This guide assumes you have SCCM 2007 setup as described here. This guide was based upon a document entitled Patch Management directions for SCCM by Christopher Stauffer which you can find here.
Please note that this guide is designed to help you get a working SUP in SCCM in a LAB Environment as quickly as possible. This guide is provided as is, if you find any errors please report them in the forums.
In a production environment please consult Technet for best practise, see below links:
Install WSUS but do not configure it. Once done, make sure the Software Update Point Role is installed on the SCCM Server.
Once you've added the Software Update Point role, verify that it is installed by checking the SUPSetup.log, it should have a line which reads Installation was successful
2. Create some Search Folders
In the Software Updates section, right click on Search Folders and choose New Folder,
give the new folder a name like Enterprise Searches (we willl store our yearly searches here)
Right click on our new folder and choose New Search Folder,
select the following options from step 1 (in the screenshot),
BulletinID, Expired and Superseded
in step 2, Set the BulleinID to MS plus the last two digits of the year eg: MS08
Set Expired to No
Set Superseded to No
Make sure that Search All folders under this feature is selected and give the search a name, eg: 2008 patches
Now that you know how to make a Search Folder, let's make one for Monthly searches, so right click on Enterprise Patches and choose New Search Folder
Fill it in as follows
and now make one for Windows Server 2008, we do this by adding Product as a search criteria and typing in the search phrase to look for, naturally you can customise it to suit your needs.
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This guide assumes you have SCCM 2007 setup as described here. This guide was based upon a document entitled Patch Management directions for SCCM by Christopher Stauffer which you can find here.
Please note that this guide is designed to help you get a working SUP in SCCM in a LAB Environment as quickly as possible. This guide is provided as is, if you find any errors please report them in the forums.
In a production environment please consult Technet for best practise, see below links:
Superflow:
Software Update Deployment SuperFlow
About Software Update Point:
About Software Update Point
Planning:
Planning for Software Updates Client Settings
Configuration:
Configuring Software Updates
How to Configure the Software Updates Client Agent
How to Create and Configure an Active Internet-Based Software Update Point
Best Practices:
Configuring Configuration Manager Sites for Best Performance
Checklist for Security Best Practices
Best Practices for Central and Primary Site Hardware and Software Configuration
Best Practices for Operating System Deployment
Software Update Point process Flowcharts:
Software Updates Synchronization Process Flowchart
Software Update Deployment Process Flowchart
Deployment Package Process Flowchart
Related:
How to obtain the latest version of the Windows Update Agent
1. Install WSUS
Install WSUS but do not configure it. Once done, make sure the Software Update Point Role is installed on the SCCM Server.
Once you've added the Software Update Point role, verify that it is installed by checking the SUPSetup.log, it should have a line which reads Installation was successful
2. Create some Search Folders
In the Software Updates section, right click on Search Folders and choose New Folder,
give the new folder a name like Enterprise Searches (we willl store our yearly searches here)
Right click on our new folder and choose New Search Folder,
select the following options from step 1 (in the screenshot),
in step 2, Set the BulleinID to MS plus the last two digits of the year eg: MS08
Set Expired to No
Set Superseded to No
Make sure that Search All folders under this feature is selected and give the search a name, eg: 2008 patches
Now that you know how to make a Search Folder, let's make one for Monthly searches, so right click on Enterprise Patches and choose New Search Folder
Fill it in as follows
and now make one for Windows Server 2008, we do this by adding Product as a search criteria and typing in the search phrase to look for, naturally you can customise it to suit your needs.
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