Understanding update issues

In this recipe, we will look at some of the issues found during the update process, how to deal with them, and how the update process works.

Unfortunately, it's very common to have update issues from time to time, simply because there are a lot of components involved, from Microsoft, through the Internet, through a firewall, and often a proxy for WAN optimization. Then there might even be a Network Intrusion Detection system that analyzes all the traffic going between servers. After that, it should reach your Configuration Manager defined Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), which will fetch and download the updates requested.

How to do it…

A common problem is that Firewalls or proxies may interfere with the download ...

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