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Q247712: Wlbs.exe Generates Incorrect Information on Cluster Status

Article: Q247712
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0,4.0 SP6,4.0 SP6a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbtool kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition versions 4.0 SP6, 4.0 SP6a 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you use the drainstop, query, suspend, or stop parameter with Windows Load
Balancing Service (WLBS) at a command prompt, system messages may not accurately
report the computer's status under the following conditions:

- When you use the drainstop parameter, you receive a message indicating that
  connection draining has started. If you then use the "wlbs query" command,
  the host reports that draining has stopped. If you repeat the "wlbs
  drainstop" command, you receive a message indicating that connection draining
  has started. If you then run the "wlbs stop" command, you receive a message
  indicating that cluster operations have already stopped.

- When you use the suspend parameter, you receive a message indicating that
  cluster control is suspended. If you then use the "wlbs stop" command, the
  host reports that cluster control has been suspended (although it has already
  been stopped). If you then run the "wlbs drainstop" command, you receive a
  message indicating that cluster control has been suspended and connection
  draining has been started.

RESOLUTION
==========

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to
correct the problem described in this article and should be applied only to
systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the
fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and
information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World
Wide Web:

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are normally incurred for support calls may
be canceled, if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific
update will resolve your problem. Normal support costs will apply to additional
support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in
question.

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file
attributes or later:

  Date         Time     Size      File name   Platform
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  10/12/1999   08:44p    36,112   Wlbs.exe    x86
  10/29/1999   02:06p    60,208   Wlbs.sys    x86
  10/12/1999   08:43p    51,472   Wlbs.exe    Alpha
  10/29/1999   02:05p   101,104   Wlbs.sys    Alpha




STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbtool kbWinNT400PreSP7Fix 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400sp6 kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTSEnt400SP6a
Version           : winnt:4.0,4.0 SP6,4.0 SP6a
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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