Software Update Downloads to Deployment Package Extreamly Slow

Trying to troubleshoot or identify why software updates are downloading so slowly when creating a new deployment package.
I'm thinking this may have to do with the preferred distribution point and prestaged distribution point settings.
We have one Boundary Group for entire site and one distribution point group for the same.
Neither is configured for pre-staged.
It was my understanding that any distribution point in the primary site is already a "preferred distribution point".
Also, prestaged distribution point settings options are not really clear. If neither DP is configured to prestage, which option should be used for distribution settings? Manually Copy content is default, assuming that this might be the issue?
In that by Automatically downloading content when assigned to distribution points is adding that into the process of downloading to the distribution package... where it isn't just downloading to package at source location, but instantly copying to both DPs
in the DP group? This would explain the lag in the process i'm guessing since the "manual copy the content in the package to the distribution point" option would allow the download to the deployment package first, then the second step of sending
to the DP could happen after the fact?
Deployment package Settings:
Distribution Settings
Distribution Priority: Medium
Checked: Distribute the content for this package to preferred distribution points
Prestaged distribution point settings
Automatically download conetn when packages are assigned to distribution points
Jay D

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Is there a way to force SCCM to re-download a Software Update into a Deployment Package?
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with each update under a different directory (named as a GUID).
My issue is that many of these GUID directories have been accidentally deleted from the UNC path. I know how it happened and that isn't the issue here - I simply want to download the updates again. I would like to right-click my Software Update
group, select "Download", point it to the existing package and have all the updates download again.
When I try and do this, the wizard works fine and it processes each update and says "Success" - however, they are not actually re-downloaded! It's like there is a link somewhere between the update and the package such that it knows it should
already be there and therefore it skips over it without actually checking whether it really does exist.
Is there a way to force SCCM 2012 to ignore the fact that it thinks the update is already there and re-download it? What I really want to do is change the "Downloaded" field from "Yes" to "No" which I think would achieve
what I want to do - I just can't find a way to do it.
What am I missing?
Cheers,
David

I had this same basic problem on a new SCCM 2012 R2 suite I built. I made all the Software Update Groups and Packages and deployed them. They all worked except for the one for Office 2010. Errors said could not process that package, couldn't find a
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membership as needed, and deploy. This worked for me.
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I work at a school with about 150 Macs. About 50 of them are new imacs with Leopard installed. The default setting is to have software updates download in the background. We have turned that off as 50 machines downloading a 100 meg file at the same time could cause some traffic jams, correct? We download the updates once and install using ARD. My question is, if we forget to turn one off, when does it download? As soon as it is connected to the internet? We have our computers turning on in the morning at 8 and shutting of at 6 pm. When would the software update automatically download in the background? Thanks in advance.
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I have always noticed that when I boot my machine, software update checks and if anything is available it will download. I have it set to check daily, and I shut my machine down nightly.
Also it tells you the last time it checked in the preferences.
Software Update > Preferences
That should tell you your answer for sure.

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Hi,
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Software updates download is very slow

Today I downloaded 2 software updates; OSX 10.9.5 and Safari 7.1. The download speed was very slow and erratic. The activity monitor showed that the process "softwareipdated" was receiving data at anywhere from 1 to 25 kbs. My DSL connection is never very fast but typically receives 130 to 150 kbs. Other downloading such as streaming music or video has been normal. Any ideas why this happened and could this be a symptom of some more fundamental problem?

It may not be exclusive to Verizon but considering that Apple updates are severely affected on my system, yet my next door neighbor with Comcast has no problems whatsoever, I am 100% confident that Verizon is playing a role in my woes. In fact, I updated my wife's iPad to iOS 8 OTA on a relative's Xfinity wifi just to get it completed. Took me about an hour to complete. I came back home, less than a quarter mile away to my lovely FiOS and boom, 15-20 hour download estimate on my rMBP to update my iPad Mini (which I'm saving for last or at least until this issue is resolved). Changing my DNS seemed to work briefly on my rMBP but less than a day later my speeds were back to being slow as molasses. At least I had the opportunity to update both my rMBP and iPad Air before the speed took a nosedive again. Just wish I had updated the Mini too. I figured the problem was resolved and I'd get a chance to update it later.
Judging by several posts I found online (links to two examples posted below), I see I'm not alone in thinking something funny is going on between Apple and Verizon. I won't refute your claim that it is also affecting other providers, because your experience sounds pretty close to mine, but everyone I've encountered with problems in this area has FiOS. Folks around me who subscribe to other ISP's seem fine. The link below to the discussion on dslreports (2nd link) is particularly telling because I read it after trying various troubleshooting steps and was surprised by the number of people who posted in that thread that had identical issues and troubleshooting experiences as me. Several people also mentioned that the problem disappeared after they connected to Apple update through a VPN.
I assumed it was primarily on the East Coast because I have relatives in the West and Midwest with FiOS who have not had any issues.
I called Verizon but that was about as useful as your experience. They didn't even bother pointing fingers. They simply said "if everything else works then I'm getting what I pay for". I promptly replied that as an almost exclusively Apple household, I am most certainly not getting what I pay for if I can't upgrade my software, apply security patches or use my Apple streaming devices. Unfortunately, no one seems interested in fixing the issue, so we're left to find our own solutions.
And that's exactly what I did roughly an hour ago. Comcast will be out to swap my equipment and service in 14 days. Problem solved... At least I hope.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6552992
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Hi everyone, I've been experiencing VERY slow download speeds from Apple's Software Update throughout the weekend. I'm on a DSL line, no firewalls, and am getting normal performance at other sites/servers, but downloads from Apple are coming in at sub-dialup speeds.
The downloads start fine, then quickly taper off from 120 Kbps or so down to 5-6 Kbps, within just a few seconds. The problem occurs whether I use Software Update or try to access a file directly from Apple's Support Downloads page. iTunes app updates seem to have the same issue.
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I'm not quite sure exactly what fixed the issue, but I did a complete reset and reconfig on my Linksys router and set up the connection to my ISP/DSL provider, and it seems to have improved. Never did track down the specific issue, though. I'd be curious if anyone is able to identify the cause.
When I was troubleshooting, I switched to a direct DSL connection via my Ethernet port, and got full speed downloads from Apple, so the wireless connection was definitely the issue for me....
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When using Software Update, there is a choice to Download and Install Package.
The help info, says that this will be kept in the Downloads folder, (as are downloads from Safari).
Selecting Download and Install Package from the menu, which starts the process as normal, but on more than one occasion, no software update is kept.
If is it kept in another location, I cannot find it.
I am used to this practice under Panther, where I was able to keep all updates.
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1.) Use Software Update ONLY to figure out what updates you need.
2.) Download the needed update from http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
3.) Install the update and save the downloaded file wherever you want it.
I do this because I have a slow satellite connection and three computers. I run into town to the internet cafe, download all the updates, then come home and install them on the computers! Even with the trip to town, this approach saves me a lot of time and frustration; plus, when I am ready to wipe a hard disk and reinstall the entire thing, I have all the files handy.
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I usually use the Update -> Download only option in Software update. This downloads a package (not a dmg) which I can then backup. (I always get the combo updaters) for system updates)
Something I have never been sure about is if such packages frome Software Update are *machine specific*. If I download the new Quicktime 7.6.2 update, eg, on my MBP, can I use that on my G5?
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Bill B.

