Discussion:
Directing Clients to local servers for approved updates
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Tony R Giboney
2007-03-22 16:00:36 UTC
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We presently have a single WSUS server centrally located that all clients are
reporting to. We want to direct clients to their local windows server for the
updates that are approved, is this possible?

Thanks in advance
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Tony R. Giboney, CITS I
State of Missouri
Information Technology Service Division
Lawrence Garvin (MVP)
2007-03-23 18:07:33 UTC
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Post by Tony R Giboney
We presently have a single WSUS server centrally located that all clients are
reporting to. We want to direct clients to their local windows server for the
updates that are approved, is this possible?
Only if you install WSUS on each of those site-specific servers. I generally
do not recommend creating remote WSUS Servers unless there's a
business-critical reason for doing so. If you already have all clients
updating from the central server, I would suggest leaving it that way.

If, however, any of those clients are on a remote site with bandwidth
availability < 10kb/sec per system, then a remote WSUS server would be a
recommended solution, especially if a remote file server is already
deployed.

Also, exceptionally large sites, regardless of available bandwidth, are also
good candidates for using a remote WSUS server, particularly if the server
infrastructure is already deployed.

Refer to the WSUS Deployment Guide (available from the microsoft.com link
below) for detailed information concerning various multi-server deployment
scenarios.
--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
Independent WSUS Evangelist
MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E

Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx

And, almost everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
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Tony R Giboney
2007-03-23 18:27:10 UTC
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Garvin

Thank you for your help.
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Tony R. Giboney, CITS I
State of Missouri
Information Technology Service Division
Post by Lawrence Garvin (MVP)
Post by Tony R Giboney
We presently have a single WSUS server centrally located that all clients are
reporting to. We want to direct clients to their local windows server for the
updates that are approved, is this possible?
Only if you install WSUS on each of those site-specific servers. I generally
do not recommend creating remote WSUS Servers unless there's a
business-critical reason for doing so. If you already have all clients
updating from the central server, I would suggest leaving it that way.
If, however, any of those clients are on a remote site with bandwidth
availability < 10kb/sec per system, then a remote WSUS server would be a
recommended solution, especially if a remote file server is already
deployed.
Also, exceptionally large sites, regardless of available bandwidth, are also
good candidates for using a remote WSUS server, particularly if the server
infrastructure is already deployed.
Refer to the WSUS Deployment Guide (available from the microsoft.com link
below) for detailed information concerning various multi-server deployment
scenarios.
--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
Independent WSUS Evangelist
MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E
Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx
And, almost everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
.....
Tim Smith
2012-06-21 15:00:14 UTC
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Thank you.
Post by Tony R Giboney
We presently have a single WSUS server centrally located that all clients are
reporting to. We want to direct clients to their local windows server for the
updates that are approved, is this possible?
Thanks in advance
--
Tony R. Giboney, CITS I
State of Missouri
Information Technology Service Division
Post by Lawrence Garvin (MVP)
Only if you install WSUS on each of those site-specific servers. I generally
do not recommend creating remote WSUS Servers unless there's a
business-critical reason for doing so. If you already have all clients
updating from the central server, I would suggest leaving it that way.
If, however, any of those clients are on a remote site with bandwidth
availability < 10kb/sec per system, then a remote WSUS server would be a
recommended solution, especially if a remote file server is already
deployed.
Also, exceptionally large sites, regardless of available bandwidth, are also
good candidates for using a remote WSUS server, particularly if the server
infrastructure is already deployed.
Refer to the WSUS Deployment Guide (available from the microsoft.com link
below) for detailed information concerning various multi-server deployment
scenarios.
--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
Independent WSUS Evangelist
MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E
Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx
And, almost everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
....
Post by Lawrence Garvin (MVP)
Garvin
Thank you for your help.
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Tony R. Giboney, CITS I
State of Missouri
Information Technology Service Division
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