Enabling the Downloading diff files feature

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for the scenario are as follows:

• Administration Servers and distribution points are upgraded to version 11 or later.
• Offline model of update download is disabled in the settings of the Network Agent policy.

Stages

1. Enabling the feature on Administration Server

   Enable the feature in the settings of a Download updates to the repository of the Administration Server task.

2. Enabling the feature for a distribution point

   Enable the feature for a distribution point that receives updates by means of a Download updates to the repositories of distribution points task.

   Then enable the feature for a distribution point that receives updates from Administration Server.

   The feature is enabled in the Network Agent policy settings and—if the distribution points are assigned manually and if you want to override policy settings—in the Distribution points section of the Administration Server properties.

To check that the Downloading diff files feature is successfully enabled, you can measure the internal traffic before and after you perform the scenario.