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> "Maestro1" <Maestro1[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E8031D1E-2DE3-492C-803A-BDBB1AECCDFC[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > We are using WSUS 2.0 SP1 and I have configured our servers to
> > automatically
> > install updates every morning at 3:00. I approve them around 9:00 AM the
> > morning prior. There are a number of processes such as backups and batch
> > jobs that run on either side of this time period so I would like to
> > minimize
> > the update period. My question is: When is the update copied to the
> > client?
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> Whenever the server executes it's scheduled detection event, which occurs
> every 22 hours (by default). The download follows the detection event.
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> > Does it start (using BITS) when the update is approved for install or does
> > it
> > wait until the scheduled install time? Inquiring minds want to know.
> > :O)
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> Neither. It starts using BITS once the request to download the update
> package is queued. Which occurs immediately as a result of a successful
> detection.
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> Put in practical terms, if you approve updates at 9am the morning before,
> the detection will occur sometime during the next 22 hours. Notably, it
> might not even occur until after the next scheduled installation time (3am,
> which is only 18 hours later) -- although the odds are about 90% that it
> will occur before 3am.
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> --
> Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
> Independent WSUS Evangelist
> MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)
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https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E>
> Everything you need for WSUS is at
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http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx>
> And, almost everything else is at
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http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com> .....
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