Kace K2000, Which would be a better approch as for WIndows Updates?
Our Current Image is Win 7 x64 SP1, which has very few updates installed. Would it be better to re-capture the image with the updates already installed? Or would setting up a post task script that utilizes WSUS Offline be a better approach?
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When updating the image, would it be better to sysprep with a untended answer? Or just sysprep and create the answer file in KACE? - Jkimberlin 8 years ago
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nshah
8 years ago
Personally I would recapture the image with the latest patches so you don't have to do them post. You could still do the WSUS Office but you'd save a lot of time not having to deploy dozens or more patches with each deployment.
I usually update my gold images every 3 months and patch with the KBOX. Just depends on how much you image too.
Posted by:
TheAustinDave
8 years ago
I would agree, having an updated image is much better than doing the updates after deployment - also, if you create the image on a virtual machine such as VMWare of Hyper-V then you can do a capture before starting to sysprep just in case you need to return to the pre-sysprep state (apply more patches, make a change so sysprep runs without an error, etc...).
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When updating the image, would it be better to sysprep with a untended answer? Or just sysprep and create the answer file in KACE? - Jkimberlin 8 years ago
Posted by:
Nico_K
8 years ago
both ways are useable.
If you imaging the updated image is the far better way. But build it new, which means: deploy to a new VM and update it there before capturing it new.
WSUS offline (my prefererred way) works great but is huge and needs an unknown set of reboots. I set it up a K1000 task as MI for my M_SL_New_Systems label which contains all machines which are less than 66hr in the environment. This is better from my point of view than a post install (as last one it may be ok, but you need multiple reboots to finish)
If you imaging the updated image is the far better way. But build it new, which means: deploy to a new VM and update it there before capturing it new.
WSUS offline (my prefererred way) works great but is huge and needs an unknown set of reboots. I set it up a K1000 task as MI for my M_SL_New_Systems label which contains all machines which are less than 66hr in the environment. This is better from my point of view than a post install (as last one it may be ok, but you need multiple reboots to finish)
