KB176522 - IIS Server Instance Error Message with Microsoft Cluster Server

Article ID: 176522

Article Last Modified on 1/5/2006

Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

This article was previously published under Q176522

We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install an Internet Information Server (IIS) node in Microsoft Cluster Server, you may get the following error message:

An error occurred attempting to read properties for the
'IIS Server Instance' resource type:
More data is available.
Error ID: 234 (000000ea).

CAUSE

This can occur if the two IIS installations reside on installations of Microsoft Windows NT Server that are in different directories. For example, Computer 1 has Windows NT installed in C:\Winnt, and Computer 2 has Windows NT installed in C:\Winnt35. As a result, the Dlls files that are in the InetSrv directory are in different places and the Cluster Server cannot find them on one of the two systems.

WORKAROUND

Make sure that both systems in the cluster have Windows NT installed into the same directory.

Additional query words: mscs server cluster

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