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Restoring the Firewall Configuration from the Backup 
File 
You can use the backup file to restore the machine configuration. The restore can be to the 
same machine and same ISA Server 2004 firewall installation, the same machine and a new 
ISA Server 2004 firewall installation, or to a completely new machine. 
Perform the following steps to restore the configuration from backup: 
1. Open 
the 
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 management 
console and right click on the computer name in the left pane of the console. Click the 
Restore command. 
2. In 
the 
Restore Configuration dialog box, navigate to the backup file you created. In this 
example, we will use the backup file named backup1.xml. Click the Restore button after 
selecting the file. 
 
3.  Enter the password you assigned to the file in the Type Password to Open File dialog 
box, then click OK
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