Re: SBS2003 & SUS waiting updates - causing login failures

Thanks for your help Les

I generally follow the whiet paper, howevere with SBS2003, the GPO already
seems to be installed.

Regards
Nick


"Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:O0fcfz9UFHA.1040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Nick,
>
> I presume you've followed the white paper for installing SUS on SBS? If
> so, you have imported the GPO bits and set up your GP object with the SUS
> settings.
>
> Many prefer to create and apply the SUS policy at the workstation level,
> so your server(s) are excluded.
>
> Expand Group Policy Management | Forest: | Domains | YourDomain | My
> Business | Computers | SBS Computers, and with SBS Computers selected,
> create and link your SUS policy.
>
> --
> Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> SBS Rocks !
>
>
> "Nick Hill" <please@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:d5l0ap$6q4$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi
>>
>> SBS2003 Premium, SUS SP1.
>>
>> I've recently installed a new server build & SUS. I adjusted GP to make
>> updates available to all domain computers, but for the updates not to
>> auto-install.
>>
>> I have previously noticed on other servers that if updates are available
>> to be installed in the system tray, the server does not appear to run
>> correctly until they are installed. On this new server, if updates are
>> waiting to install on the server (globe in system tray), the server
>> appears to progressively refuse connections from domain workstations,
>> until after several hours, no-one can login.
>>
>> Is this a feature of SUS, or is there some configuration issue? Also, if
>> it is recommended to remove the server from SUS updates within GP, does
>> anyone have a step-by-step method to do this please?
>>
>> Regards
>> Nick
>>
>
>


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