Microsoft Applications Center 2000 Top Knowledge Base Articles

Here is a list of the top Knowledge Base articles that customers are using to solve their Microsoft Applications Center 2000 problems.

216333 - WLBS Event 18 Appears in Event Viewer

The following Windows NT Load Balancing Service (WLBS) Event 18 appears in Event Viewer: more…

259592 - BUG: Application Center 2000 NLB Cluster Members Do Not Converge

When you add a Windows 2000 Server that is running Application Center 2000 into a Application Center 2000 Web Cluster that is using network load balancing (NLB), the new member will not converge with the other members of the cluster.

262131 - INFO: Logging to Replicated Folders Is Not Recommended

Files that are frequently written to, created, or deleted, should not be stored in folders that are replicated by Application Center 2000.

262143 - INFO: Application Center Cluster Status Heartbeat

This article describe the cluster heartbeat implemented by Application Center 2000 and how it relates to the "Alive/Dead" and "Online/Offline" status of each cluster member.

262674 - HOWTO: Remove the Request Forwarder ISAPI

If you do not require the functionality of the Request Forwarder (RF) for a given Application Center cluster, you can remove it completely. But it is important to note that you will no longer get the benefits of the RF for this cluster. Because the RF is implemented as an Internet Server API (ISAPI) extension and filter, you can simply remove these through the use of the Internet Information Services (IIS) administrative facilities. This article provides the procedure to do this.

262678 - INFO: Windows NT User and Group Accounts Created and Used by Application Center 2000

This article provides information about the Microsoft Windows NT user and group accounts that are created and used by Microsoft Application Center 2000.

262780 - INFO: Request Forwarder Only Supports One SSL Site for an Application Center Cluster

Only one Internet Information Services (IIS) site that uses secure sockets layer (SSL) can be handled by the Request Forwarding component of Application Center 2000 for a given Application Center cluster. The reason for this limitation is described in this article.

262926 - INFO: Application Center Cluster Members Must Have Two Network Cards When Used With NLB

All Application Center 2000 cluster members in a cluster that is using network load balancing (NLB) should have two network cards.

263154 - INFO: User and File DSN Resources Cannot Be Added to Application Center 2000 Applications

You cannot add user and file data source name (DSN) resources to Application Center 2000 applications.

263163INFO: Application Center 2000 and Microsoft Cluster Service

Application Center 2000 is not intended to be used to manage Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) clusters, and such use is not supported.

265506 - PRB: Application Center 2000 Does Not Replicate Scriptlet Components

Scriptlet components, just like binary COM+ components, can be hosted in COM+ applications. These scriptlet components will not be properly replicated to target computers when you use the deployment functionality in Application Center 2000. Application Center will replicate the applications themselves and the corresponding COM+ applications will also be replicated to the target computers. Any requests to create instances of the scriptlet COM+ components on any of the target computers will fail.

266217 - INFO: How Does Application Center 2000 Create the Initial Set of Applications

This article describes how Application Center 2000 determines the initial set of applications that are set up the first time that you create a cluster controller.

266242 - INFO: Application Center 2000 and Active Directory

Application Center 2000 does not require use of an active directory. Application Center 2000 can be used to cluster WinDNA applications that use the Active Directory technique themselves, but Application Center 2000 does not currently utilize Active Directory. Application Center stores configuration information in the registry and the Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase.