WScript.Echo vbCRLF & “Creating collection of updates to download:” WScript.Echo “There are no applicable updates.” WScript.Echo “List of applicable items on the machine:”įor I = 0 To -1 UpdateSearcher.Search(“IsInstalled=0 and Type=’Software'”) WScript.Echo “Searching for updates…” & vbCRLF Set updateSearcher = updateSession.CreateupdateSearcher() Searching, Downloading, and Installing Updates: (VS.85).aspx You can also use the following script sample from MSDN: msu files in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 Therefore, if you do not wish to enable auto updates, you can manually download each update from the Windows Update site, transfer them to the Core machine, and then manually installing them using msiexec.exe or wusa.exe:ĭescription of the Windows Update Stand-alone Installer (Wusa.exe) and of. Problem with this setting is that you have no control over what updates are being downloaded and installed.
In order to install updates you need to configure the Server Core machine to automatically download and install updates: Well, there are several methods which you can use to download and install the latest Windows Server 2008 R2 updates from the Windows Update site. So after properly configuring Server Core and getting ready to deploy it on your server farm, you now want to download and install the latest Windows Server 2008 R2 updates from the Windows Update site. Luckily for us, most of the management pain has been solved by usage of the either manually created scripts, 3rd-party graphical user interface tools, and lately in R2 – the SCONFIG tool. One of the challenges of using Server Core is the management aspect. As you probably know by now, in Windows Server 2008, the Server Core installation provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles, which reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles (read more about Server Core on my “ Understanding Windows Server 2008 Server Core” and “ Installing Windows Server 2008 Core” articles).