Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

GreatBarrier86 — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:47:54 GMT

Michael,

When it connects to WSUS, does it only install the required updates, or does it try to install everything, including updates already installed?

Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:32:17 GMT

Michael Niehaus tells us how... http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/archive/2008/05/02/getting-microsoft

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

GreatBarrier86 — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:50:06 GMT

Mike,

As we discussed yesterday, you mentioned there were some bugs with the WindowsUpdate script. I thought i might bring up something i found, and the solution i found as well.

After running WSUS, i tried going to windowsupdate.com but it failed when trying to install the Genuine validation stuff, i looked at the error log and came up with 0x80240fff. So i searched on the internet and came up with the following solution.

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-2095451.php

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups2.dll

That worked for me. Perhaps this is a bug?

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

BartPE — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:52:37 GMT

Could this MDT feature to install all approved updates directly via WSUS (which is a very nice feature!!) also be used in SCCM OSD task sequences(so without Software Updates configured on the SCCM server)?

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

mniehaus — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:31:21 GMT

I suppose it could, but the built-in ConfigMgr install updates pretty much does the same thing already (with ConfigMgr managing and controlling the WSUS server).

-Michael

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

BartPE — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:35:54 GMT

But in case of the configmgr isntall updates, you need to enable and configure Software Updates in SCCM and create software update packages etc?

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

mniehaus — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:54 GMT

Yes, that would be needed.

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

kotterhagen — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:31:47 GMT

I am having a heck of a time figuring out why the WUA will not automatically install from my deployment point. The BDD log state the agent is about to install, gives the correct share name and platform exe. Then just sits tight there, not actually installing. As a test, I connected to the share name and manually installed the agent, restarted and it picked right up. Any ideas?

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

hemicuda — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:53:19 GMT

Ok...question, i'm trying to enable WSUS updates to be installed via MDT deployment. I enable it in the task sequence, and make sure i've updated my customsettings.ini file with the following

[Settings]

Priority=Default

WSUSServer=http://myservername_omitedforsecurity

but when it runs, it pulls from the interent. Upon investigating, i notice its because its not adding the registry entries to make it pull from my WSUS Server

so, is there anything else i have to do, after I edit my customsettings.ini file and then update the WinPE boot image? Anything else i need to do? Any help would be great! thanks

re: Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

mniehaus — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:08:58 GMT

That should do it. Can you e-mail me the BDD.LOG from a deployment to see what it did? (Make sure you really are running MDT 2008 Update 1 or later.)

-Michael