Quick WSUS question

Essendon · August 2008

Let's say you have already have a WSUS server and are installing another WSUS server and when settings options on the 2nd server, you have the option Select which server to sync content from. Do you give the URL there or just the FQDN of the 1st server. An answer to a question in Transcender says you should give the URL, but could give the FQDN as well

I thought it had to be the URL.

Also, in the Specify the name your clients use to locate this update server field, you enter in the FQDN, right?

Someone please clarify.

P.S. And o boy, the questions on IPSec in Transcender sure are tough

. There are no easy ones at all. It wasnt as difficult on DNS and DHCP, infact the DHCP ones were a piece of cake compared with the IPSec ones. I really hope the actual test isnt going to be this tough.

gojericho0 · August 2008

I always thought it was the URL

undomiel · August 2008

I can't test it out to confirm it but from the way the documentation is worded http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708517.aspx it sounds like you would just use the FQDN and then specify the desired port.

dynamik · August 2008

From what I remember, using http:// is a best practice, but it's not necessary. I remember that question in Transcender. Isn't it a sim? I got it wrong half a dozen times before I realized all I was doing wrong was omitting the http://.

meadIT · August 2008

I did the same thing. It finally got to the point that I'd just skip that sim until it was one of the last few left.

Essendon · August 2008

dynamik wrote:

From what I remember, using http:// is a best practice, but it's not necessary. I remember that question in Transcender. Isn't it a sim? I got it wrong half a dozen times before I realized all I was doing wrong was omitting the http://.

Yeah it's that sim, pretty simple by the way. So you guys reckon that either the URL or the FQDN can be used, but the URL is best practice. So if a similar question appeared on the test, the "microsoft" answer would be URL. Right?

dynamik · August 2008

I would. The updates are delivered through HTTP, so you're not going to go wrong if you include it.

Cingular · August 2008

And it's expressed like http://server01.mydomain.com yeah?

Sorry to jump in, but I just want to make sure I still remember WSUS, it's been a while, hehe.

royal · August 2008

FQDN or NetBIOS name. It can be either. After all, it's just an IIS directory. You want to do the following:
1. http://servername
2. http://servername.domain.com
3. http://updates.domain.com (add A record for updates to point to WSUS server)

You can also do any of the above using https if you apply a certificate to your WSUS server and choose to secure your wsus directory using SSL.

Cingular · August 2008

Essendon · August 2008

Thank you for that post, royal.

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