testing Distributed Transaction Coordinator(DTC) settings using DTCTester

After a datacenter move, we had some network changes that caused distributed transactions involving the DTC to fail.

To help me find the root cause of the issue I used the DTC tester tool created by Microsoft. Let me explain how to use it:

Installation

C:\Users\BaWu\Desktop>dtctester
Too few parameters
Usage: dtctester <dsn name> <user name> <password>

  • The tool requires 3 parameters to be used;
    • A data source name(DSN)
    • A user name
    • A password

Creating a DSN

  • Next step is to create a User DSN for the database we want to connect to.
  • Click on your Windows start icon and start typing ‘data sources’

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  • Select the ODBC Data Sources (32-bit) option. The ODBC Data Sources Administrator tool is loaded.

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  • On the User DSN tab click Add… This will open the Create New Datasource Wizard.

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  • Select the SQL Server driver from the list and click Finish. The current wizard is closed and a new Create new Data Source for SQL Server wizard is loaded.

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  • Type in a Name for the DSN, an (optional) description and most important your SQL Server name / Instance name. Click Next > to continue.

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  • On the next screen, select the preferred authentication method. In my case I’m using SQL Server authentication so I select the second option. In that case you have to specify a Login ID and Password. Click Next >.

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  • Click Next > and Finish to complete the wizard.

Usage

  • Now we can invoke the dtctester tool by providing the DSN name we just created and a SQL server username and password:

C:\Users\BaWu\Desktop>dtctester test username password

  • Here is the result we got back:

Executed: dtctester
DSN:  test
User Name: username
Password: password
tablename= #dtc26446
Creating Temp Table for Testing: #dtc26446
Warning: No Columns in Result Set From Executing: 'create table #dtc26446 (ival int)'
Initializing DTC
DtcGetTransactionManager failed: 8004d01b
DtcGetTransactionManager Call Error: Indicates unable to connect to the transaction manager, or the transaction manager is unavailable.

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