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mation runbook that is available on Microsoft's website. The service management automation
runbook performs the following tasks:
1.
Locate all images stored in the VMM library.
Mount each virtual machine hard disk image on the VMM server.
2.
Locate updates that are made available through WSUS.
3.
Perform a check to determine if the update is applicable.
4.
Perform a check to determine whether the update has been applied.
5.
Apply updates to the mounted virtual hard disk image.
6.
Commit the changes to the virtual hard disk and dismount.
7.
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UPDATE OFFLINE VMS
You can learn more about updating offline VMs at
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/
EXAM TIP
Remember that while VMM manages updates for virtualization hosts and VMM servers, it
does not manage updates for virtual machines.
Thought experiment
WSUS at Fabrikam
Y
ou are in the process of deploying WSUS at a medium sized enterprise that will be
deploying Configuration Manager and VMM to manage software updates within
the next 12 months. You have created several computer groups and automatic
deployment rules to allow for automatic update approval. You want to ensure that
client computers at Fabrikam automatically contact the WSUS server rather than
the Microsoft Update servers. You also want to ensure that WSUS computer group
membership occurs through Group Policy.
1.
Which Group Policy do you need to configure so that servers know the location
of the WSUS server?
2.
Which Group Policy do you need to configure to assign computers to WSUS
computer groups?
