Use the SMS 2003 Settings page in the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Deployment Template Wizard to deploy software updates to SMS 2003 clients that are members of the target collection. If the Deploy software updates to SMS 2003 clients setting is enabled, this template can only be used to initiate deployments with software updates that are deployable to SMS 2003 clients. Software updates from the Microsoft Update catalog and synchronized using Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates catalog can be deployed to SMS 2003 clients.

This page contains the elements as described in the following table.

UI Element List

Name Description

Deploy software updates to SMS 2003 clients

Specifies whether to deploy the software updates in the deployment to SMS 2003 clients that are in the target collection. A package, package instruction files, and advertisement are created and sent to child SMS 2003 sites to support the update installation on SMS 2003 clients. By default, this setting is not enabled.

Important
When this setting is disabled in an active deployment that includes SMS 2003 clients, this setting cannot be enabled again. The corresponding program and advertisement created for SMS 2003 clients are disabled. Before permanently disabling this deployment for SMS 2003 clients, make sure this is the intended action.

Collect hardware inventory immediately

Specifies whether to collect hardware inventory on SMS 2003 clients immediately following software update installation. This increases reporting accuracy but might increase system activity on the SMS 2003 clients. By default, this setting is not enabled and hardware inventory is collected during its scheduled hardware inventory cycle.

When a distribution point is available locally

Specifies that SMS 2003 clients handle software update installation when the updates are available on a local distribution point according to the following options:

  • Run update installation from distribution point: Specifies that the software updates are installed from the distribution point.

  • Download updates from distribution point and then run installation: Specifies that the software updates are downloaded from the distribution point and then installed on the client. This is the default setting.

    Caution
    When software updates are downloaded and then installed on SMS 2003 clients, all updates contained in the package are downloaded regardless of applicability for the client. When deployment packages contain a lot of updates that might not be applicable to the SMS 2003 client, you should consider whether to run the update installation directly from the distribution point.

When a client is connected within a slow or unreliable network boundary

Specifies that SMS 2003 clients handle software update installation when the updates are available only on remote distribution points according to the following options:

  • Do not run update installation: Specifies that the software update installation will not run. This is the default setting.

  • Download updates from a remote distribution point prior to update installation: Specifies that the software updates are downloaded from the distribution point and then installed on the client.

    Caution
    When software updates are downloaded and then installed on SMS 2003 clients, all updates contained in the package are downloaded regardless of applicability for the client. When deployment packages contain a lot of updates that might not be applicable to the SMS 2003 client, you should consider whether to run the update installation directly from the distribution point.
  • Run update installation from a remote distribution point: Specifies that the software updates are installed from the remote distribution point.

Previous

Goes to the previous page of the wizard.

Next

Goes to the next page of the wizard.

Finish

Goes to the Summary page of the wizard.

Cancel

Discards the settings and exits the wizard.
Note
It is highly recommended that you enable Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) on distribution points that are used for software updates when downloading the updates from the distribution point and then installing them. If BITS is enabled on the distribution point, disconnection from the network during the software updates download does not cause the deployment to fail because BITS resumes the download, starting where it was interrupted, the next time the client has network access. If BITS is not enabled on the distribution point and a network problem occurs during the software updates download, the software updates installation fails.

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