Shay Levy [MVP]

Take II:



$updateServer = "serverName"
$wsus = [Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.AdminProxy]::getUpdateServer($updateServer,$false)

$updateScope = new-object Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.UpdateScope
$updateScope.updateApprovalActions = "Install,Uninstall"

$updates = $wsus.getUpdates($updateScope)


$updates[0] | gm -MemberType method a*

TypeName: Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.Update

Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
....
Approve Method Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administra...
....




Notice that the Approve() method has two overloads:

Approve(UpdateApprovalAction action, IComputerTargetGroup targetGroup),
Approve(UpdateApprovalAction action, IComputerTargetGroup targetGroup, DateTime
deadline)}




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Shay Levy
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j> I need to approve around 100 updates for a client computer in WSUS.
j> Using the WSUS console for this is impracticle since its involves
j> about 5 - 6 clicks per update, so naturally I am looking to
j> Powershell for a solution.
j>
j> There are some sample scripts for managing WSUS 3.0 at the script
j> center.
j>
j> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...us/server/defa
j> ult.mspx?mfr=true
j>
j> Basically what I need to do is for a particular computer find which
j> updates need approving and then approve them all for a particular
j> WSUS computer group in one go.
j>
j> So far I have:
j>
j> [reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.UpdateServices.
j> Administration") | out-null
j> if (!$wsus) {
j> $wsus =
j> [Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.AdminProxy]::GetUpdateServer
j> ();
j> }
j>
j> $wsus.GetComputerTargets()
j>
j> This basically returns a lot of info about the computers, but nothing
j> to do with approvals.
j>
j> Similarly the following gives you a load of info about the updates
j> including whether they are approved or not, but does not tell you
j> which group they are approved for.
j>
j> [reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.UpdateServices.
j> Administration") | out-null
j> if (!$wsus) {
j> $wsus =
j> [Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.AdminProxy]::GetUpdateServer
j> ();
j> }
j>
j> $updateScope = new-object
j> Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.UpdateScope;
j> $updateScope.UpdateApprovalActions =
j> [Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.UpdateApprovalActions]::Inst
j> all `
j> -bor
j> [Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.UpdateApprovalActions]::Unin
j> stall
j> $wsus.GetUpdates($updateScope)
j>
j> Exchanging the last line for
j>
j> $wsus.GetUpdateApprovals($updateScope)
j>
j> gets you some approval info, but not quite what I'm looking for.
j>
j> Anyone willing to assist would be most appreciated.
j>