Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
UpdatesDeployment.log
This log file provides information about the deployment
on the client, including software update activation, evaluation, and enforcement. Ver-
bose logging shows additional information about the interaction with the client user
interface.
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Automatic deployment rules help you automate the deployment of specific update types,
depending on the criteria that you configure. You can use an automatic deployment rule to
automate:
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Selection of software updates per criteria that you specify.
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Creation of a software update group that contains the selected updates.
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Download and distribution of software-update content to distribution points.
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Deployment of updates to client computers.
Automatic deployment rules are beneficial for managing routine updates, such as monthly
deployments of software updates and definition updates for antimalware solutions such as
System Center 2012 R2 Endpoint Protection (Endpoint Protection).
An automatic deployment rule relies on property filters and search criteria that you con-
figure to specify the updates that become part of an associated software update group. For
example, you might want to automate creation of a software update group that contains any
definition updates released within the past week. To meet this requirement, you configure a
rule based on the Date Revised and Update Classification property filters. The Date Revised
filter would contain a criterion that selects updates released within the past week, and you
would configure the Update Classification filter to select Definition Updates.
After the rule runs, you have the option to:
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Enable download and deployment of the updates within a software update group.
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Use the rule to automate membership creation or updating for a software update
group and create the deployment object. This enables you to verify the list of the
group's software updates and then enable the update group's deployment manually as
needed.
You use the Create Automatic Deployment Rule Wizard to specify settings that relate to
the automatic deployment rule. To start the wizard, use the following procedure:
1.
From the Software Library workspace, expand the Software Updates node.
Select Automatic Deployment Rules.
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On the ribbon, click Create Automatic Deployment Rule.
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