Symptoms
In Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, you use the HTTP request connection method in a connectivity verifier to check web server availability. After the connectivity verifier determines that a web server is offline, the connectivity verifier may not always detect when the web server comes back online.
Cause
This problem may occur under certain timing conditions. When a web server goes offline, the connectivity verifier may enter a condition in which it cannot detect when the web server comes back online.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, install the hotfix package that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
2689195 Rollup 2 for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
For more information about Forefront Threat Management Gateway connectivity verifiers, go to the following Microsoft TechNet website:
Monitoring server connectivity
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
