Hi all

Can someone help. I get high disk activity on the SBS 2003 server after
installing either ISA SP1 or 2. Every 15-20 seconds it does a disk write
for approximatly 5 seconds and then stop and does the same thing again after
15 - 20 sec's. As soon as I uninstall SP1 or 2 it stops. Also, there seems
to be increased disk activity after installing either.

Thx
Dan

RE: ISA 2004 - Disk activity after SP1 or 2 installation by v-branee

v-branee
Sun Apr 09 23:40:38 PDT 2006

Hello Dan,

Thank you for posting to the SBS Newsgroup.

I am sorry for the delayed response due to the weekend. Please understand
that the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support professionals
to answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
greatly appreciated!

I understand that after install ISA SP1 or ISA SP2, your SBS Server
encounter issue. if I have misunderstood your concern, please let me know.

In order to supplement your description, I need your help to gather the
following information:

1. How do you know "I get high disk activity"? Do you encounter any error
message? If yes, please capture a screen shot for it and send it to my
mailbox so we can have a clear image of your issue.

2. Please explain in detail "Every 15-20 seconds it does a disk write".

3. On the server, run "eventvwr" (without quotation marks), check whether
there are any errors. If yes, double click it, click the Copy button and
paste the full content to the Newsgroup.

4. Please test if we disable ISA 2K4 Caching and ISA 2K4 Logging and see
how it goes. To do so,

>> Disable ISA 2K4 Caching:

a. Open ISA 2K4 Management.
b. Expand to YourServer\Configuration\Cache.
c. On the middle pane, click "Cache Rules", and high light the rule.
d. High light the rule underneath. On the right pane, click "Disable
Caching" and click Apply.
e. You will be prompted a ISA Server Warning. Select the second choice
"Save the changes and restart this services".
f. Please perform step d and e to each of the rules.

>> Disable ISA 2K4 Logging

a. Open ISA 2K4 Management.
b. Expand to YourServer\Monitoring.
c. On the middle pane, go to Logging tab.
d. On the right pane, go to Tasks tab.
e. Click "Configure Firewall Logging". On the Log tab, uncheck the box
"Enable logging for this service".
f. Perform the same steps to "Configure Web proxy Logging" and "Configure
SMTP Message".
g. Click Apply to apply these settings.

Test the issue again after you perform all the steps above.

Please take your time to perform the steps. If you have any updates, please
feel free to let me know. I am looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,

Brandy Nee

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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>Hi all
>
>Can someone help. I get high disk activity on the SBS 2003 server after
>installing either ISA SP1 or 2. Every 15-20 seconds it does a disk write
>for approximatly 5 seconds and then stop and does the same thing again
after
>15 - 20 sec's. As soon as I uninstall SP1 or 2 it stops. Also, there
seems
>to be increased disk activity after installing either.
>
>Thx
>Dan
>
>
>


Re: ISA 2004 - Disk activity after SP1 or 2 installation by Dan

Dan
Tue Apr 11 23:53:10 PDT 2006

1. As soon as I install the services packs (1 or 2) I immediatelys see (you
can physically see hard disk activity on the server) an increase without any
workstations being conected. Even when only one workstation is connected
and with no activity it remains the same.

2. The above disk activity accures every 15-20 seconds and then repeats.
This is definatly not part of normal networks usage / network disk requests
/ writes.

3. The logs look ok. The only one that comes to mind is this one:

"Failed to save the Routing and Remote Access service configuration in the
registry. The registry key:
System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess\Parameters\Ip, registry
value: - could not be accessed for writing. The VPN configuration of the
server is incomplete."



