Manually adding computers to groups....

TD

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Sep 11, 2008, 3:41:34 PM9/11/08

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New to wsus. I would like to use server-side to manage the updates.
The documentation says to manually add the computer to a group. How
does one do that? There are no computers listed in the default
Unassigned Computers group.

Thanks,
TD

DaveMills

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Sep 11, 2008, 10:58:28 PM9/11/08

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It may take a day or so but usually some show up quite soon. Is you client set
to use WSUS

Run the Client Diag tool on one of the clients.
Available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/wsus/bb466192.aspx

Post the output here.
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Dave Mills
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TD

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Sep 13, 2008, 11:11:49 PM9/13/08

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On Sep 11, 10:58 pm, DaveMills <DaveMi...@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:41:34 -0700 (PDT), TD <d...@adsi-sc.com> wrote:
> >New to wsus. I would like to use server-side to manage the updates.
> >The documentation says to manually add the computer to a group. How
> >does one do that? There are no computers listed in the default
> >Unassigned Computers group.
>
> >Thanks,
> >TD
>
> It may take a day or so but usually some show up quite soon. Is you client set
> to use WSUS
>
> Run the Client Diag tool on one of the clients.

> Available athttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/wsus/bb466192.aspx

>
> Post the output here.
> --
> Dave Mills
> There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.

I have not done anything to the clients, I'm I suppose to?

DaveMills

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Sep 14, 2008, 5:04:52 PM9/14/08

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Then why do you expect them to switch from Windows Update to your private WSUS
server. You do actually have to tell the client that is needs to contact YOUR
WSUS server. See the opps and deployment guides for a discussion of the options
available. At the very minimum you need to enable WSUS at the client and tell it
which server URL to use to get update and to report to.

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Dave Mills
There are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.

TD

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Sep 15, 2008, 11:24:51 PM9/15/08

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> At the very minimum you need to enable WSUS at the client and tell it
> which server URL to use to get update and to report to.

Like I said I am new to WSUS. How to I do this ?

Thanks for the help.
TD

Harry Johnston [MVP]

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Sep 15, 2008, 11:51:46 PM9/15/08

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TD wrote:

>> At the very minimum you need to enable WSUS at the client and tell it
>> which server URL to use to get update and to report to.
>
> Like I said I am new to WSUS. How to I do this ?

Start by reading the deployment guide.

Harry.

Hank Arnold (MVP)

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Sep 16, 2008, 4:48:38 AM9/16/08

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BTW, Harry is not being sarcastic. The guide has everything you need to
do anything.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/bb466193.aspx

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

DaveMills

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Sep 16, 2008, 3:29:19 PM9/16/08

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:48:38 -0400, "Hank Arnold (MVP)" <ras...@aol.com> wrote:

>Harry Johnston [MVP] wrote:
>> TD wrote:
>>
>>>> At the very minimum you need to enable WSUS at the client and tell it
>>>> which server URL to use to get update and to report to.
>>>
>>> Like I said I am new to WSUS. How to I do this ?
>>
>> Start by reading the deployment guide.
>>
>> Harry.
>
>BTW, Harry is not being sarcastic. The guide has everything you need to
>do anything.
>
>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/bb466193.aspx

Also take a look at the quick start guide (from the same web pages) as it gives
basic configuration guidance. And the Client Diag I mentions will tell you what
you have actually configured. Post its output here and somebody will tell you
how to interpret it.