Managing Software Updates
With Lion Server, you have the option of mirroring Apple’s Software Update servers on your local server. This has two distinct advantages. The first is that you can save Internet bandwidth, and the second is you can control the updates available to your users.
When using Software Update Server all of your client computers will retrieve their software updates from the server on your local network rather than over the Internet, which will also result in faster downloads for your users. Controlling which updates can be downloaded and made available to your users can be particularly useful when a software update might be incompatible with some software you’re using.
Setting up your software update server is easy. Here’s ...
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