SUS Client

[Kazuya Mishima]

I have a Microsoft SUS server running in my network.
It's working fine according to the syncronization log.
It looks for new updates at the scheduled time and it
pulls the new ones down. Many of these updates have been
approved on the server. The problem is: I don't know how
to configure client (WinXP Pro & Win2k) computers on my
network to grab updates from my SUS server. I know the
URL to specify to the clients. I have not found a place
to type in the URL. Can anyone explain ho to point the
client computers to my SUS server for updates?

BTW - everything on the network seems to be communicating
ok. I can browse to different machines, ping all
machines, etc.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I have a Microsoft SUS server running in my network.
It's working fine according to the syncronization log.
It looks for new updates at the scheduled time and it
pulls the new ones down. Many of these updates have been
approved on the server. The problem is: I don't know how
to configure client (WinXP Pro & Win2k) computers on my
network to grab updates from my SUS server. I know the
URL to specify to the clients. I have not found a place
to type in the URL. Can anyone explain ho to point the
client computers to my SUS server for updates?

Hi

See the chapter "Configuring the Automatic Updates client software" chapter in
the SUS_Deployguide_sp1.doc.

Download link found under "More Information" at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx

Also, be sure to use the updated administrative template file if applicable (if
you want to configure the policies locally with gpedit.msc or you want to use
GPO from a Windows 2000 Server)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...EA-D274-42E6-8025-8C667B4C94E9&displaylang=en



Fyi, there is a separate newsgroup for SUS:

microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

URL to the group softwareupdatesvcs for those who uses the Web
interface to access the newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...t.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:
http://www.susserver.com/

More SUS Web sites:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm