Comments on: How to apply WSUS updates to a Windows Server 2008 Core machine

By: Nathan Novak

Nathan Novak — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:45:33 +0000

Hi Prasanna, I really am not sure about VBscript and WSUS. This post was more about how to use WSUS on Windows Server Core instalations and focused on the “client” side. I don’t have domain-specific knowledge around what API’s are available for WSUS. That being said, you should check out the info available over on TechNet like the WSUS forums (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/threads) or the wealth of info published on the product page (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb332157.aspx).

Good luck!

By: PRASANNA KUMAR K S

PRASANNA KUMAR K S — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:33:34 +0000

we can export computer status from WSUS server using VBScript ?

Thanks,
Prasanna

By: PRASANNA KUMAR K S

PRASANNA KUMAR K S — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:32:47 +0000

we can export computer status from WSUS server using VBScript ?

Thanks,
Prasanna

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By: Capatin

Capatin — Sun, 22 May 2011 16:18:52 +0000

That saves me. Thanks for being so sesbnlie!

By: Nathan Novak

Nathan Novak — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:04:40 +0000

All security patches are available for one-off download via the Microsoft Download Center (microsoft.com/downloads). You’d need to identify which KB’s you want to install (every security hotfix has it’s own release), download, and install these. You should be able to search for some automated methods of installing all KB’s in a given folder online, or you can manually install each one if you want to spend A LOT of time.

The other method would be to use WSUS, since it would have Internet access and your Core server would only need access to the WSUS box (not necessarily to the Internet).

Hope that helps.

By: David

David — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:48:36 +0000

i have a windows core 2008 .without internet acces! .. ( network people stuff)
and i want to install selective updates , ‘case its gonna joint to a cluster that has certanly update and hotfixs ..
can you give a clue’?

a friend toldme that download manually the patches , but where , and how can i install it manually?

Thnxs for your help ..

By: Nathan Novak

Nathan Novak — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:56:21 +0000

Glad you’ve got it working Amol. I’ve changed roles significantly since I wrote this up and haven’t touched a Windows Core installation in over 2 years. I’m going to ask a couple folks internally (I work at Microsoft now) and see if there’s anything better than this script out there. I’ll post an update if anything worthwhile comes up.

By: Amol

Amol — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:35:14 +0000

Don’t worry. I had to do cscript instead of running the VBS directly. Thanks.

By: Amol

Amol — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:23:37 +0000

In this script there is an input requested in the form of Y/N when you want to install the update. It doesn’t work if I type Y in the command prompt neither does it work by clicking OK. Please help.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:16:03 +0000

Sure its a bit late on this article, but there is not much out there to help with server core…
Use Sconfig to manage server core(2008r2). saves a lot of time. option 6 for updates.

By: Lewis Wells

Lewis Wells — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:30:15 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing this script! I really do wish my company had gone with VMware rather than the idiocy of Hyper-V

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:24:33 +0000

Thank you very much for the link to a useful script. Worked like a charm.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:50:32 +0000

Thanks this was very helpful!

By: Jim Blomgren

Jim Blomgren — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:04:12 +0000

I am having the same trouble as Tim with my Server Core 2008 machine and KB953631. What is the fix?

By: MikeDees

MikeDees — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:59:48 +0000

Thanks Guillermo. You are the man.

By: Guillermo

Guillermo — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:08 +0000

I wrote a FREE application to manage Windows 2008 Core servers. This application includes a module to show updates available and install selected updates. You can set Automatic Updates and select the day/hour or Turn Off Automatic Updates.
Visual Core Configurator 2008 is available to download at http://ctxadmtools.musumeci.com.ar

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0000

So I’m using the vbs script to do updates on my core server (I don’t have a WSUS server running and don’t like to run fully auto on servers), and it is awesome. The one thing I noticed though is that no matter how many times I run it there are always 2 updates it says I need. One is KB953631 I believe, the other is the Malicious Software Tool for the current month. I can keep running the update script and it says it needs to be installed everytime. I setup another core VM to test it out, and it does the same thing, so I don’t think it is the system unless it is a VM only problem. Anyone know a way to install these properly or at least get it to stop detecting them? Also, if I set it to full auto updating, does that mean it will try to install those 2 updates every night?

By: The things that are better left unspoken : (Manually) Updating Server Core

The things that are better left unspoken : (Manually) Updating Server Core — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:45:39 +0000

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By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:16:28 +0000

Haha – is Alicea your girlfriend? When I blogged I got the same kind of responses from my girlfriend.

Thanks for the great post – I thought I wasn’t getting updates on my lab’s Core installs, but the GPO settings were working after all. I kept the script anyway, because it’s good.

Later.

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:17:22 +0000

You could also run a fully managed dedicated server and not have to worry about such updates. We run a server from Server Intellect and they handle all the updates for us. Even run malware scans. I know a lot of people like to the work themselves but not let someone else sweat the small stuff so you can work on the hard problems=)

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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:05:24 +0000

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By: Alicea

Alicea — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:46:03 +0000

You are such a geek.
But I love you anyway.