We have a cluster running Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition (using Topology 1).
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg145543(WS.10).aspx
I have updated the head node with all the appropriate updates and I am trying to apply updates to our compute nodes which exist on a private network. When I try to do this through the HPC 2008 R2 Cluster Manager, it fails. This makes sense since
the nodes were isolated on the private network, but I was hopeful that MS had built the ability to go through the head-node for these updates into the HPC Edition -- naive I guess.
I then tried to install a WSUS server on the head node (I know this is a terrible idea), but this isn't even possible because WinSer2k8R2-HPC doesn't include Application Server.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd939916(WS.10).aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/r2-compare-roles.aspx
In this configuration, is manual installation the most common way to get updates to the compute nodes (OR add another Windows Server Std with WSUS, OR create and redeploy a new template)? None of these seem like an ideal solution :-(.
