Re: ISA 2000 Restore (via Virtual PC 2004)
- From: "Bob [BVP]" <bb4@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:29:23 -0600
No mention of the SID, but I suspected that once I read the MS articles, where
they every carefully avoiding telling me how to move the config to another
machine.. Well, looks like I will just be moving on to ISA 2004 and invest the
time into it, as opposed to hoops to get these site and content rules back..
I am sure your wondering how on earth you loose all your S&C rules in the
first place. I was deleting them on purpose, thru the mmc where I was
redeploying another isa server for other purposes, and I thought I was on
that server when deleting them.. Sigh.. As I stared blanking at my missing S&C
Rules for my production server, that sinking feeling hit.. they come around
about once every 8 years, but they make us stronger and wiser.. Inserting
the ISA 2004 cd now... :) Thanks for the info.. I appreciate people who
take time out to help others, and I will try to do the same..
Bob
"ZVR" <nospamever@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ad-dnaXTBrTjiOjeRVn-tw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I remember this thread... I think I have a solution for you but you won't
> like it :-)
>
> The problem you're having... and in retrospect I'm sorry I did not mention
> this in the original reply... is that you need to restore ISA on a server
> with the same name *and* computer SID... basically everything should be
> identical, the computer SID, computer name, domain membership, DNS suffixes,
> etc. Unfortunately backups of ISA 2000 are closely tied to the original
> machine... this by the way was mitigated in ISA2004 by the new backup
> features where you can backup only the rules, if you choose so... or the
> entire configuration, as per your needs.
>
> Since you're using Virtual PC... the only solution I see for you is to
> perform a full backup, including System State, of the original server as it
> stands today, and restore it on top of your current Virtual PC guest (the
> virtual machine). Then you should be able to restore that pesky :-) BIF file
> onto the virtual machine, which will actually look to ISA like the original
> machine.
>
> This is the same as moving a Windows 2000/2003 installation to different
> hardware without re-installing the O/S. The process with all the drawbacks
> and possible problems you can encounter is described in detail by this
> article:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;249694
>
> Many of the limitations/problems described in that article do not apply to
> you as your virtual machine does not need to participate in trusts etc, BUT
> you have to be careful to restore a working networking configuration, with
> as many virtual adapters as the original server, configured the same way.
> You *will* have a weird networking configuration after the restore. To
> correct that apply the workaround described here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318715
>
> After you're positive you have properly "migrated" your server to the
> virtual machine, the ISA restore should work.
>
> Speaking about "physical-to-virtual" machine migrations... that is why I
> prefer VMware for these jobs. They have the "standalone" P2V Assistant that
> does exactly that, and the resulting virtual machine runs on any VMware
> edition. It used to be free I think... but not anymore :-(
>
> Microsoft has a similar offering called the Virtual Server Migration Toolkit
> (VSMT), but unfortunately resulting virtual machines are only compatible
> with Virtual Server (not Virtual PC) and migrations require that you have a
> Windows 2003 ADS (Automated Deployment Services) controller in your
> organization. VMware's P2V Assistant is much easier to use in that
> respect... Microsoft, hear us? :-)
>
> Well anyway I digress... Just pick the method that suits you and post the
> results here... I for one am curious about the outcome :-)
>
> Virgil
>
>
>
> "Bob [BVP]" <bb4@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uPDuu1v5FHA.1996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Attempting to restore an ISA 2000 .bif file to a same named
> > Virtual PC - W2003 Ent server.. but I am getting a mismatch.
> > Is there any documentation that illustrates what the possible issues
> > on Restore that would cause the following. Granted, I just got the
> > VPC up, networking not working, but I am really just trying to get
> > to the Site and Content Rules.. Any pointers appreciated. SP1
> > of ISA 2000 Installed, but knowing what must be the same, would
> > be great.
> >
> > Here is the error: http://www.pmount.com/isa2000_restore.gif
> >
> > Thanks, Bob
> >
> >
>
>
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