Configuring MSMQ and MSDTC for Distributed Transaction

This topic describes the procedure to configure MSMQ and MSDTC to enable reliable messaging.

1. Install and configure MSMQ.
2. To configure MSDTC, do the following:
   
   • Start Services Distributed Transaction Coordinator, Message Queuing, and Message Queuing Triggers from Start > Administrative Tools > Services.
   • Go to Start > Administrative Tools > Component Services.
   • Expand Component Services. Right-click My Computer and select Properties. The My Computer Properties dialog box appears.
     • Click the MSDTC tab, enable Use local coordinator and click OK.
   • Go to Distributed Transaction Coordinator.
     
     1. Right-click Local DTC and select Properties.
     2. On the Security Configuration tab, select the Network DTC Access, and Enable XA Transactions check boxes.
     3. Click OK. The MSDTC service is restarted.
     4. Restart Message Queueing and Message Queueing Triggers.
     5. Click OK in the Properties box and close Component Services.

To configure MSDTC for Process Platform, do the following:

1. Create a Service Group, Service Container, and Connection Point using the System Resource Manager task.
2. While creating a Service Container, place the following jar file in Service Containers JVM classpath: $CORDYS_HOME\<instancename>\components\msmqtransport\msmqtransport.jar
3. Modify the Connection Point Configuration.
4. Select MSMQ as the Type. The corresponding input fields change.
5. Select the Distributed Transaction option.
6. Select the Machine Name.
7. Provide the Queue Name. For example, queue1. You must use the same name that you provided while creating the queue using MSMQ.
8. Select Private.
9. In wcp.properties, add two entries for the TransactionManager configuration as follows:

   com.cordys.xatransaction.TransactionManagerFactory=com.cordys.xatransaction.msdtc.MSDTCFactory com.cordys.xatransaction.msdtc.hostname=<MSDTC hostname> 

10. Click and restart the processor.