When you have a Configuration Manager hierarchy, install and configure the software update point at the central administration site first, and then install and configure the software update points on other sites.
The software update point on the central administration site or on a stand-alone primary site retrieves software updates metadata from Microsoft Update.
The child primary sites, secondary sites, and remote Internet-based software update points retrieve the software updates metadata from the software update point that is identified as the upstream update source.
Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center reduces the complexity of updating a large number of systems, standardizes the update installation process, minimizes downtime, and enables you to choose the level of automation.
You can maintain your Oracle Solaris, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems to the recommended and latest updates and perform complex update tasks in a consistent manner.
If your original decision isn't working out, or you need to change how it works to avoid repeating an auto-update issue, like what happens on some Patch Tuesdays, you can simply adjust how Windows receives and installs updates.
Depending on your version of Windows, this could mean downloading but not installing the updates, notifying but not downloading them, or even disabling Windows Update completely.
A variety of operating system reports are available to give you insight into the operating system compliance status, the state of your operating system update levels, and provide information about the recommended updates and packages.
You can view your managed operating systems with the All Assets view or the Operating Systems view, as shown in Figure 13-1 and Figure 13-2.
easy depends on how Windows Update is configured to download and apply updates.
When you first turned on your new computer or were finishing your Windows operating system install, you told Windows Update how you wanted it to act - a little more automatic or a little more manual.