Re: SBS 2003 and SUS

From: Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] (gwdibble_at_NOSPAM.frontiernet.net)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:39:01 -0400

If you're sometimes getting "server can't be reached" and sometimes "can't
download catalog," I'd suspect that some of your attempts are getting
through to the SUS server. In that case, the problem is probably something
besides ISA.

I can't tell you my configuration since I'm running SUS on the SBS, but I'd
get a configuration in SUS that lets you connect at least once (port 8080,
user credentials). You may have to try downloading the catalog several
times, particularly until you've done it successfully once.

If you don't succeed in downloading the catalog after trying it a few times,
including outside normal business hours, I'd check the SUS sync logs, the
member server's event logs, and the SBS event logs to see if you can get any
help there. If not, another idea would be to try
microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs to see if anyone there can help.

"Lonny Cruff" <lonnycruff(at)laser-connection.com> wrote in message
news:10kduov78ejbd79@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm attempting to use SUS on another server (NOT the SBS machine). I've
> checked all the proxy settings, including port 8080 instead of 80 and I
> can get to the internet from this machine but not the sus site at MS.
>
> "Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:xn0dn9da216jky000k@msnews.microsoft.com...
>> Lonny Cruff wrote:
>>
>>> I've configured the update server via the susadmin configuration page
>>> with the following settings (in sequence): no proxy, automatic use of
>>> proxy athentication, proxy auth with regular user cred's, proxy auth
>>> with administrative user cred's, proxy auth with THE administrator's
>>> user cred's. With all of these I either get the message that the
>>> sus.windowsupdate.microsoft.com could not be reached or I get the
>>> message that the download catalog could not be downloaded. These
>>> messages are depending on what level of authentication I've chosen
>>> and without use of the ISA server I would expect that the destination
>>> would be unreachable.
>>
>> Are you running SUS on the SBS or on another server?
>>
>> Are you using the right settings for proxy - localhost:8080 on the SBS
>> itself, or <sbs>:8080 from a member server. You must set credentials
>> too, and use an account that's a member of the Internet Users group.
>>
>> --
>> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
>> ---------------------------------------
>> MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
>
>

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