Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Active Software Update Point

When the software update point site system role is created and configured as the active software update point, the software update point components are installed and enabled. As part of the installation, the WSUS Control Manager component is installed on the software update point computer and is responsible for periodically checking the health of WSUS. The WSUS Configuration Manager component of the SMS Executive service on the site server initially configures the WSUS settings with the settings that were specified while creating the software update point site system role. The WSUS settings are verified every hour, by default, and if any settings have been changed WSUS Configuration Manager will change them to coincide with the software update point settings. This emphasizes the fact that all settings should be made in the Software Update Point Component properties in Configuration Manager and not from within the WSUS console.

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