[Xymon] Windows Update Script

[Bruno Manzoni]

Hi List,

Finally I did a doc to have the best seetings for it but *I also did 
update the script "updates.ps1" with new features and i did resolve some 
bugs*: let me know if you like this version and what can be improved!
-> you can find it on Xymonton
-> you can submit your ideas/issues on github (xymonton have a link to 
github)

Regards

Bruno

Le 20.10.2022 à 16:04, Bruno Manzoni a écrit :
>
> Thanks, just update my doc with this info!
>
> Bruno
>
> Le 20.10.2022 à 15:45, Timothy Williams a écrit :
>> I added this before the first Function; note that I install and run 
>> from a C:\Utils folder, not Program Files, change as needed.
>>
>>  $extfilepath = 'c:\Utils\ext'
>>   IF(!(Test-Path $extfilepath))
>>   {New-Item C:\Utils\ext –Type Directory}
>>
>> I also filtered the output in the ForEach loop by enclosing If 
>> ($patchAge -lt 365){...}
>>
>> *Timothy L. Williams*
>>
>> Windows Server *Operating Systems Analyst
>> *Virginia Commonwealth University
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 8:32 AM Galen Johnson <solitaryr at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>     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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