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by qhcomputingny

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Hello,

I am trying to install a SUS Server. I understand how the SUS Server gets it's updates and how you approve them or disapprove the updates, but how do you set all the workstations to look at this update server every night to see if there are any updates it needs to bring down from the server. Any help on this would be appreciated.

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by qhcomputingny

Thanks for the links, I already had found them.. But here's a question. I have the server setup. I have one workstation looking to the server for updates. Here's a copy of the log file from the client machine. Do you see anything that would tell you it's not getting the updates for some reason?
2003-08-27 11:07:05 15:07:05 Success IUCTL Starting
2003-08-27 11:07:17 15:07:17 Success IUCTL Downloaded iuident.cab from http://iceman/ to C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4
2003-08-27 11:07:17 15:07:17 Success IUENGINE Starting
2003-08-27 11:07:17 15:07:17 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2003-08-27 11:07:18 15:07:18 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from http://iceman/autoupdate/getmanifest.asp
2003-08-27 11:07:18 15:07:18 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2003-08-27 11:07:19 15:07:19 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from http://iceman/autoupdate/getmanifest.asp
2003-08-27 11:07:19 15:07:19 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2003-08-27 11:07:19 15:07:19 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from http://iceman/autoupdate/getmanifest.asp
2003-08-27 11:07:20 15:07:20 Success IUENGINE Shutting down
2003-08-27 11:07:20 15:07:20 Success IUCTL Shutting down

by mhartmann

Hi!

Okay, let's 1st check the basics.

a) R U using a Domain or a Workgroup?
b) Do you use ADS or Local Group Policy?
c) Can you access from your server the Webpage?
.... http://SUSSERVER/SUSADMIN .....
d) Can you access from your client the Webpage?
e) Did you check about the event-log on your client?

Hmmm, okay - what next. Seems to me like you dont have access to that SUS-Server from your clients, that they can not download the getmanifest.asp.

Get back to me after you cleared all the questions would ya ? ;-))

by jdobbs

Just as a note! I wasn't able to my NEtBIOS name for the server. I had to use the IP address. After that things seem to be working fine. I'm running a workgroup with the registry changes. No domain, no AD, and no group policies. SUS is running on 2003 Server while workstations are WinXP with SP1.

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