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:
The update deployment information is obtained from the WSUS administrator.
This information is persisted in the server data store.
Extensions: None.