Should SelfUpdate tree auto-download the latest client

Hi,

Basically, I'm looking at SelfUpdate tree and checking if it could auto
update all clients to the lates version.
While the tree seems to work, the client it holds is an older version -
7.1.6001.65, so PCs look at this and report they are compliant since they run
either the same version or 7.2.6001.788 (latest available).
I suspect that SelfUpdate tree should auto download the latest version and
deploy it to clients, but this isn't happening - and no errors are reported
anywhere.

Does anyone know if this process should work on its own, or do I need to
populate SelfUpdate tree with a newer client manually to get it distributed
out to PCs when they connect next?

Many thanks,
Petar

"petargolubovic" <> wrote in message
news:7BC6F8BD-AF67-41D8-9EF3-...
> Hi,
>
> Basically, I'm looking at SelfUpdate tree and checking if it could auto
> update all clients to the lates version.

The selfupdate tree will be updated in WSUS 3 Service Pack 2 to provide the
latest WUA applicable for WSUS-based systems.

> While the tree seems to work, the client it holds is an older version -
> 7.1.6001.65,

Actually, this is the *CURRENT* version for WSUS-based client systems.

> so PCs look at this and report they are compliant since they run
> either the same version or 7.2.6001.788 (latest available).

The key is in understanding why there is a v7.2.6001.788 client. This client
was released in Summer, 2008, expressly to assist with issues affecting only
WU/MU clients.

> I suspect that SelfUpdate tree should auto download the latest version and
> deploy it to clients, but this isn't happening - and no errors are
> reported
> anywhere.

No, actually it does not auto-download anything. It's deployed with updates
to WSUS, usually via Service Packs. While it's theoretically possible that a
selfupdate-only update could be released, only once in the history of WSUS
has a WUA been released outside the standard release cycle of WSUS -- and
that was the WUA v7.2 released last summer.


> Does anyone know if this process should work on its own, or do I need to
> populate SelfUpdate tree with a newer client manually to get it
> distributed
> out to PCs when they connect next?

You need do nothing, but wait for WSUS 3 Service Pack 2 to be released, at
which time the selfupdate tree will be updated to distribute the
Windows7/Win2008R2 client, WUA v7.4.



--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)

MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com;
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pro...awrence.Garvin

Thanks, Lawrence.

"Lawrence Garvin [MVP]" wrote:

> "petargolubovic" <> wrote in message
> news:7BC6F8BD-AF67-41D8-9EF3-...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Basically, I'm looking at SelfUpdate tree and checking if it could auto
> > update all clients to the lates version.
>
> The selfupdate tree will be updated in WSUS 3 Service Pack 2 to provide the
> latest WUA applicable for WSUS-based systems.
>
> > While the tree seems to work, the client it holds is an older version -
> > 7.1.6001.65,
>
> Actually, this is the *CURRENT* version for WSUS-based client systems.
>
> > so PCs look at this and report they are compliant since they run
> > either the same version or 7.2.6001.788 (latest available).
>
> The key is in understanding why there is a v7.2.6001.788 client. This client
> was released in Summer, 2008, expressly to assist with issues affecting only
> WU/MU clients.
>
> > I suspect that SelfUpdate tree should auto download the latest version and
> > deploy it to clients, but this isn't happening - and no errors are
> > reported
> > anywhere.
>
> No, actually it does not auto-download anything. It's deployed with updates
> to WSUS, usually via Service Packs. While it's theoretically possible that a
> selfupdate-only update could be released, only once in the history of WSUS
> has a WUA been released outside the standard release cycle of WSUS -- and
> that was the WUA v7.2 released last summer.
>
>
> > Does anyone know if this process should work on its own, or do I need to
> > populate SelfUpdate tree with a newer client manually to get it
> > distributed
> > out to PCs when they connect next?
>
> You need do nothing, but wait for WSUS 3 Service Pack 2 to be released, at
> which time the selfupdate tree will be updated to distribute the
> Windows7/Win2008R2 client, WUA v7.4.
>
>
>
> --
> Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA
> Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
> Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)
>
> MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
> My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com;
> http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
> My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pro...awrence.Garvin
>
>