WSUS: Unapproved and Declined updates after local import

OS: W2K16 I need to create a WSUS server from existed local repo. I did this steps: I installed the feature and dependencies. I Putted “Replica” option. And the repo folder contains db.gz file. The command wsusutils.exe with import has been run but… Unapproved Updates: 244 Declined updates: 21 Answer I found: “Not Approved” is … Read more

How to show if an update installed on windows 7 from WSUS Server?

How to identify if an update installed on windows 7 from WSUS Server? I want to understand this from client side but not server side. Thanks Answer Run the following in the command line of Win 7 PC: wuauclt /detectnow Then analyse the %windir%\WindowsUpdate.log file on the Windows Update client. With default settings, this should … Read more

Best way to spread ~4gb of data(windows updates) to ~50clients

I have a few Windows updates of a few operating systems. Those are made with the program wsusoffline and contain several .cab and .exe files. I got those on a USB. What is the best way to deploy them to around 50clients? I was thinking about putting them on a networknl drive and let the … Read more

Injecting Updates via Dism gives error 50 all the time

I am running Win 2012 R2 with MDT 2013, WDS & WSUS. trying to auto inject updates from wsus update share into my OS Wim (win 10 tech preview x64) for deployment. using this script $UpdatesPath = “\\192.168.30.204\wsus\WsusContent” $MountPath = “C:\SCRIPTSV2\mounter1” $WimFile = “C:\SCRIPTSV2\TestOS2\Windows 10 Pro Technical Preview x64\sources\install.wim” DISM /Mount-Wim /WimFile:$WimFile /index:1 /Mountdir:$MountPath $UpdateArray … Read more

WSUSUTIL export fails do to reference of an instance to an object

I am running WSUS on a Internet connected Windows 2016 Server using WID. I used that as my upstream server to download my updates and use the WSUSUTIL tool to export the metadata and the content to my air gapped systems for patching. I did a wsusutil export wsusutil export EXPORT201802.xml.gz Export.log and it ran … Read more

Windows updates in WSUS – how to determine which KB is for which windows version?

I would like to automate the distribution of updates from my Master WSUS to offline branch servers using scripts, but not in all branches we have all windows versions and I would like only distribute relevant updates to each branch server. The problem is we will then have to manually maintain a file or table … Read more

Changing WSUS server used to update SCCM

I’m very new to WSUS and SCCM. — After reading duct_tape_coder message, I edited the text– Thanks Coder! Currently there is an old setup using a SCCM 2012 server to update internal systems, without internet connection. An exporting WSUS server with internet access is used to download the patches, then the contents in \WSUScontents\wsusconent are … Read more

WUA IUpdateSearcher::Search method seems to freeze on only 1 of my servers

SYSTEM Details: Edition = Windows Server 2019 Standard, Version = 1809, OS Build = 17763.2114 My code: – $UpdateSession = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session – $UpdateServiceManager = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager – $UpdateService = $UpdateServiceManager.AddScanPackageService(“Offline Sync Service”, $CabPath, 1) – $UpdateSearcher = $UpdateSession.CreateUpdateSearcher() – $UpdateSearcher.ServerSelection = 3 – $UpdateSearcher.ServiceID = $UpdateService.ServiceID.ToString() *HANGS HERE* – $Missing = $UpdateSearcher.Search(“IsInstalled=0”) … Read more

Server 2016 wont get updates from WSUS and Reporting issues on Wsus

As the title says, I have two problems with my WSUS setup. The first one is, that I can’t get 2x Windows 2016 servers to get any updates. All other versions of windows gets updates, 2012,2019 and windows 10. If you look at the screenshot called “wsus3.png” , you can see it says “windows server … Read more

WSUS in disconnected environment

I need to build a WSUS server in a disconnected environment. This environment bears no relation to our office domain in any way. So I have built the WSUS server and followed the instructions from Microsoft on how to configure it, instructions here – https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/security-updates/windowsupdateservices/18127442 Essentially instructions advised to do the following: Using ‘Windows Server … Read more