4.1.0 HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server administration guide (T5392-96074, October 2010)

Virtual IP: Specify the IP address that will be associated with this Virtual SQL Server.
Name: Enter the NetBIOS name for this Virtual SQL Server; the name can include
up to 15 characters.
Application name: An “application” provides a tag to group Virtual SQL Servers and
related virtual SQL instances on the Applications tab. All of the resources associated
with the application can then be treated as a unit on the Applications tab. You can
specify a new application name, select an existing application name, or leave this
field blank. However, if you do not assign a name, Matrix Server will use the IP
address for the Virtual SQL Server as the application name.
Manage MSDTC: Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) is used to
coordinate transactions between different SQL instances running on different nodes
in the cluster. There is one MSDTC service on each machine.
To manage MS DTC via this Virtual SQL Server, HP PolyServe Software and the
nodes must be configured as follows:
• The “Manage MSDTC” box is checked on the Add Virtual SQL Server dialog.
• On the nodes configured for the Virtual SQL Server, the Default Coordinator for
MSDTC is set to “Use local coordinator.” This is done on the MSDTC tab of the
My Computer Properties dialog (see Appendix B on page 171). If a Remote Host
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