>> The correct remediation of this issue is, in fact, to decline the May
>> 2009 update (because it is expired), to decline the Feb 2009 update
>> (because it is superceded by the Sep 2009 update), and when they fix a
>> similar issue produced in last week's Nov 2009 update (which is now also
>> expired due to defective supercession metadata), it will then be
>> appropriate to decline the Sep 2009 update.
To close up this thread -- I just synchronized a properly configured
November 2009 KB931125 that was published earlier today.
To summarize the various instances of KB931125 for 2009:
November 2009 "Update for Root Certificates [November 2009]"
Original Release Date: 11/24/2009 (current package)
This update supercedes the September 2009 update.
November 2009 "Update for Root Certificates [November 2009]"
Original Release Date: 11/19/2009; deleted from the catalog
This update had defective supercession metadata.
September 2009 "Update for Root Certificates [September 2009]"
Original Release Date: 9/22/2009; still active and unrevised
This update superceded the May 2009 update and is superceded by the November
2009 update.
It should now be declined, and the November 2009 update should be approved.
September 2009 "Update for Root Certificates"
Original Release Date: 9/21/2009; deleted from the catalog
This update had defective supercession data -- specifically the same error
introduced in the 5/22/09 update was replicated in this package. "Update for
Root Certificates [May 2009]" was recorded as a *superceding* update, rather
than a superceded update. This package was corrected 24 hours later by the
current September 2009 package.
May 2009 "Update for Root Certificates [May 2009]"
Original Release Date: 5/26/2009; Last Modification Date: 11/19/2009
This update was expired by Microsoft on 11/19/2009 in response to the first
attempt at the Nov 2009 release (which also had defective metadata). This
release of the May 2009 package contained the correct supercession data.
This update also should have expired the 5/22/2009 package, but did not do
so. This update should have been declined on WSUS servers in September,
2009, when the Sept 2009 update was released, but certainly should be
declined now, as the update has been expired.
May 2009 "Root Certificates Update"
Original Release Date: 5/22/2009; Last Modification Date: 5/22/2009
This update superceded the February 2009 "Update for Root Certificates", and
was actually the original release with defective metadata, showing the Feb
2009 "Update for Root Certificates" as a *superceding* update, rather than a
superceded update. The metadata currently shows this update as expired, but
as of an image of a server I have based on a last sync date of 11/17, this
update was still *active* on that date -- which suggests this update was
only recently expired, and the revision date of that expiration was not
properly recorded in the update metadata. This update should have been
expired when the corrected package was published on 5/26/2009, and is the
culprit for the recent spate of problems with installation of KB931125.
February 2009 "Update for Root Certificates"
Original Release Date 2/24/2009; Last Modification Date: 9/21/2009
This update was expired by Microsoft on 9/21/2009 as a result of the 9/21/09
release of the September 2009 package, which had defective supercession
metadata, and was subsequently republished 24 hours later on 9/22/09. It
should have been declined in September 2009 for either of two reasons: the
supercession of the Sep 2009 update, as well as the fact that it was an
expired update.
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Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)
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