Comments on: WSUS 3.0: Approving Multiple Updates for a Specific Computer with Powershell http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2008/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell.html Scripting. Powershell, VMware, Windows, Active Directory & Exchange. All that kind of stuff..... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:43:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan Medd http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2008/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell.html/comment-page-1#comment-14 Jonathan Medd Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:14:00 +0000 http://jonathanmedd.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell/#comment-14 InfoSec-Man: I've passed your question on to my contact on the WSUS product team. If you can send me a contact address to get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk then I'll forward on to you anything he comes back with.<br/><br/>Thanks for the interest. InfoSec-Man: I’ve passed your question on to my contact on the WSUS product team. If you can send me a contact address to get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk then I’ll forward on to you anything he comes back with.

Thanks for the interest.

]]> By: InfoSec-Man http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2008/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell.html/comment-page-1#comment-13 InfoSec-Man Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:10:00 +0000 http://jonathanmedd.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell/#comment-13 Jonathan, This is a bit off track from this post, but I have a question about PowerShell and WSUS that you or somebody you know can hopefully answer for me.<br/><br/>I have written a complex PowerShell script for WSUS 3.0 to output specific information for our security metrics report. The script works well but is slow on servers that manage 1000's of computers and 1000's of updates.<br/><br/>I am using the "computertargetscope" class to filter my computer query, and the "updatescope" class to narrow down my update query.<br/><br/>I am trying to set "updatescope.classifications" to select only Security Updates and Critical Updates. However, when I use any variation of $updatescope.classifications = "Security updates", I receive an error: "'Classifications' is a Readonly property". When I refer to MSDN documentation, it says "Gets or sets the list of update classifications to search". <br/><br/>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.updateservices.administration.updatescope_members(VS.85).aspx<br/><br/>What am I doing wrong? I can find barely any documentation on this subject. Jonathan, This is a bit off track from this post, but I have a question about PowerShell and WSUS that you or somebody you know can hopefully answer for me.

I have written a complex PowerShell script for WSUS 3.0 to output specific information for our security metrics report. The script works well but is slow on servers that manage 1000′s of computers and 1000′s of updates.

I am using the “computertargetscope” class to filter my computer query, and the “updatescope” class to narrow down my update query.

I am trying to set “updatescope.classifications” to select only Security Updates and Critical Updates. However, when I use any variation of $updatescope.classifications = “Security updates”, I receive an error: “‘Classifications’ is a Readonly property”. When I refer to MSDN documentation, it says “Gets or sets the list of update classifications to search”.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.updateservices.administration.updatescope_members(VS.85).aspx

What am I doing wrong? I can find barely any documentation on this subject.

]]> By: Jonathan Medd http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2008/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell.html/comment-page-1#comment-12 Jonathan Medd Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:02:00 +0000 http://jonathanmedd.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell/#comment-12 Sweet - thanks for the tip Dmitry!<br/><br/>Let's hope so Al! If I can't pick up stuff from those guys I may as well give up. Sweet – thanks for the tip Dmitry!

Let’s hope so Al! If I can’t pick up stuff from those guys I may as well give up.

]]> By: Virtu-Al http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2008/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell.html/comment-page-1#comment-11 Virtu-Al Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:51:00 +0000 http://jonathanmedd.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell/#comment-11 I think sitting with the GURU's at TechEd must have rubbed off on you :) I think sitting with the GURU’s at TechEd must have rubbed off on you :)

]]> By: dmitrysotnikov http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2008/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell.html/comment-page-1#comment-10 dmitrysotnikov Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:48:00 +0000 http://jonathanmedd.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/wsus-30-approving-multiple-updates-for-a-specific-computer-with-powershell/#comment-10 Very cool. By the way, here's a quick tip: PowerGUI Script Editor lets you get nice syntax highlight in the PowerShell code in your posts:<br/><br/>1. In PowerGUI Script Editor, select the code.<br/>2. In the menu, select Edit / Copy As / HTML.<br/>3. Paste the html code into your posts (you might want to also enclose it into the pre tags) Very cool. By the way, here’s a quick tip: PowerGUI Script Editor lets you get nice syntax highlight in the PowerShell code in your posts:

1. In PowerGUI Script Editor, select the code.
2. In the menu, select Edit / Copy As / HTML.
3. Paste the html code into your posts (you might want to also enclose it into the pre tags)

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