To specify a Configuration Storage server for
this array (Enterprise Edition)
ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition only
In the console tree of ISA Server Management, click the
applicable array:
Expand Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration
Server 2006, expand Arrays, and then click
Array_Name.
On the Tasks tab, click Configure Array
Properties.
On the Configuration Storage tab, in Configuration
Storage server, type the computer name or IP address of the
Configuration Storage server to be used by this array.
(Optional). In Alternate Configuration Storage server,
type the computer name of an alternate Configuration Storage server
to use if the first Configuration Storage server becomes
unavailable.
In Check the Configuration Storage server for updates
every, select one of the following options:
15 seconds. This is the default value and is a
relatively high frequency, which helps ensure the freshest
configuration information about the array members.
10 minutes. This is suitable for relatively
infrequent configuration changes.
60 minutes. This is a relatively low frequency,
recommended only when there are very infrequent changes to the
configuration.
Custom. If you select this option, in the text box, type
the number of seconds to use for an update frequency.
Notes
For more information about enterprise management, see
Enterprise Management Concepts in ISA Server 2006 at
the Microsoft
ISA Server TechCenter Web site(http://www.microsoft.com).
To open ISA Server Management, click Start, point to
All Programs, point to Microsoft ISA Server, and then
click ISA Server Management.
Important
We recommend that you configure the array to check the
Configuration Storage server as frequently as possible, within the
bandwidth constraints on your network.
After the primary Configuration Storage server is unavailable
for 30 minutes, ISA Server switches to an alternate Configuration
Storage server, if it is specified. After using the alternate
Configuration Storage server for 6 hours, ISA Server periodically
checks if the primary Configuration Storage server is available.
After the primary server is available for 10 minutes, the array
switches to the primary Configuration Storage server.
The times specified in this procedure are the defaults. They can be
configured using the ISA Server Software Development Kit
(SDK). For a sample script that configures these defaults, see
Setting Configuration Storage Server Delay Times at the
Microsoft TechNet Web site(http://www.microsoft.com/).
After you change the Configuration Storage server, verify that
the computer running ISA Server services is included in the Managed
ISA Server Computers computer set.
To install a Configuration Storage server as a replicate of a
Configuration Storage server in a different site, first use the
AdamSites.exe tool. You can download the AdamSites.exe tool from
the Microsoft
Download Center(http://www.microsoft.com/).
If the Configuration Storage server is not available, on a
replicate Configuration Storage server, in ISA Server Management,
change the Configuration Storage server for the array to this
(replicate) Configuration Storage server. On each array member, run
the script ChangeStorageServer.vbs, located in the ISA Server
installation folder. For usage instructions, run cscript
ChangeStorageServer.vbs ?.
To change the Configuration Storage server, you can reinstall
ISA Server, specifying the Repair option. Stop the Microsoft
Firewall service on the computer. During reinstallation, specify
the name of the new Configuration Storage server. Note that when
you use applications such as the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
Management Pack for ISA Server, you use ISA Server files and may
interfere with ISA Server Setup. To avoid this problem, stop those
applications before you do the following tasks: Repair, modify,
install, or update ISA Server.
After you configure a new Configuration Storage server to use,
the array will not immediately begin using the Configuration
Storage server. Check the configuration status to see when the
Configuration Storage server change is applied. For instructions on
viewing the configuration status, see View the configuration
status (Enterprise Edition).
Get latest ISA
Server content at ISA Server
Guidance(http://www.microsoft.com/).
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