"jensent1" <jensent1[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8AA5788F-20E8-4F21-98BE-1B2CC423F1C0[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] >I am trying to find a way to prevent the downloading of the x64 and iA64
> updates for SQL Server. Each time I approve a SQL Server update, the
> downloads begin for ALL architectures (x64, IA64 and x32)
> I have no 64 bit systems and the SQL updates are backed up trying to
> download 10 GB of updates. I want to restrict the downloads to x32
> platforms
> only.
If the update is not architecture-specific, then the update bundle is going
to contain whatever files are necessary to support installation on whatever
architecture(s) that update is applicable to.
I agree it's unfortunate that MS Product Groups have not done a better job
of separating 32-bit and 64-bit architecture classifications in the WSUS
product heirarchy.
What'll be doubly annoying is when, 3 years from now, we're all running
64-bit hardware, but we still have to download these 32-bit files for
"backward compatibility"
because nobody had the foresight to separate out the products today. :-(
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Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP(x2), MCTS(x5), MCP(x7), MCBMSP
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)
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