SP4 Cluster Shares Must Be Reset to Recognize Added Subdirectories

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 contains an updated Cluster Server File Share Resource. The updated resource extends the original capabilities of this resource type to allow multiple shares from a single resource. The enhancement prevents the need to use multiple file share resources to create large numbers of shares. Use of this enhancement dramatically reduces overhead and simplifies manageability of large numbers of shares.

However, the version contained in Service Pack 4 does not observe dynamic updates to the subdirectory structure. When using the new option to create subdirectory shares, the resource does not acknowledge dynamic changes to the subdirectory structure and only responds to these changes the next time the resource is brought online. To add or remove a subdirectory share, all shares managed by the single File Share resource must be taken offline and then brought online.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or the individual software update. For information on obtaining the latest service pack, please go to:

• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E396D059-E402-46EF-B095-A74399E25737&displaylang=en/ (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E396D059-E402-46EF-B095-A74399E25737&displaylang=en/) -or-
  
  
• 152734  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152734/EN-US/ ) how to obtain the latest windows nt 4.0 service pack

For information on obtaining the individual software update, contact Microsoft Product Support Services. 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:

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.