SQLServerCentral / Administering / SQL Server 2005 / Msg 8501, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 ( using MSDTC on a veritas clustered environment ) / Latest PostsInstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comFri, 24 May 2013 03:06:22 GMT20Msg 8501, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 ( using MSDTC on a veritas clustered environment )http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic940065-146-1.aspxHi,We have the following configuration:- 4X nodes in a veritas clustered environment ( 64-bits windows 2003 R2 service pack 2 , with sql server 2005 64-bits SP3 installed)- Veritas storage foundation / VCSWe are trying to use msdtc , but when running the following command (Begin Distributed transaction;) from within one of our named instanceswe receive the following error: Msg 8501, Level 16, State 3, Line 1MSDTC on server '.....\......' is unavailable.Msdtc is runningMsdtc account is NT AUTHORITY\NetworkServiceMsdtc security options are checkedalso tried to do: msdtc -uninstall and msdtc -installalso rebooted the system, but nothing seems to work.firewall is disabled.I hope someone can help me with this problem.kind regards,BryanSun, 20 Jun 2010 14:09:22 GMTbryan van ritter