On May 23, 8:12 am, "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)"
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> > But still, a method to re-initiate a failed install, for example,
> > interactively, would be handy, without forcing the download from the
> > external internet. Or even more specifically, attended installs..
>
> [1] If the install failed because of a defective installation package,
> you'll have to download it again, anyway.
>
> [2] If the install failed for other reasons, the package is already on the
> PC, and no re-download is necessary at all.
>
> [3] If the install failed it will *automatically* attempt another install at
> the next scheduled installation event (24 hours later, by default), =or= you
> can initiate an interactive installation by clicking on the WUA icon in the
> notification bar.
i'll look into this further.
>
> > For example, we have 3 servers that are connected to our WSUS server,
> > in a group by themselves, where only updates that dont need a reboot
> > get approved for auto install.
>
> Hmmmm. Could be the first issue. There's no way I know of that you can
> specify an auto-approve rule only for updates that "do not need a reboot".
> The auto-approve rules are applied by product and update classification. The
> only thing relative to updates that "do not need a reboot" is the policy
> setting "Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation", but even that
> setting requires that the update be marked "Install" at thh WSUS console
> before it will happen.
It would be nice for an automatic "approve non-reboot updates". We
have our main server group set to no automatic approval, and manually
approve non-reboot updates as they arrive (Loving WSUS 3.0's new email
alerts for new updates!)
>
> >Things like, recently the SP2 upgrade,
> > was downloaded by WSUS,
>
> Unless you changed the default configuration, the update was not downloaded
> by WSUS until after you approved the update for "Install".
We have more machines running Windows Server than our critical server
group. Our blackberry server, for example, is not regarded as a
critical uptime server, so gets all updates pushed to it
automatically. This means a copy of the update is indeed on the WSUS.
>
> > but when we wanted to manually install the
> > server, we had to redownload that patch (or hunt thru a nasty mess of
> > DIRs on the WSUS server) to apply it manually.
>
> Suggesting that:
> [a] You didn't approve the update for "Install" at the WSUS server, or
Correct. In this group, it wasn't approved for install. When the
descision was made to offline the machines and perform teh update, it
was fairly immediate. Which means we didnt have time to switch it to
auto, then wait for it to fetch it from WSUS, we had to download a
copy from MU/WU. Not a major concern, 300mb isn't a huge ammount of b/
w, but the thought that counts. :)
> [b] The update did not download properly to the WSUS server (something
> that should be diagnosed properly), or
> [c] The update did not download properly to the /client/ system
> (something that should be diagnosed properly).
>
> > Instead of going to MU,
> > we should have been able to go to a web interface on our WSUS, and
> > fetch it from there manually. WSUS is also all about saving bandwidth
> > in duplicated downloads, of course.
>
> Not really.....
>
> I submit that if this scenario happened, before worrying about going to =MU=
> to obtain the update, you should have performed appropriate diagnostics on
> your WSUS environment in order to determine why it wasn't working according
> to known functional design specifications.
>
> --
> Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
> Independent WSUS Evangelist
> MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D09...
>
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>
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> ....
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