[Xymon] Windows Update Script

[Galen Johnson]

Xymonton is self-service.  The maintainer doesn't add the monitors.  It can
be as simple as a link to your GH or a text copy people can download from
there.

=G=

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 12:49 AM Bruno Manzoni <bruno.manzoni at ubi-network.ch>
wrote:

> Thanks all for your feedback,
>
> >Perhaps this could be added to Xymonton
> <https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php>
> I dont know who manage Xymonton, but he could add it!
>
> >Yes, an excellent script! For my copy, I added a check that the ext
> folder exists, create if not (it doesn't by default in my environment).
> Also it found an obsolete patch of 2978 days old (not even available at MS)
> so I created a filter to exclude reporting on patches over 365 days.
>
> Let us know what modification did you did! (Send an email or create an
> issue on Github)! And my 2 cents comments:
> - The check for the ext folder to exist should be better in the powershell
> client: maybe just a warning or just created at the install time (or both)
> - For the obsolete patch, a filter seems not a perfect solution (but could
> be still usefull to have the code!): if you know a better way to do it or
> if you know why it is not reported as it is in Windows: let us know !
>
> Bruno
>
> Le 20.10.2022 à 01:24, James Louis a écrit :
>
> Perhaps this could be added to Xymonton
> <https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php>.
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 5:58 PM Timothy Williams <tlwilliams4 at vcu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, an excellent script! For my copy, I added a check that the ext
>> folder exists, create if not (it doesn't by default in my environment).
>> Also it found an obsolete patch of 2978 days old (not even available at MS)
>> so I created a filter to exclude reporting on patches over 365 days.
>>
>> Timothy Williams, UCC
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 6:39 PM Bruno Manzoni <bruno.manzoni at ubi-network.ch>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> Thanks to Kris, we (the list) receive a script to manage Windows
>>> Updates!
>>>
>>> With his authorization I just published the script on Github and a guide
>>> to make it running quickly
>>>
>>>
>>> https://github.com/bonomani/Xymon-powershell-client-with-Windows-updates-centrally-managed/
>>>
>>> Bruno
>>>
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