There is no direct capability to control when the updates are /downloaded/
to the client. Detection and download occurs every 17.5-22 hours (in a
random offset), so that all of the clients in an environment are "spread
out" around the clock in their queries to the server, thus creating "load
balancing" at the WSUS server amongst the several clients involved.
You can, however, use BITS administration in order to 'choke' the actual
downloading of content to the clients. This is done by setting the policies
in Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Network/Background
Intelligent Transfer Service.
The problem with restricting the downloads to a very short window is that
you'll create a larger download queue at the WSUS server, which is also
managed by BITS. Choking the download too much could cause the volume of
data to be transferred from the WSUS server to choke itself, effectively
preventing the successful download of update content for several days.
Perhaps you could share your specific goals by controlling the download
bandwidth and we can help you find an appropriate solution.
"Maurice N ~ MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
macnobach wrote:
> Does anyone know how to configure the client PC's that are connected
> to the WSUS server to only download the updates at a certain time of
> the day. I would like to restrict the WSUS client PCs to only
> download the updates from the WSUS server at 3 am in the morning, so
> the bandwidth to download the updates to the clients only gets used
> at this time. I know that I can set the clients to INSTALL the
> updates at a specified time but I want them to DOWNLOAD the updates
> ONLY at a specified time. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.
WSUS questions should be posted to the newsgroup
microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services
HTH
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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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