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how to find out what product and classification an update belongs to?
how to find out what product and classification an update belongs to?
- Hello,
Using WSUS 3 sp1... if I know an update I want, as in I know the KB number, how do I find out what product and classification it belongs to in order to make sure my wsus server downloads it? I realize the product is pretty obvious most of the time but how about the classification?
for example this update:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925876
there is nothing on that page that would let you know... I do need to know the this info for that particular update but more importantly I need to know how I can find this out for all updates?
Respostas
- Knowing the Product Category should be easily obtaininable from the Applies To: listing in the KB article. For example, KB925876 applies to all Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems.
The Update Classification require a bit more intuition and deductive reasoning, however.
Security Updates - contains all updates related to a security situation. These updates will have an associated MSRC Security Bulletin.
Critical Updates - contains all updates related to system stability. These updates will generally be noted as "Critical" or "Important" in the KB article.
Updates - contains all other non-security non-critical updates, except
Update Rollups - which generally contains updates which are packages of collections of individual updates, packaged together for convenience.
Now, to be frank, you probably should be synchronizing all four of these update classifications on every WSUS Server anyway, and then the answer to your question as to what update classification you'd find KB925876 in, would be: "Check the WSUS Server update listing." :)
If you're not synchronizing Updates or Update Rollups, and KB925876 is missing from your system, it's a fair assumption that it's actually in one of those two classifications. (In fact, it's in Updates.)
Generally, though, there's no current methodology for authoritatively determining the WSUS Update Classification for an update from the specific KB article for an update.
There is, however, a rolling KB article that contains a listing, by date, of all updates released to the WSUS environment for the current calendar year. For 2009, you'll find this in KB894199. Previous years can be found from links in that KB article. This KB article will tell you the specific update classification that an update has been released in for WSUS.
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)- Marcado como RespostaLawrence GarvinMVP, Moderadorquinta-feira, 2 de julho de 2009 14:45
- found it in Feature Packs classification... so nevermind. Thanks again!
- Marcado como RespostaLawrence GarvinMVP, Moderadorquinta-feira, 2 de julho de 2009 19:12
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- Knowing the Product Category should be easily obtaininable from the Applies To: listing in the KB article. For example, KB925876 applies to all Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems.
The Update Classification require a bit more intuition and deductive reasoning, however.
Security Updates - contains all updates related to a security situation. These updates will have an associated MSRC Security Bulletin.
Critical Updates - contains all updates related to system stability. These updates will generally be noted as "Critical" or "Important" in the KB article.
Updates - contains all other non-security non-critical updates, except
Update Rollups - which generally contains updates which are packages of collections of individual updates, packaged together for convenience.
Now, to be frank, you probably should be synchronizing all four of these update classifications on every WSUS Server anyway, and then the answer to your question as to what update classification you'd find KB925876 in, would be: "Check the WSUS Server update listing." :)
If you're not synchronizing Updates or Update Rollups, and KB925876 is missing from your system, it's a fair assumption that it's actually in one of those two classifications. (In fact, it's in Updates.)
Generally, though, there's no current methodology for authoritatively determining the WSUS Update Classification for an update from the specific KB article for an update.
There is, however, a rolling KB article that contains a listing, by date, of all updates released to the WSUS environment for the current calendar year. For 2009, you'll find this in KB894199. Previous years can be found from links in that KB article. This KB article will tell you the specific update classification that an update has been released in for WSUS.
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)- Marcado como RespostaLawrence GarvinMVP, Moderadorquinta-feira, 2 de julho de 2009 14:45
- Thanks Lawrence, as always, your help is appreciated.
I do actually have all those categories set to synchronize.... the update my wsus server is not getting is kb943729, I put the wrong kb number in my original post. I checked the link you provided which does have 943729 listed but the classification is not listed for it, I do see classification is listed for other updates though so I will certainly bookmark that site for future refence.
any idea where KB943729 lives? The only classifications I *don't* have selected are feature packs, drivers, and definition updates? After getting all updates from my wsus server and then checking windows update website directly this update comes up as needed? - found it in Feature Packs classification... so nevermind. Thanks again!
- Marcado como RespostaLawrence GarvinMVP, Moderadorquinta-feira, 2 de julho de 2009 19:12
