WUSU 3 and Super eded Status DaveMills <DaveMills[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 5/22/2007 6:17:59 AM Am I missing something. The only view that shows the superceded status that I can find is in the Updates view. There is an icon in the top half and the detail in the lower half. If I search for an update or follow the link in the Computer view of needed updates I cannot see any info about superceded. This makes is very difficult to look at needed updates and only approve the ones that are not superceded. I have only recently installed WSUS 3 and so there are a lot of updates showing as needed. I have also just installed W2003 x64 and again there are lots of updates and it is hard to not approve the superceded ones. Is there a way of seeing this info from the Needed view. -- Dave Mills There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.

Re: WUSU 3 and Super eded Status "Kris Owens \(MSFT\)" <krisow[ at ]microsoft.com> 5/22/2007 11:34:08 PM You're right that the only place the supersedence info shows is in the lists and the preview pane. Would it work for you to filter the lists to just show the needed updates, sort by supersedence, and decline (after evaluation) the superseded ones? Thanks Kris "DaveMills" <DaveMills[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:t82553h0let2uvappi2hlalfss1ej71q8r[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > Am I missing something. The only view that shows the superceded status > that I > can find is in the Updates view. There is an icon in the top half and the > detail > in the lower half. If I search for an update or follow the link in the > Computer > view of needed updates I cannot see any info about superceded. > > This makes is very difficult to look at needed updates and only approve > the ones > that are not superceded. I have only recently installed WSUS 3 and so > there are > a lot of updates showing as needed. I have also just installed W2003 x64 > and > again there are lots of updates and it is hard to not approve the > superceded > ones. > > Is there a way of seeing this info from the Needed view. > -- > Dave Mills > There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that > don't.

Re: WUSU 3 and Super eded Status Gus <vines77[ at ]gmail.com> 5/22/2007 11:48:09 PM On May 22, 2:17 am, DaveMills <DaveMi...[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Am I missing something. The only view that shows the superceded status that I > can find is in the Updates view. There is an icon in the top half and the detail > in the lower half. If I search for an update or follow the link in the Computer > view of needed updates I cannot see any info about superceded. > > This makes is very difficult to look at needed updates and only approve the ones > that are not superceded. I have only recently installed WSUS 3 and so there are > a lot of updates showing as needed. I have also just installed W2003 x64 and > again there are lots of updates and it is hard to not approve the superceded > ones. > > Is there a way of seeing this info from the Needed view. > -- > Dave Mills > There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that don't. Dave, Do you have the Supersedence column heading enabled in the Updates view? Right click on any column heading and add it. You can then sort on that column like we did in the 2.0 interface.

Re: WUSU 3 and Super eded Status DaveMills <DaveMills[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 5/23/2007 5:21:13 AM On 22 May 2007 16:48:09 -0700, Gus <vines77[ at ]gmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >On May 22, 2:17 am, DaveMills <DaveMi...[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> wrote: >> Am I missing something. The only view that shows the superceded status that I >> can find is in the Updates view. There is an icon in the top half and the detail >> in the lower half. If I search for an update or follow the link in the Computer >> view of needed updates I cannot see any info about superceded. >> >> This makes is very difficult to look at needed updates and only approve the ones >> that are not superceded. I have only recently installed WSUS 3 and so there are >> a lot of updates showing as needed. I have also just installed W2003 x64 and >> again there are lots of updates and it is hard to not approve the superceded >> ones. >> >> Is there a way of seeing this info from the Needed view. >> -- >> Dave Mills >> There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that don't. > >Dave, Do you have the Supersedence column heading enabled in the >Updates view? Right click on any column heading and add it. You can >then sort on that column like we did in the 2.0 interface. Yes but in that view I cannon easily see what is needed by a group of PCs -- Dave Mills There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.

Re: WUSU 3 and Super eded Status DaveMills <DaveMills[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 5/23/2007 5:44:58 AM On Tue, 22 May 2007 16:34:08 -0700, "Kris Owens \(MSFT\)" <krisow[ at ]microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >You're right that the only place the supersedence info shows is in the lists >and the preview pane. Would it work for you to filter the lists to just show >the needed updates, sort by supersedence, and decline (after evaluation) the >superseded ones? First: I wonder where the "c" went in my subject - odd typo :-) With WSUS 2 I could follow the link to see what updates were actually needed by a PC then before approving I could see if an update was superceded and only approve the latest one. For example the most common superceded updates are definition updates. If I have been away on leave when I return there may be 2 definition updates available and both are flagged as "needed". I cannot see in the Needed view which to approve (sometime the date in the title gives this away and sometimes is does not). If I approve both then the client will sort out which it needs to install but by approving the superceded one it will get downloaded. Later I will decline it. I would like to be able to see the superceded status in the Needed view so I can approve only the superceding update. The superceded update will then stop being needed. I feel safer declining an update if it is superceded AND nothing is reporting it as needed. I cannot do that in WSUS 3 without first approving the update. So to answer your question I would like to have the superceded details in the view I get when I follow a hyperlink to the updates details. I would also like the release date in that view too. I assume that this view is the same if I follow the link from Updates, Search, Computer/needed view, it looks the same. Having it as a column header in the computer view would be a bonus. Or course the problem is much worse for a new installation of WSUS then for a mature WSUS where only the current months updates have to be considered. >Thanks >Kris > >"DaveMills" <DaveMills[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message >news:t82553h0let2uvappi2hlalfss1ej71q8r[ at ]4ax.com... >> Am I missing something. The only view that shows the superceded status >> that I >> can find is in the Updates view. There is an icon in the top half and the >> detail >> in the lower half. If I search for an update or follow the link in the >> Computer >> view of needed updates I cannot see any info about superceded. >> >> This makes is very difficult to look at needed updates and only approve >> the ones >> that are not superceded. I have only recently installed WSUS 3 and so >> there are >> a lot of updates showing as needed. I have also just installed W2003 x64 >> and >> again there are lots of updates and it is hard to not approve the >> superceded >> ones. >> >> Is there a way of seeing this info from the Needed view. >> -- >> Dave Mills >> There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that >> don't. -- Dave Mills There are 10 type of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.