RE: [OT] SUS keep logs of client installs?
- From: Jim Harrison <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:48:39 -0700
No sweat; I'm glad I can hit these walls forst so others don't have to...
Jim Harrison
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:29:53 -0700
"cismic" <cismic@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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Hi Jim,
That is true. Lots of times for what ever reason this call does return
incorrect information. But, still I'm
Glad that we have some of these features to at least be on top of things
faster!
Thanks dude,
Joseph
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:08 AM
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Subject: [isalist] RE: [OT] SUS keep logs of client installs?
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That's very true (ISAInfo uses this type of call to enumerate the OS
hotfixes). Unfortunately, what's also true is that you'll very often get
incomplete data from the "Win32_QuickFixEngineering" class calls. It's
intermittent and it's frustrating.
I'll be changing this function to use direct registry reads (the same
thing the "Win32_QuickFixEngineering" class does).
Jim Harrison
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:35:42 -0700
"cismic" <cismic@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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Hi All,
If using WMI, you can read the work stations daily and store that
information in a database.
WMI can be used via this type of call:
Function ComputerNameB()
Set getComputer = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ComputerName = getComputer.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%COMPUTERNAME%")
set getComputer = Nothing
winmgmt2 = "winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//"& ComputerName
&"" Set QFESet = GetObject( winmgmt2 ).InstancesOf
("Win32_QuickFixEngineering")
End Function
wscript.echo("----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------")
WScript.Echo "The following HotFixes have been applied:"
wscript.echo("----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------")
For each QFE in QFESet
WScript.Echo QFE.HotFixID & " " & QFE.Description
WScript.Echo "
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;"; & QFE.HotFixID
next
wscript.echo("----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------")
What the link does is give you a quick way to track back to the Kb and
read what has been listed.
I'm building an sql table and will populate the information via sql
calls. If done right this will Enhance any 3rd party computer asset
management system.
Thank you,
Joseph
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From: Amy Babinchak [mailto:Amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:36 AM
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IIS also keeps tracks of it but the log isn?t as easy to read as the log
on the workstations. I recently asked the same question on the Microsoft
Partner Newsgroup for Windows 2000 and was told that it would be a good
idea to submit the idea for a product enhancement. I?m going to do so,
you may want to also. I?m sure that more than one request for the same
thing gets more attention. Here is the information:
?This is a great idea for a future product enhancement. I'd recommend
that you forward the recommendation to the
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From: William Robertson [mailto:robertson.william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:46 AM
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Subject: [isalist] [OT] SUS keep logs of client installs?
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Hi there
Slightly off topic, I know, but everyone here seems to be quite well
versed with SUS SP1 so I would appreciate some info:
- Can SUS be configured to keep record of which
patches/hotfixes etc have been delivered to which workstations at which
time?
It would be nice to have such a logfile so that one can keep track of
what your clients are doing. BTW, I know that the %systemroot%\windows
update.log keeps track of each client?s respective installation history,
but this file is generated on each individual workstation and not
centralised on the server (as far as I can tell).
Cheers
William R.
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