Thx

Dan







""Brandy Nee [MSFT]"" <v-branee@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:W2f0zmGXGHA.888@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl...
> Hello Dan,
>
> Thank you for posting to the SBS Newsgroup.
>
> I am sorry for the delayed response due to the weekend. Please understand
> that the newsgroups are staffed weekdays by Microsoft Support
> professionals
> to answer your systems and applications questions. Your understanding is
> greatly appreciated!
>
> I understand that after install ISA SP1 or ISA SP2, your SBS Server
> encounter issue. if I have misunderstood your concern, please let me know.
>
> In order to supplement your description, I need your help to gather the
> following information:
>
> 1. How do you know "I get high disk activity"? Do you encounter any error
> message? If yes, please capture a screen shot for it and send it to my
> mailbox so we can have a clear image of your issue.
>
> 2. Please explain in detail "Every 15-20 seconds it does a disk write".
>
> 3. On the server, run "eventvwr" (without quotation marks), check whether
> there are any errors. If yes, double click it, click the Copy button and
> paste the full content to the Newsgroup.
>
> 4. Please test if we disable ISA 2K4 Caching and ISA 2K4 Logging and see
> how it goes. To do so,
>
>>> Disable ISA 2K4 Caching:
>
> a. Open ISA 2K4 Management.
> b. Expand to YourServer\Configuration\Cache.
> c. On the middle pane, click "Cache Rules", and high light the rule.
> d. High light the rule underneath. On the right pane, click "Disable
> Caching" and click Apply.
> e. You will be prompted a ISA Server Warning. Select the second choice
> "Save the changes and restart this services".
> f. Please perform step d and e to each of the rules.
>
>>> Disable ISA 2K4 Logging
>
> a. Open ISA 2K4 Management.
> b. Expand to YourServer\Monitoring.
> c. On the middle pane, go to Logging tab.
> d. On the right pane, go to Tasks tab.
> e. Click "Configure Firewall Logging". On the Log tab, uncheck the box
> "Enable logging for this service".
> f. Perform the same steps to "Configure Web proxy Logging" and "Configure
> SMTP Message".
> g. Click Apply to apply these settings.
>
> Test the issue again after you perform all the steps above.
>
> Please take your time to perform the steps. If you have any updates,
> please
> feel free to let me know. I am looking forward to hearing from you!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brandy Nee
>
> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
> ======================================================
> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the corresponding
> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely manner.
> You can locate the newsgroup here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
>
> When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check
> the
> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there are
> any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your newsreader,
> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
> issue.
>
> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
> doing
> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>
> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly. Please
> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>
> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
> ======================================================
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
>
>
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>>From: "Dan Field" <danfield@bigfoot.com>
>>Subject: ISA 2004 - Disk activity after SP1 or 2 installation
>>Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 11:39:36 +0200
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>>Hi all
>>
>>Can someone help. I get high disk activity on the SBS 2003 server after
>>installing either ISA SP1 or 2. Every 15-20 seconds it does a disk write
>>for approximatly 5 seconds and then stop and does the same thing again
> after
>>15 - 20 sec's. As soon as I uninstall SP1 or 2 it stops. Also, there
> seems
>>to be increased disk activity after installing either.
>>
>>Thx
>>Dan
>>
>>
>>
>



Re: ISA 2004 - Disk activity after SP1 or 2 installation by v-branee

v-branee
Thu Apr 13 03:03:34 PDT 2006

Hello Dan,

Thank you for posting back and keeping us updated!

According to your reply, I need confirm following information with you:

1. You mentioned "physically see hard disk activity on the server",

a. Do you mean you notice the hard disk light on the Server keeps shining?
b. Is it continuous shining or just twinkle? Please fully describe the
symptom.

2. On the SBS Server, go to Start -> Administrative Tools -> Performance,
please use the Performance Tool to monitor your Server.

===============

Regarding the error message, it appears that the server cannot write the
configurations into the registry. The problem could be related to the
registry permissions. Here, I would suggest you try the following steps:

1. Open regedit program. Navigate to the following registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess

2. Right-click it and choose 'Permissions'.

3. Make sure that the following accounts have the 'Full control'
permissions to the key and the sub keys:
Administrators
NETWORK SERVICE
SYSTEM

4. Check the permission of 'Network Configuration Operators'. To set the
permission, you can click 'Advanced' button. Select the user account and
choose 'Edit'. The account should have the following permissions:
Query Value
Set Value
Create subkey
Enumerate subkeys
Notify
Delete
Read control

5. Make sure that the Users and Local Service accounts have the Read
permission.

6. Close the regedit program. Restart the ISA server. Open ISA Management
console, reapply 'Verify that VPN client Access is Enabled'.

Hope it helps! If you have any further updates, please feel free to let me
know. I am looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,

Brandy Nee

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
======================================================
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regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the corresponding
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provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In doing
so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.

For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly. Please
check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
======================================================
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>
>1. As soon as I install the services packs (1 or 2) I immediatelys see
(you
>can physically see hard disk activity on the server) an increase without
any
>workstations being conected. Even when only one workstation is connected
>and with no activity it remains the same.
>
>2. The above disk activity accures every 15-20 seconds and then repeats.
>This is definatly not part of normal networks usage / network disk
requests
>/ writes.
>
>3. The logs look ok. The only one that comes to mind is this one:
>
>"Failed to save the Routing and Remote Access service configuration in the
>registry. The registry key:
>System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess\Parameters\Ip, registry
>value: - could not be accessed for writing. The VPN configuration of the
>server is incomplete."
>
>
>
>Thx
>
>Dan
>