Published Configuration Storage Servers

Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Enterprise Edition supports connecting to an alternate securely published Configuration Storage server in the event the virtual private network (VPN) tunnel normally used to connect to the Configuration Storage server is unavailable.

If the connection between the ISA Server array member and the Configuration Storage server is through a site-to-site VPN connection, you can define another method to connect to the Configuration Storage server in the event the VPN connection is unavailable. In this method, the array member connects to a securely published Configuration Storage server over the Internet. This enables the array member to continue to get configuration updates from the Configuration Storage server. When the site-to-site VPN connection has been restored, the array member switches back and connects to the primary Configuration Storage server through the site-to-site VPN connection.

The array member only uses the securely published Configuration Storage server when all of the following criteria exist:

The primary Configuration Storage server is unavailable for 30 minutes.
The alternate Configuration Storage server is unavailable. (This is true only if the alternate Configuration Storage server has been configured on the Configuration Storage page.)
The option Over a VPN site-to-site connection is selected on the Published Configuration Storage page.
The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the securely published Configuration Storage server is entered in the Alternate securely published Configuration Storage server field.

Important

These configuration settings must be completed before the VPN connection is broken to take advantage of the alternate securely published Configuration Storage server.
For more information about how to securely publish a Configuration Storage server, see Publishing Configuration Storage Servers in ISA Server 2006 at the Microsoft ISA Server TechCenter Web site (http://www.microsoft.com).
For more information about how to change the amount of time that an array member will require before switching between the primary Configuration Storage server and the alternate Configuration Storage server, see Setting Configuration Storage Server Delay Times in ISA Server 2006 at the Microsoft ISA Server TechCenter Web site (http://www.microsoft.com).

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