Distribution Server properties

Owned by Martin Gudme Søndergaard
Nov 14, 2023
2 min read

Introduction

Setting up and customizing the Distribution server is done from the properties entry available in both Systems Administration and Configuration Management. The settings are then stored in the database, where they are accessible to the Replicator. These settings establish the location of each Management Server and the policies for replicating packages between Management Servers. The different properties are described below.


General 

The General tab enables you to establish the basic properties of the container, including its name, location, and synchronization policy.



 

Element

Description

Name

This is the name of the Management Server in the CMS console.

Server

This is the name of the server.

Share

This is the name of the share on the server.

Last sync

The last date the server was synchronized.

UNC path

This is the path to the \\server\share

Version

This is the Version of the Management Server

GUID

This is the unique identification of the Management Server in the CMS system.

Lock this server

Locks the server and prevents synchronization.


 
Distribution Points

The purpose of "Distribution-point" is to allow clients to automatically use the nearest Container when downloading packages.
 
A Distribution server and a Management server can service defined networks. This information can be specified as a property for the server (Distribution points). If the branch office network uses the same IP addresses internally (e.g. 192.168.1.x) it’s possible to specify the Mac address for the default gateway. Hereby the client will always be able to download content from the nearest server
 


 
 

 

Element

Description

Add IP Range/MAC

Enter an IP range or Mac address

Description

An internal CMS description.

Distribution points

List of all IP ranges for this Management Server.


 
 
Patch Management
 

Element

Description

Use the default WSUS Server to handle this

The default WSUS server will be used to handle this Management Server.

Use the WSUS Proxy server to handle this Management Server

A specific WSUS replica server can be selected to handle this server.


 
 
 
 
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