RE: Rename Isa Machi

  • From: "Jim Harrison" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:01:17 -0700

Always trust the voice of the gods...
Officially, ISA server renaming isn't supported and PSS will kindly remind
you of that fact.
Now that I've said that, you can do this successfully, but again;
usupportedly (my word, copyright yesterday, so there).
There are two registry entries that govern how ISA "views itself":

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fpc\Arrays\{GUID}\Servers\{GUID}]
"msFPCName"="WINSname"
"msFPCFQDN"="server.domain.tld"

There are similar entries in AD for array members, but since I don't have
one handy, you'll just have to search them out.

Jim Harrison
MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG
http://isaserver.org/authors/harrison/
Read the books!
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From: "Deus, Attonbitus" <Thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:52 AM
Subject: [isalist] RE: Rename Isa Machi


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At 09:35 AM 4/25/2002, Steve Moffat wrote:
>You can't
>
>I renamed ISA Server and all services on Isa is uniavaliable and it's with
>old name.
>How can I to rename ISA Server Machine ?
>
>Thanks
>


Jim and I briefly discussed this once during a past thread and I would like
to make some comments...
I have renamed my ISA servers a couple of different times without
issues.  Others have had issues, and I am not sure why.

My gut feeling is that if the box is a standalone install, one can perform
the rename function as one would normally rename a domain
member.  Obviously, firewall configurations or Web Proxy configurations
would also need to updated to reflect the new name.

If it is an enterprise configuration where Active Directory schema has been
updated and entries made to the AD, one would have to use ADSIEdit or other
to ensure that the Active Directory entries were properly updated as well.

If someone has time, I think it would be valuable to fully test what
different renaming scenarios entail as the issue has arisen here several
times...

Also, I would like to know about other experiences with this to see if we
can get an accurate picture of what is happening... But IIRC, Jim stated
that renaming the server was "not a supported feature" of ISA...


AD



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