HOWTO: Configure ISA Server 2000 and
Enterprise Manager to Connect Through
ISA to a SQL Server
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000
SUMMARY
This article describes how to configure both Microsoft Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 and Enterprise Manager for administering a Microsoft
SQL Server computer through an ISA server.
NOTE: This article describes how to set up outbound connections to a SQL server,
but does not describe how to publish a SQL server.
MORE INFORMATION
To administer a SQL Server computer through an ISA server, you must configure both
the ISA server and the client computer that has the SQL administration tools
(Enterprise Manager).
Configuring the ISA server
1. Create a protocol definition. To do this, follow these steps:
a. In ISA Management, in the left pane expand Policy Elements and
click Protocol Definitions. In the right pane, click Create a Protocol
Definition.
b. Name the definition as desired.
c. For Port Number type 1433 (this is the default SQL port), for
Protocol select TCP, and for Direction select Outbound.
d. When you are prompted to create secondary connections, select No.
2. Create a protocol rule based on the protocol definition. To do this, follow these
steps:
a. In ISA Management, in the left pane expand Access Policy and click
Protocol Rules. In the right pane, click Create a Protocol Rule.
b. Name the rule as desired.
c. In the Rule Action dialog box, under Response to client requests
to use protocol, select Allow.
d. Select Apply this rule to and select Selected Protocols. Select the
protocol that you created in the previous step.
e. Configure the schedule as desired.
f. Configure the client type as desired.
Configuring the client computer
Change the Default Network Library to TCP/IP in the SQL Server Client Network
Utility. To start the Client Network Utility, click Programs on the Start menu and
then open the Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 folder. You
can also open the utility by typing Cliconfg.exe at a command prompt. The default
protocol is Named Pipes.
If you are running SQL Server 7.0 and the corresponding Enterprise Manager, follow
these steps to change the Default Network Library to TCP/IP in the Client Network
Utility:
1. Start the Client Network Utility. On the General tab, select TCP/IP as the
protocol.
NOTE: If you are running SQL Server 2000, click the Alias tab and select
TCP/IP.
2. If you need to configure an alias, click Add.
3. Give the server a suitable alias.
4. For protocol select TCP/IP, and enter the IP address in the Computer Name
text box if you cannot resolve the server name.
NOTE: If you cannot resolve the server name through Domain Name System (DNS),
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS), the Hosts file, the Lmhosts file, or
broadcast, you need to add an Alias configuration in the Client Network Utility. When
you add an alias, you enter the IP address as the computer name. You can also
change the port that you are using; if you do so, configure the ISA server and SQL
server accordingly.
When you add a server in Enterprise Manager, you must specify a name that can be
resolved to an IP address. If you enter an IP address instead of a name, Enterprise
Manager attempts to resolve the IP address to a name. To resolve the IP address you
can either configure the name resolution properly or by using an alias. You can see
this behavior if you trace a connection attempt in the above described scenario.
