I've been running SUS SP1 for a week or two now - finally got time to implement it.
I'd second a lot of the basic limitations of the product - its not perfect, but it does do a good job with the basics. If you're aware of the limits, it's a good way to push the more critical OS layer stuff. The biggest issue I've got is dealing with the automatic reboots - a lot of MS patches (as you know) require restarts to take effect. The decision as to whether or not to force reboot isn't easy, and I wish there was some form of recurring reminder to reboot. In my environment, that can be an issue - I have a heavily laptop oriented client base, so I have to schedule the updates to happen when they're here (I chose Noon), but that's a busy time for people, so forcing a reboot then isn't a great option. Fortunately, most laptops get shut down and taken home at night. My desktops, however, probably won't get rebooted, so that's a problem. And more often than not, the desktops are on the desks of people who are going to cause me pain (development and customer support). I'd like to be able to do some form of filtering (WMI?) for client type and have different settings for different boxes, and I *think* that's on the books for 2.0, but I don't know. -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:12 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [ActiveDir] SUS Feedback... > > > Is anyone out there running Software Update Service? I want > to gage what > the general opinion of the service is. I personally think that there > probably needs to be two approaches when it comes to a > service like this. > One is a pull service based on GPO agent configuration, the > other is a push > service based on a need to force workstation updates on > down-level clients, > and those that seem to ride outside the SUS zone. > > Any comments? > > Thanks, > > Todd Myrick > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
