Re: WSUS SP1

a valid concern.

You should install all the Server 2003 updates now available, I have on both
all production and my test systems.

as to the future, I can only advise 'watch this space' and wait a short
period after updates are released before applying them. Many of us run test
systems that we apply the updates to before allowing production boxes to get
them. I realise a 'part time admin' can't always do this. (I'm also getting
a bit slack, actually not always releasing to the test systems, instead
droppping them onto the LoungeAN SBS and crossing m' fingers)

"Mike Teegarden" <miket@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you, Dave. You may have misunderstood my concern. I have installed
SP1. I was referring to when several people downloaded the SP1 release for
Windows server 2003, which was specifically NOT to be used with SBS. I am
not a full-time IT guy, so the last thing I want to do is install
something that will cause me grief. My concern is telling WSUS to check
for Windows Server 2003 updates, and then knowing which of those are OK to
install on SBS 2003.

By the way, thank you for all your help.

-Mike

Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] wrote:
I have separate GPOs set up for servers and workstations. Workstations
auto download and install, servers auto download and notify. I then
manually install updates on the servers as fits my schedule. I usually
do them on the Saturday after patch Tuesday, by which time I would expect
to have heard about any major issues. I like the idea of waiting a few
days, but I never wait long, especially for the SBS. My other servers
are pretty well isolated behind the SBS, but I want that server to be up
to date on anything security-related.

If you look at the tens or hundreds of thousands of people who have
installed SBS SP1, compared to the few who have had issues, I think it's
clearly less risky to install updates than to attempt to do without them.
Not only in relation to SBS, I think this of all MS patches - there have
been fewer issues, and less all the time, not to mention that they
support them for free.

Currently, the only updates I don't have approved in WSUS relate to
products I don't have installed - IE7, 64 bit, etc.


"Mike Teegarden" <miket@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That seemed to be the problem. Once I changed the setting to include
Windows Server 2003 files, it downloaded. I still had to go find WSUS
SP1 and tell it to install, but at least it was there.

What do I do with the Windows Server 2003 updates that it wants me to
install? I have been afraid of those give what happened a year or so
back when SP1 for 2003 Server came out.

-Mike


SuperGumby [SBS MVP] wrote:
this _may_ be it

"Mike Teegarden" <miket@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Could it have to do with what products I have it looking for. I do not
have Windows Server 2003 selected. I do have SBS 2003 selected though.



SuperGumby [SBS MVP] wrote:
TTBOMK the WSUS SP is not actually defined as a 'WSUS Update', the
WSUS components appear in the update list with a different icon, also
I have my LoungeAN set to automatically approve the WSUS components,
the SP had to be manually approved.

I can only suggest manually telling WSUS to sync, see if it syncs
successfully, possibly after first going into the download types and
modifying it first NOT to do SP's, then back to do so.

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:ePZQPNAkGHA.1000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Are you sure it didn't download itself, approve itself, and install?
One of the auto-approve options is to automatically approve WSUS
updates, and that might be enabled by default.

What's your build number on the bottom of the WSUS home page? SP1
is 2.0.0.2620.

I'd assume selecting SPs would include this one, but I'm not sure.
I've got everything enabled except drivers.


"Mike Teegarden" <miket@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Odd. I didn't get it. I do have it setup to get service packs. Is
there a way to force it to pull it down?


SuperGumby [SBS MVP] wrote:
it should have come into WSUS about 8th June.

Title: Windows Server Update Services Service Pack 1
Description: Windows Server Update Services Service Pack 1
(WSUS SP1) delivers updates for WSUS. This service pack includes
support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the forthcoming
Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, and provides additional
stability and performance improvements. After you install WSUS
SP1, you may be required to restart your computer. You cannot
remove WSUS SP1 after you install it.
Classification: Service Packs
Products: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Edition, Windows Server 2003
Release date: Thursday, 8 June 2006


Do you have WSUS configured to pull 'Service Packs'?

"Mike Teegarden" <miket@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Awhile back someone posted saying the update would show up in
WSUS. I did not see it this time. Does anyone have an update on
whether it is going to be released as an update through WSUS, or
will I have to download myself?

Thank you,

Mike


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