Re: Updates not applied automatically (why?)
- From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:19:00 -0500
"Lawrence Garvin (MVP)" <onsitech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e0WNAoKHGHA.3176@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Okay.... having watched this thread drag on for two weeks.... now I'm
> going to jump in and offer the simple answer that -should- have simply
> been re-offered two weeks ago.
I did my friendly volunteer work in the other group. It isn't my job to go
hunt through five hundred sent items to find the original message the OP
should have remembered posting on his own.
>
> First, you really do -not- want to automatically install updates on a
> server via a scheduled event, unless the availability of the server is not
> critical. A defective installation of an update, or an issue with the
> restart process, could make for a very unpleasant morning after a 5am
> scheduled installation.
I absolutely agree.
>
> However, if you really do want a 5am installation, I understand that your
> question is why your scheduled installation is not working correctly. The
> first step is to determine that the updates were fully downloaded -before-
> the scheduled installation. It's possible that the timing of the detection
> cycle, and the downloading of the updates, did not make it possible to
> meet the 5am installation time.
>
> The good news is that all of this is logged, so it will be easy to trace
> what exactly did happen. Please post the entries from the logfile at
> %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log starting from the time
> when you did the installation, and going back 24 hours.
>
> It's also possible that you don't really have a scheduled installation
> configured, but only have AU configured to use Option #3. With Option #3,
> updates are downloaded, but not installed. The AU client ignores the
> scheduled installation setting in that case.
>
> "Fran" <LANLady@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ntlmr150o1rcpjbu6i9j7689h8staui626@xxxxxxxxxx
>>I have a windows 2000 server (SP4) and I've enabled automatic updates
>> (to d/l and install at 5:00 AM, after the backup runs) through the
>> Automatic Updates in the Control Panel.
>>
>> When I come in in the morning I see the icon in the tray that updates
>> are available but not applied yet.
>>
>> I have been manually installing these by double clicking the tray icon
>> each time it appears but this is a pain.
>>
>> How can I either fix this or diagnose why the updates are not
>> auto-installing??
>
>
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