SP4 install

[Ken Diekemper]

I am using the instructions in the
www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4
spdeploy.htm to install sp4 using windows installer and
group policy. I have the sp4 update.msi file assigned to a
computer configuration software settings.

It is working when the pc's are turned on but it appears
to me that it is installing the sp on 1 pc at a time. I
started up 4 pc's at the same time with the assigned sp4
install and they all came up with the message that sp4 was
being installed. After 20 min the 1st pc I powered on
completed the install. After 40 min the 2nd pc powered on
completed the install.

Is this normal?
Is there a way to allow all the pc's to install the sp at
the same time?

Thanks Ken

 

[Tim Hines [MSFT]]

That may be due to the fact that all of the PCs were hitting the same msi at
once. It's like sharing a application CD and then having everyone try to
install that application at once. The server network utilization and
processor utilizatiojn will increase as the PCs try to copy the same file.

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[MadDHatteR]

Ken - it sounds like you're running into hardware limitations, not software
limitations. Assuming network bandwidth is not the limiting factor...

Get faster hard drives on your server
Put more RAM into your server (will help cache the file and give faster
access times)
Put the file on a DFS share backed by multiple servers
Stagger installation times / installation points (group a gets the file from
server a, group b gets the file from server b...)

\\ MadDHatteR