WSUS - deploying W2K Update Rollup 1 question

We deployed update rollup 1, which was dated 9/13 or so i believe. it hit all
the pc's in a department we were targeting. Then WSUS updated rollup 1 again,
and dated it 10/4, going from version 102 to 103.

Ok, so we re-approved the 10/4 release.. will the pc's with this KB already
installed, reinstall the new release? We would want them to.. no?

It seems odd to keep calling it Update Rollup 1, and putting out revisions
of it, with added kb's, if you only install once. Does WSUS detect which
version is installed and act appropriately to install the new update rollup
to the client?

Perhaps try the WSUS Newsgroup

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services
(OE client)
or
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services
(web client)


"brianhahne" <> wrote in message
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> We deployed update rollup 1, which was dated 9/13 or so i believe. it hit all
> the pc's in a department we were targeting. Then WSUS updated rollup 1 again,
> and dated it 10/4, going from version 102 to 103.
>
> Ok, so we re-approved the 10/4 release.. will the pc's with this KB already
> installed, reinstall the new release? We would want them to.. no?
>
> It seems odd to keep calling it Update Rollup 1, and putting out revisions
> of it, with added kb's, if you only install once. Does WSUS detect which
> version is installed and act appropriately to install the new update rollup
> to the client?
>

brianhahne wrote:

> We deployed update rollup 1, which was dated 9/13 or so i
> believe. it hit all the pc's in a department we were targeting.
> Then WSUS updated rollup 1 again, and dated it 10/4, going
> from version 102 to 103.
>
> Ok, so we re-approved the 10/4 release.. will the pc's with
> this KB already installed, reinstall the new release?

It is not a new release, only a revision of the metadata available to
WSUS for the update (e.g. an update in the detection rules, or the
description data). None of the files in the actual update are changed
from revision 102 to 103 so there is no reason to re-install it on
the clients.

And no, WSUS will not trigger a reinstall of the new revision on those
computers...


And a fyi:

Please post WSUS related issues to the newsgroup dedicated to WSUS:
microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services

WebNews link to the WSUS newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services


Or use a newsgroup reader (default Outlook Express) to access this new
group:

Clicking on this link should open this group in OE:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...pdate_services


> We would want them to.. no?
>
> It seems odd to keep calling it Update Rollup 1, and putting out revisions
> of it, with added kb's, if you only install once. Does WSUS detect which
> version is installed and act appropriately to install the new update rollup
> to the client?
>


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