Topic: Can SME administer Windows Updates?

[Khabal]

Hi,

I was wondering if SME Server can be set up to DL and relay Windows Updates to Win98 boxes like SMS can do.  I did a search on the forums but came up empty.  Maybe I wasn't using the correct keywords.

Many thanks.

[ergozd]

Check Nightpirits e-smith-windowsupdate_cache contrib at

http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/nightspirit/e-smith-windowsupdate_cache/

Good luck, Ergin

[Khabal]

Thanks very much.  I'll check it out.

Have a good one,
K

[Anonymous]

Installing went like a charm but what is this contrib doing exactly and can it be configured?

[Anonymous]

Installing went like a charm but what is this contrib doing exactly and can it be configured?

It cannot be configured. It caches the windows update on your server, so after updating one client, the others can download the uploads very fast from your own server.

[Crome]

So everyhting that gets downloaded from the windowsupdate site gets stored on the server's hard drive and stays there forever? Is this cache purgeable? Where are these files located?

Sorry to be such a bug but I always like to know what things are doing on the system...  

[PhilV]

Sounds interesting... think I'll watch this topic..

[Khabal]

So everyhting that gets downloaded from the windowsupdate site gets stored on the server's hard drive and stays there forever? Is this cache purgeable? Where are these files located?

Sorry to be such a bug but I always like to know what things are doing on the system...  

I'd like to know this as well.  Also, how do the Windows machines know to point to this for updates?  The main reason I got interested in SME Server was to do Windows updates from a local box.

I've installed the rpms, but I don't see any documentation on how to operate or configure it.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[PhilV]

Anyone able to help out here?

[patrick]

Hi there all.

I can answer a few questions:

How do the clients know to point to the server?
 - you still run windows update as usual, just that when you go to download the updates the server knows to check the local cache (in /var/cache/updates or something - use "locate windows" at a prompt to find it) before looking at the windows update site.

I have used this system for a long time now and have 300 computers all using this with the updates only ever being downloaded from the internet once.

elSpike out.

[Anonymous]

Do you ever delete the windows cache section? How big has yours got? (so to speak!)

[patrick]

No i haven't deleted it, mine is currently sitting at 3.8g with all the various windows flavours updates in there.

[boringgit]

I use SUS running on a W2k3 box at work, of course this is only available on a Win2k or 2k3 server... (This demonstrating M$'s commitment to security?   )

OK, SUS allows you to approve updates prior to deployment.. SME can't do this, and I am a lazy admin, so I just tick them all anyway.

What SUS does allow is the ability to approve updated versions of patches (or to approve updates to existing patches automatically). Will this cache more recent versions, or continue to dish out old versions of patches?

[haj]

Check Nightpirits e-smith-windowsupdate_cache contrib at

http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/nightspirit/e-smith-windowsupdate_cache/

Good luck, Ergin

Doesn't work on sme 6 ...

/opt/windowsupdate_cache stays empty

[PhilV]

Is this correct? If so could be a fairly major issue!