Best way to use software updates via OSD Task

[glen8]

Hi all,

 

I have created a build and capture task which I'd like to run every two months (or so) so the engineers have a fairly current build they can use when deploying new machines.

 

Just wondering what's the best/easiest way to use the software update task within the OSD tasks.

 

We have a single SCCM 2007 R2 site server running WSUS3.0. This has downloaded all the updates from Microsoft for Windows XP, Office 2007 and Forefront Client. The local WSUS folder which is sitting on the D:\ is 6gb.

 

Reading a few guides it all looks very static to me as in you can't simply tell the OSD task to apply all the updates from XP RTM > Todays latest update. To me it looks like you have to create a share, then run a search folder to view all the updates via product, highlight and deploy to your share and then set that to your collection via a DP. That's all well and good today but what about in two months time when there's new updates released? Will I have to do it all again to include the new updates?

 

The whole procedure seems very long winded to me so I'm wondering if there's a better way.

 

It's also a waste of HDD as now I have...

 

WSUS > SMSWSUS$ > SMSPKGD$\XXX0032

 

Not to mention SCCM doesn't really work with a standalone WSUS server somewhere else within the domain so that's another WSUS content folder we have LOL

 

Thanks!

[Peter van der Woude]

In short you need an Update Package (which contains the updates), an Update Template (with the default deployment settings), an Update List and an Search Folder (to make the deployment easier)...

[Peter van der Woude]

Hmm... re-reading my answer, half of it seams to be missing....

 

For deploying updates via an OSD Task Sequence, can easely be done by advertising the updates to a collection in which the computer exists.

[glen8]

Thanks Peter,

 

Would it be possible to perhaps (in some way) advertise say a rule which means any new updates automatically get advertised?

[Peter van der Woude]

Nope... It's not possible to create something like auto-approve rules (like in WSUS) in ConfigMgr 2007...

[glen8]

ok thanks very much, think I have got my head around it now. Guess it won't be so bad as deploying the updates from a search doesn't seem to take too long.

 

Just one last question if you will...

 

is there any merit in adding the following at the end of my OSD task, would this help in any way to the updates?

 

Software Update

Restart

Software Update

 

My thinking is that usually when performing manual updates you usually have to reboot it a couple of times to get them all

 

Thanks