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For the Specify Intranet Microsoft Update Service Location policy, double-

click this policy setting and click Enabled. Type the appropriate DNS server

name in the Set the Intranet Update Service for Detecting Updates box and

in the Set the Intranet Statistics Server box, as shown in Figure 6.32. Click

OK to save your settings and then close the Group Policy Editor when you

are done. Now, client computers that are located in the appropriate contain-

er or OU where you applied the group policy settings should start receiving

Windows updates via the SUS server.

Figure 6.32 Using group policy to specify the SUS server name for updating client computers.

Backing Up the SUS Server

In case of server failure or other disaster, you should back up the SUS com-

ponents on the server so that you could restore SUS to its previous opera-

tional state prior to the failure. You must back up the IIS metabase in addition

to backing up other IIS components. You need to back up the x:\inetpub\

wwwroot folder, the x:\inetpub\msus folder, (where x: is the appropriate drive

letter), and the %windir%\system32\inetsrv\metaback folder using the Windows

Backup Utility or third-party backup software. To restore SUS on a Windows

Server 2003 computer after a failure, follow these steps:

1. Take the server offline by disconnecting it from the network.

2. Assign the same name to the computer as it had before the failure.