2.5.3.3 Approve Update - WSUS Administrator

Goal: To approve an update to a target group either for installation or uninstallation. This is the primary use case that enables WSUS to control update delivery.

Context of Use: This use case is initiated when the WSUS administrator enables available updates to be installed or uninstalled on managed computers.

Direct Actor: The direct actor of this use case is the server management tool.

Primary Actor: The primary actor is the WSUS administrator.

Supporting Actors: None.

Stakeholders and Interests:

  • The primary interest of the server management tool in this use case is to enable a WSUS administrator to display and approve available updates.

  • The primary purpose of the WSUS administrator in this use case is to distribute updates to the managed computers.

Preconditions:

  • The update server is operational.

  • The update server is configured to be an autonomous update server.

  • The update server has synchronized updates.

  • Target groups have been created.

Minimal Guarantees: None.

Success Guarantees:

  • The update deployment information  that associates an update with a target group is persisted in the server data store.

  • This information is utilized by the update server during the client detection phase, as described in use case 2.5.3.7.

Trigger: The server management tool triggers this use case on behalf of the WSUS administrator.

Main Success Scenario:

  1. The update deployment information is obtained from the WSUS administrator.

  2. This information is persisted in the server data store.

Extensions: None.