RFE: Auto-decline by name pattern (eg. Itanium)

I know it's impractical to exclude updates for Itanium because it would
require repackaging all the Server updates. But it would be nice if the
administrative client could be set to auto-decline any update with "for
Itanium" in the name. The same pattern matching might be fruitfully used to
automatically decline other updates.

"Kenneth Porter" <> wrote in message
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>I know it's impractical to exclude updates for Itanium because it would
> require repackaging all the Server updates. But it would be nice if the
> administrative client could be set to auto-decline any update with "for
> Itanium" in the name. The same pattern matching might be fruitfully used
> to
> automatically decline other updates.


This can be done through the WSUS API, by building a collection based on a
substring contained in the Update Title, and then calling the decline method
(whatever it's actual name is) against all members of that collection.

Alternatively, you might be interested in a third-party product that allows
for custom filtering within the user interface, which would allow you to do
a Select All and Decline (All Selected), based on the string "Itanium" in
the update title.

See http://www.eminentware.com for more information on this 3rd party
product.

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Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)

MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
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"Kenneth Porter" <> wrote in message
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> "Lawrence Garvin [MVP]" <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> This can be done through the WSUS API, by building a collection based
>> on a substring contained in the Update Title, and then calling the
>> decline method (whatever it's actual name is) against all members of
>> that collection.
>
> Sounds interesting. Is the API accessible through scripting? (Or I could
> code up a quick C++ command line utility.) I'll have to go see if I can
> find the docs on that.

The WSUS product is an ASP.NET 2.0 webservices product. I believe the
server-side API requires development in a .NET-based language. The Samples
and Tools package items are almost exclusively written in VB.NET.

There are links to the SDK and the Samples and Tools Kit on the main WSUS
page at http://www.microsoft.com/wsus





--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)

MS WSUS Website: http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
My Websites: http://www.onsitechsolutions.com;
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pro...awrence.Garvin