Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and Planning Guide

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2.7.3 Linking with WSUS to manage security updates

If you link WSUS to your JP1/Software Distribution system, you can execute the following WSUS management tasks from JP1/Software Distribution:

The following figure shows the concept of linking WSUS to manage security updates.

Figure 2-37 Concept of linking WSUS to manage security updates

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JP1/Software Distribution also supports environments in which multiple WSUS servers are configured in a hierarchy. For details about the system configuration required for linking WSUS, see 5.2.4 System configuration for WSUS linkage.

For details about how to link WSUS to manage security updates, see 7.3 Linking to WSUS to manage update programs in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Prerequisites for linking with WSUS
(2) Preparations for linking with WSUS

(1) Prerequisites for linking with WSUS

In an environment where WSUS is linked, JP1/Software Distribution and WSUS must satisfy the following prerequisites.

Prerequisites for JP1/Software Distribution
  • The center manager in use is JP1/Software Distribution Manager 08-51 or later.
  • The relay system in use is JP1/Software Distribution SubManager 08-00 or later or JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) 08-00 or later.
  • Each client in use is JP1/Software Distribution Client 08-00 or later.
  • A relation database is used.

Prerequisites for WSUS
  • WSUS 2.0 or WSUS 3.0 must be used.
  • WSUS installed in a 32-bit version of the OS must be used.
  • On WSUS's Computer Options page, Use the Move computers task in Windows Server Update Services is selected.
  • WSUS Linkage, which is a component of JP1/Software Distribution version 08-00 and later, must be installed.

(2) Preparations for linking with WSUS

To link WSUS, you must set up an environment that supports WSUS linkage, and then complete the preparations shown below in both JP1/Software Distribution and WSUS.

For details about the system configuration that supports WSUS linkage, see 5.2.4 System configuration for WSUS linkage.

Preparations in JP1/Software Distribution
  • During server setup, on the WSUS Linkage page, specify the appropriate URL in URL for WSUS Linkage. For details about how to specify the URL for WSUS linkage, see 4.2.17 WSUS Linkage page in the Setup Guide.
  • You must execute in advance a Get system information from client job to obtain WSUS computer IDs from the clients. To obtain the WSUS computer IDs, select Acquire all information on the Options page when you create the job.
    Note that the WSUS computer ID is not normally displayed in a listing of system information.

Preparations in WSUS
On WSUS's Computer Options page, select Use the Move computers task in Windows Server Update Services.