ISA 2004 Offline Spare?

  • From: Edgardo Balansay <balansay@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ISAList <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:13:26 -0800

Hi all,

Am i correct in thinking that *typically* to build an offline spare for an
ISA 2004 Standard Edition the following should work:

1)  Have ISA installed onto spare offline machine, with latest backup file
from production ISA imported.
2)  In event that production ISA experiences failure (hardware, etc.), swap
Ethernet cables from production ISA to offline spare, ensure IP addresses on
NICs are same on offline spare, NIC order as well(?).
3)  Reset Production ISA server Machine Account in domain, join spare ISA to
domain with original ISA production server name.  Reboot for changes to take
effect.
4)  Finished!?

Would there be other methods/scenarios to consider?

Thanks!
Edgardo

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