SUS Server - Member or Not

[Stu]

I am testing SUS Server...

I have set up a SUS Server (ServerA) in my test
environment and am able to synchronize all the updates
from MS... This particular machine is only a workgroup
computer (does not belong to a domain). I have also set
up a second SUS server (ServerB - ths is also a workgroup
computer)... I have set ServerB to sync the updates from
ServerA.

The problem: ServerB will not sync the updates... I get
an error "Unable to find \\serverA\aucatalog1.cab"
(although it is on the same subnet, has a similar IP and
can be pinged by name and/or IP) Is this problem related
to security in IIS... Should the SUS Servers be members
of a domain? What if I want to update a whole slew of
workgroup computers?

Any thoughts?

 

[Mark Stinson]

-----Original Message-----
I am testing SUS Server...

I have set up a SUS Server (ServerA) in my test
environment and am able to synchronize all the updates
from MS... This particular machine is only a workgroup
computer (does not belong to a domain). I have also set
up a second SUS server (ServerB - ths is also a workgroup
computer)... I have set ServerB to sync the updates from
ServerA.

The problem: ServerB will not sync the updates... I get
an error "Unable to find \\serverA\aucatalog1.cab"
(although it is on the same subnet, has a similar IP and
can be pinged by name and/or IP) Is this problem related
to security in IIS... Should the SUS Servers be members
of a domain? What if I want to update a whole slew of
workgroup computers?

Any thoughts?
.

I'll defer to anyone who knows more about SUS functions
than I do (which probably means about 99% of the planet),
but I believe SUS clients sync through a website. So
instead of pointing to \\serverA, you probably should be
pointing to http://serverA.

Mark Stinson
El Paso, Texas