I currently administer a group of computers here at work running Windows XP. There are around 45 machines, and none of them are set up to a domain...they are all administered locally (I know...it was set up prior to my arrival). I've finally talked mgt into upgrading to new clients (Windows 7 Ultimate), connecting to 2 domain controllers (Win 2008 SP2), and a patch server (Win 2008 SP2).
Here is my issue. This is a closed network, and due to security reasons, cannot have any access to the outside world. My first issue was trying to find a way to patch Windows 7 offline. I found WSUS Offline updater (http://download.wsusoffline.net/), and tested on a mock up. This seems to patch the system very well. However, I don't want to carry a update CD to each machine locally again.
I was thinking of installing WSUS 3.0 on the patch server, but I'm unfamiliar with how to configure the WSUS program to point to the offline downloaded files (from WSUS offline updater), as opposed to trying to phone home to Windows Update. WSUS Offline updater will save the output to either an .iso file, or to a folder named 'client', containing the executable with needed repositories.
Anybody have experience with this issue? Can anyone point me to a good install guide for offline updates?
Thanks in advance.
Here is my issue. This is a closed network, and due to security reasons, cannot have any access to the outside world. My first issue was trying to find a way to patch Windows 7 offline. I found WSUS Offline updater (http://download.wsusoffline.net/), and tested on a mock up. This seems to patch the system very well. However, I don't want to carry a update CD to each machine locally again.
I was thinking of installing WSUS 3.0 on the patch server, but I'm unfamiliar with how to configure the WSUS program to point to the offline downloaded files (from WSUS offline updater), as opposed to trying to phone home to Windows Update. WSUS Offline updater will save the output to either an .iso file, or to a folder named 'client', containing the executable with needed repositories.
Anybody have experience with this issue? Can anyone point me to a good install guide for offline updates?
Thanks in advance.