And application updates are, by definition, machine specific too. No sense in offering you an iWork update if you didn't acquire the product in the first place, right?

ARD remote software update download source?

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If all machines were on your LAN, you would want the updates to be downloaded once by the host, but if all the clients were Remote you would want them to download with their own connections.
I have a lot of clients on both, so need to figure out which one it is :-)

Unless you change the setup of the clients to point to an update server in Mac OS X Server on your system, then they alll contact Apple directly and download individually from there. ARD does not host updates.
If you want to have a single download for some or all of your systems, either download the installers on your admin system - most are available as a standalone installer package - and push out the package through ARD, or set up a Mac OS X server, set up the Software Update Server feature, and point all your workstations to that server for their updates.
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Software updates downloads timing out

I have a 17 in. MPB bought in August 2007 and Im having a problem downloading certain firmware and software updates. they time out...Do I need a faster network? or is there a setting that I can expand my download times? Im thinking about going to at least an N network anyway I have a G right now, will that help?
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The speed of your Wi-Fi network isn't the problem - even 802.11b wireless is faster than most home internet connections, and even the fastest home internet (with premium pricing from the ISP to match) is slower than 802.11g. The only advantages with N wireless are for local file transfers (e.g. Time Machine backups) and increased range.
The problem may still be with your ISP/internet connection (just not the one between your computer and your router). Have you tried doing the download(s) elsewhere? Have you tried applying only one update at a time?

Is Software Update downloading in the background when tethered to an iPhone?

Often I use my laptop tethered to an iPhone 4 and surf the internet through personal hotspot. How can I be sure that Software Update is not downloading huge updates using iPhone's 3G expensive data plan? And if it does, can I prevent it?
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Go to System Preferences (under the apple) and Software Update is about the middle of the "Systems" line. On the bottom of the Pref panel for SW Update there are check boxes for checking automatically and downloading automatically. If you spend any significant amount of time attached via an expensive or slow connection, turn them both off.
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Download for Deployment Packages stops on error

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I'm importing updates for an offline environment and when downloading updates(from a network location) for a deployment package the wizard stops on error when it runs into an update it can't find in the source folder. In SCCM 2007 this was not the behavior,
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Software Update Download Location

Hi all
Wonder if you can help. I want to set up the servers software update facility but have it download the files onto an external HD.
To confess I don't know what I'm doing in terminal but have tried to follow the Server manual but with no joy.
Any way the external drive name is:
VTrak RAID
and the folder on their that I'd like all the packages downloaded into is:
Apple Software Updates.
I have been into terminal and followed the instructions:
To delete the software update folder in Terminal:
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And then tried to create a symbolic link as so:
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I enter the following (which I'm assuming is wrong)
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Secondly I under stand that to get the client to see the server (instead of Apple) you do the following in terminal:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.softwareupdate CatalogURL http://your.server.com:8088/
enter password and it should see your server. However if I **** it up or should just want to change back to the Apples server does any one know the address for that.
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PS if any one form Apple reads these forums. Why not have a choose download location button in Server Admin and a choose update server button in client.. Then we'd not need terminal.... Remember user friendly....lol

How do I get permission - normally terminal will ask for a password but not this time
Really? when? Terminal never asks for a password when creating links.
Maybe you're thinking of sudo, which may ask for a password to elevate your privileges before running the command, but your example didn't use sudo.
Additionally, even with sudo the command won't do what you want. The permissions it's complaining about is more likely to be the fact that the original /usr/share/swupd/html directory already exists, in which case ln is trying to create a link to the external RAID within the existing directory and you don't have permission to change that directory. You will need to remove the existing directory in order to turn it into a link.
The other option, of course, is to change the apache configuration so that it just reads from the RAID directly (you may need to do this anyway in order to tell Apache to follow symlinks).
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