Hi
I have strucked with creation of Software Updates Package for this month. In my environment we have Windows XP and Windows 7 Operating Systems. We have one Distribution Point for our headquarters and we have another one Distribution Point for our branches. Now I have created the Deployment Package and successfully deployed for my headquarters for both windows xp and windows 7 clients. But I am unable to create the Deployment Package for my branches. I have tried the below steps.
Method 1 :
i) I have selected the required updates from Software Updates Compliance Status Summary and created two Update Lists like Windows XP and Windows 7. I can see the selected updates in respective update lists for the respective Operating Systems.
ii) I have created two Deployment Template for windows xp and windows 7 and I have configured the necessary settings in the Deployment Template creation state (I am able to select the Package source location and Distribution Point).
iii) After that, I have drag and drop the updates lists to the respective Deployment Templates, Then I have created the Deployment Managements.
iv) Now, I can see the both Operating Systems Update List, Deployment Template, Deployment Management and Deployment Packages. The package contents also replicated in Distribution Points and updates also distributing to clients. I can take reports in various states like Compliant, Downloading Updates, Downloaded Updates.
But the same thing, I have created two more Update Lists in the different names for my branch machines deployment purpose, because I need to deploy patches for my branches from other Distribution Point, so I have created additional two update lists and I can see the selected updates in the update list.
After that, I tried to create Deployment Template, in the Deployment Template creation stage the options is not coming to select the package source location, Distribution Point, but the remaining settings are coming like time settings, download settings.
I can see the Deployment Management and selected updates also available on that. I tried drag and drop the newly created update lists to the respective deployment templates, but after that also the option is not coming to select package source location and DP.
Method 2:
Once I faced this issue, I tried to deploy the updates in other way.
I have selected the required updates from the Software Updates Compliance Status Summary and Right click those updates and given the "download updates" option, now I have been asked for to select the Deployment Package option. In this stage I have select the package source location and I am able to given the Distribution Point also. Now I can see the Deployment Package also. Package Status also "installed".
But, in this method I am not yet select the "target collection" at any place. Now my question is without target specification the package where distributing ? I can take the reports also for that package, but in the same thing Deployment status shown 4826 machines targeted and I got the status for those count.
But, my client collection volume is 7095 machines, this is the actual machines needs to deploy. And in this method, there is no update list, deployment template, deployment management.
Solutions and Clarifications Needed :
1. First, I need to know, I am going in a right way?
2.If it is right, how to resolve the method1 issue. For my taught, the method1 is best way, because in my environment two packages has been in live for my headquarters systems. I am facing a problem for creating another two packages for branch systems updation.
3. If it is wrong, please suggest me the right way to proceed further.
4. And, I think in method2, I have gone to close to the solution, but in this method where I can specify the target collection for deployment.
Please help me... it's very urgent
Thanks in advance...
Regards,
MSB