Microsoft KB Archive/838709

= How to use the ISA Server 2004 migration tool to migrate from ISA Server 2000 to ISA Server 2004 =

PSS ID Number: 838709

Article Last Modified on 7/16/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004, Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to migrate from Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000, Standard Edition to ISA Server 2004, Standard Edition by using the ISA Server 2004 migration tool (ISA2KExport.exe) that is included on the ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition CD-ROM.

Note You can only use ISA2KExport.exe to migrate from the Standard edition of ISA 2000 Server to the Standard edition of ISA Server 2004.



MORE INFORMATION
ISA2KExport.exe exports the ISA Server 2000 configuration to an XML file that you can import to ISA Server 2004.To migrate from ISA Server 2000 to ISA Server 2004, follow these steps:  Run ISA2KExport.exe on the ISA Server 2000 computer. To do this, follow these steps:  Insert the ISA Server 2004, Standard Edition CD-ROM in your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe in the Open box, and then click OK. Switch to your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then type ISAMigration.exe at the command prompt. Click Yes in the ISA Server 2004 Migration Tool dialog box to install ISA2KExport.exe.

The location where you installed ISA2KExport.exe is displayed. Notice the path where you installed ISA2KExport.exe, and then click Yes. At the command prompt, type \ISA2KExport.exe.

Note In this step,  is the path where you installed ISA2KExport.exe on your computer.</li> On the Welcome page, click Next.</li> On the File Location page, type a path and a name for the XML file that ISA2KExport.exe will create, and then click Next.</li> To export confidential information, such as user passwords and certificates, click Export confidential information.

Note This information will be encrypted during the export process.</li> To export user permissions, click Export user permission settings.

Note When you export confidential information, you are prompted to specify a password for encryption.</li> Type the password in the Password box, and then click Next.

Note This password is used to decrypt the confidential information when you import the ISA Server 2000 configuration.</li> Under Select a Firewall Policy, click a firewall policy that determines whether traffic to the ISA server computer is permitted.</li> Click Next.</li> On the Start Migration Process page, click Migrate.</li> When the migration process is completed successfully, click Next.</li> Click Finish.</li></ol> </li> Install ISA Server 2004, Standard Edition.

Note For installation instructions, see the documentation that is included on the ISA Server 2004, Standard Edition CD-ROM.</li> Copy the XML file that ISA2KExport.exe created to the ISA Server 2004 computer.</li> Import the XML file, and then apply the imported configuration settings to ISA Server 2004. To do this, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Open the ISA Microsoft Management Console (MMC).</li> Right-click the name of the ISA Server 2004 computer, and then click Import.</li> <li>In the Import Configuration dialog box, locate and then click the XML file that ISA2KExport.exe created.</li> <li>To import user permissions, click to select the Import user permission settings check box.

Note This option is only available if the user permissions were exported.</li> <li>To import server-specific details, such as cache drive settings, click to select the Import server specific details check box.

Note This option is only available if the server-specific information was exported.</li> <li>If confidential information was exported with the XML file, you are prompted to enter the password that you used to encrypt the file in step 1k. Type the password, and then click Next.</li> <li>Click Import.</li> <li>When the import process is completed successfully, click OK.</li> <li>On the details pane of the ISA MMC, click Apply.</li></ol> </li></ol>

Note Most ISA Server 2000 network settings, most monitoring configurations, and most rules are migrated to ISA Server 2004. For more information about how particular functions and settings are migrated and are applied to ISA Server 2004, see the documentation that is included in the ISA Server 2004, Standard Edition CD-ROM.

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Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbAudITPro kbISAS2000 kbISAS2004Search kbISAS2004Std kbISAServSearch

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