Windows Server Update Service or WSUS,
(previously called SUS Software Update Services) was an additional
download that you could use to let one or more servers in your
organisation handle the updates for your Windows clients and Microsoft
applications.
With Server 2008 R2,
it is now included as a server 'role' rather than a download. It's a
great tool for centrally managing and reporting on your network's update
status, and if you do not allow your clients web access, lets you
update them without punching holes in your firewall. Also it saves all
your clients pulling their updates from Microsoft, and hammering your
internet connection.
WSUS Prerequisites
Before you start, make sure the server you are going to use is fully updated, and has the Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2008 installed on it. (Report Viewer 2010 is available but WSUS 3 needs the 2008 version at time of writing).
You will also need 6GB (Approx) to hold the updates.
f you’re not sure please refer to this print screen :
So, once you confirm that your WSUS Server having internet connection, lets proceed with the
WSUS installation Process.
1 – On your Server, open Server Manager, on the Dashboard, click Add
Roles and Features then click next 3 times till you get Select server
roles box, in Select server roles box, select the
Windows Server Update Services (In the pop-up window, click Add Features)… then click
Next…
2 - On the
Select features box, click Next…
3 - On the
Windows Server Update Services box, click Next…
4 - On the Select role services box, verify that both
WID Database and
WSUS Services are selected, and then click
Next…
5 - On the Content location selection box, type
C:\Comsys WSUS, and then click
Next…
6 - On the
Web Server Role (IIS) box, click Next…
7 - On the
Select role services box, click Next…
8 - On the
Confirm installation selections box, click Install…
9 - When the installation completes, click
Close…
10 – Open Windows Server Update Services console, in the Complete WSUS Installation window, click
Run, and wait for the task to complete then click Close…
We had successfully installed WSUS on DC01.comsys.local now, our next task is to
configure WSUS to synchronize with Windows Updates…
11 - In the Windows Server Update Services Configuration Wizard window, on the Before You Begin, click Next to proceed…
12 – On the Join the Microsoft Update Improvement Program, just click Next…
13 - On the Choose Upstream Server box, click the
Synchronize from Microsoft Update option and then click Next…
14 - On the Specify Proxy Server box, click
Next…
15 - On the Connect to Upstream Server box, click
Start Connecting. Wait for the Windows Update to be applied, and then click Next…
16 - On the Choose
Languages box, click Next…
17 - On the Choose
Products box, I choose
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (you can use any Updates follow by you existing application), and click Next…
18 - On the Choose Classifications box, I choose
Critical Updates (you can choose all updates classification if you require and your internet is fast) click Next…
19 - On the Set Sync Schedule box, I choose
Synchronize manually, then click Next…
20 - On the Finished box, click the
Begin initial synchronization option, and then click Finish…
21 - In the Windows Server Update Services console, in the navigation pane, double-click DC01, and please spend few minutes to
reviews what you had on the WSUS consoles and the information…
** If you notice in my WSUS Server, WSUS is synchronizing update information, this might take few minutes…
** If everything goes well, on the synchronization status you can see that Status is Idle and the
Last Synchronization result: Succeeded…
22 – Next, let’s
add Computer Group to WSUS, this method is to make sure that any computer listed in the Computer Group will get the Updates from WSUS Server…
On the WSUS console, click
Options and then double click
Computers…
23 - In the Computers dialog box, select
Use Group Policy or registry settings on computers then click OK…
** I choose Use Group Policy because I wanted all my Clients getting windows updates by GPO…
24 – Next, click All Computers, and then, in the Actions pane, click
Add Computer Group…
25 - In the Add Computer Group dialog box, in the Name text box, type
Comsystem Laptop, and then click Add…
26 – Once you successfully add a New Computer Group to WSUS, now we need to
create new GPO and configure it so that all our clients will be effected by this GPO to get the Windows Updates…
** On the Domain Server, open Group Policy Management, right click
Comsystem Laptop and then click Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it
here…
27 - In the New GPO dialog box, type
WSUS Comsystem Laptop ,and then click OK…
28 – Next,
right-click WSUS Comsystem Laptop, and then click Edit…
29 – Next, in the Group Policy Management Editor, under
Computer
Configuration, double-click Policies, double-click Administrative
Templates, double-click Windows Components, and then click Windows
Update…
30 – Next, in the Setting pane, double-click
Configure
Automatic Updates, and then click the Enabled option, under Options, in
the Configure automatic updating field, click and select 3 – Auto
download and notify for install, and then click OK…
31 - In the Setting pane, double-click
Specify intranet
Microsoft update service location, and then click the Enabled option,
then in the Set the intranet update service for detecting updates and
the Set the intranet statistics server text boxes, type http://dc01.comsys.local:8530, and then click OK…
32 - In the Setting pane, double click
Enable client-side
targeting, in the Enable client-side targeting dialog box, click the
Enabled option, in the Target group name for this computer text box,
type Comsystem Laptop, and then click OK…
33 – Next, let’s log in to our client PC as domain administrator and
verify that our client is receiving the GPO by typing gpresult /r in the command prompt, In the output of the command, confirm that,
under COMPUTER SETTINGS, WSUS Comsystem Laptop is listed under Applied Group Policy Objects…
34 – Next, we need to
Initialize the Windows Update by typing Wuauclt.exe /reportnow /detectnow in the cmd…
35 – Next, we need to
Approve and at the same time deploy an Update to our client PC…
in WSUS console, under
Updates, click Critical Updates, right click any updates you prefer for your client PC and then click Approve…
36 - In the Approve Updates window, in the Comsystem Laptop drop-down list box, select
Approved for Install…
37 – Next, Click OK and then click Close…
38 – Now, to
deploy the selected updates, on the Client PC, in the cmd type
Wuauclt.exe /detectnow…
39 – before you confirm the client can receive the update from the WSUS Server,
return to WSUS Server and the on the WSUS console, on the Download
Status, verify that the necessary / selected updates is finish
downloading…
40 – Next, Click Critical Updates, an the right panes,
verify that few updates is stated 100%…
41 – Now return to Client PC and open
Windows Update from Control Panel, you should notice update available for your client PC and you can proceed with installation…
We done for now.
Thanks & Regards
Srikanth Goud
Virtualization Administrator
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