In Place Upgrade from ISA 2004 to ISA 2006 Goes Well, except for….
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ve had no problems with in place upgrades of ISA 2004 SE to ISA 2006 SE. The upgrade process is very simple, and the installation wizard walks through any tasks you might need to carry out before performing the upgrade. For example, you need to uninstall both the Firewall Client Share and the SMTP Message Screener from ISA 2004 before upgrading to ISA 2006.
The only problem with the upgrade is that the System Performance graphs in the Dashboard of the Monitoring node do not work. I noticed that this was a problem in some of the beta versions of ISA 2006, but was fixed in the last beta. However, I think they rolled back from the last beta to a previous beta for RTM, so the same issues appeared again, the only one being this problem with the System Performance graphs.
Let me know if you run into the same problem. Here’s what they look like when they’re not working:
Thanks!
Tom
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Tinto Says:
September 11th, 2006 at 7:40 am
Hi Tom: my isas 2006 (from first beta to current release) have never seen the graphs moving!
Thomas Shinder Says:
September 11th, 2006 at 7:54 am
Hi Tinto,
There was a version number in the private beta that was higher than the RTM, and they actually fixed the graphs. But they decided to RTM on a previous version, so now we have now graphs
bjblackmore Says:
September 14th, 2006 at 1:51 am
Hi Tom,
Thanks for publishing this article. We’re looking to upgrade our ISA 2004 server to 2006, it’s good to know that the upgrade is nice and easy, and the information on uninstalling the Firewall Client Share and Message Screener from ISA 2004 is useful!
We have a technet subscription and in the past 2 or 3 shipments there have been betas for ISA 2006, should we install the latest beta from there if it’s less buggy than the RTM?
Cheers
Ben
Thomas Shinder Says:
September 14th, 2006 at 6:59 am
Hi Ben,
I don’t think using an earlier beta would be a good solution. While there is a bug in the performance console, the rest of the product seem rock solid so I think you’re best off using RTM.
Tom
Richard Says:
October 17th, 2006 at 8:38 am
Hi,
How likely is it that Microsoft will re-introduce message screener into ISA? I thought it was a nice addon.
Richard
Thomas Shinder Says:
October 17th, 2006 at 8:42 am
Hi Richard,
I’d say its very unlikely. They want people to use the built-in stuff included with Exchange and the new Exchange Edge Server functionality.
Tom
Gerry Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Hi Tom,
I know this may appear an old thread now, but we’ve been running with ISA2006 since beginning of the year. Did a fix ever come out for the System Performance issue?
I’ve trawelled everywhere but you’re the only one that mentions it.
Many thanks
Gerry
Thomas Shinder Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 8:40 am
Hi Gerry,
No fix. It happens on every ISA 2006 machine I’ve installed.
Tom
Mark Muller Says:
July 16th, 2007 at 5:55 am
Same problem, still no results from microsoft