Hi all,
Just had a question about how updates in SCCM 2007 work. At a very basic level, I understand it to work like this:
SCCM Side: WSUS syncs with Microsoft to build metadata list of all available updates > SCCM leverages WSUS metadata to provide a list of available updates visible under "Software Updates" in SCCM console > SCCM Admins can then created Update Lists and Deployment Packages based on the wsus metadata > Deployment Packages are applied to Collections
Client Side: CCM client runs an update scan > CCM client leverages the machine's WUA to check available updates on the SCCM server > CCM Client makes a list of the updates that it needs but does net yet have installed > downloads the updates and installs them from the DP
My question is about what source the CCM client/WUA uses to check which updates are available. Does it simply check the update packages which have been applied to all those collections that it happens to be a member of?
Also, is WSUS completely passive in this whole process - i.e. is it merely a conduit for SCCM to source metadata about available updates?
Thanks for any help!