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patching servers in multiple domains

is there a tool to audit servers for patches which are available for installation?

I have 100s of server on different domains.

I looked at PoshPAIG, but from the forums its seems I cannot login to different domains
with different credentials.

We use SCCM and obviously WSUS in our environment, please assist

are there any tools which come with WSUS or SCCM which I can use that will audit the servers to display a list of hot fixes/ updates which are ready to be downloaded and installed?

David Johnson, CD

WSUS reporting already does this

Ikky786

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ok so how do I use wsus to get audit information please

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Nagendra Pratap Singh

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Ikky786

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The problem is that sccm fails to patch servers because if the sccm service failing. We got tons of servers like this. That's why I need to login remotely to each of these servers and check what updates are due. No script or anything has worked for me so far

Nagendra Pratap Singh

Then you need to fix SCCM first.

Do you have a dedicated SCCM person? Why not?

Prashant Girennavar

I have writted a powershell script which will query WSUS for pending patches on list of servers

http://prashant1987.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/powershell-script-to-query-wsus-for-downloadedfalied-patches-on-list-of-servers/

Check if it helps.

Thanks,

-Prashant Girennavar.

Ikky786

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Ill try that script , does it allow me to access servers on different domain a with different login credentials ? I just need to query the servers not the wsus server. How did you Learn powershell ? By reading msdn or reading lots of books and example code ?

Ikky786

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Will this list the KB numbers and full patch names which waiting to be installed on each of the servers in the names.txt file