WSUS to pass cmd line args to patch ? andyjgw <andyjgw[ at ]gmail.com> 5/24/2007 11:00:31 AM Per the title - running up a slight problem applying W2k3 SP2 to some machines whose C: drives are a little on the tight side for space. If I could pass an argument to the installer so it kicks off and creates the uninstall directory to the alternative loaction I specify, that would be great. I can't find any documentation on how I might accomplish this, so assume it's not an out-of-the-box solution. Any suggestions how I might do this (short of rebuilding the boxes in question, or running the patches manually) ? Thanks AW

Re: WSUS to pass cmd line args to patch ? "Travis Plunk [MSFT]" <Travis.Plunk[ at ]online.microsoft.com> 5/24/2007 4:38:57 PM It is not possible to do the equivalent of changing the arguments passed to the update using WSUS/Windows Update with the updates you are Sync'ing from Microsoft Update. I believe this is possible with System Center Essentials or SMS if download the update and publish it manually. -- Travis Plunk Tester - Internal Deployments, WSUS Microsoft This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm "andyjgw" <andyjgw[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1180004431.314149.156820[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Per the title - running up a slight problem applying W2k3 SP2 to some > machines whose C: drives are a little on the tight side for space. If > I could pass an argument to the installer so it kicks off and creates > the uninstall directory to the alternative loaction I specify, that > would be great. > > I can't find any documentation on how I might accomplish this, so > assume it's not an out-of-the-box solution. > > Any suggestions how I might do this (short of rebuilding the boxes in > question, or running the patches manually) ? > > Thanks > > AW >

Re: WSUS to pass cmd line args to patch ? andyjgw <andyjgw[ at ]gmail.com> 5/28/2007 4:22:27 PM Ah OK, thanks for the advice Travis. I can stop searching now :) One for the wish-list I think ? AW On May 24, 5:38 pm, "Travis Plunk [MSFT]" <Travis.Pl...[ at ]online.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > It is not possible to do the equivalent of changing the arguments passed to > the update using WSUS/Windows Update with the updates you are Sync'ing from > Microsoft Update. > > I believe this is possible with System Center Essentials or SMS if download > the update and publish it manually. > > -- > Travis Plunk > Tester - Internal Deployments, WSUS > Microsoft > > This posting is provided "As Is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified athttp://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm > > "andyjgw" <andy...[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1180004431.314149.156820[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > > > Per the title - running up a slight problem applying W2k3 SP2 to some > > machines whose C: drives are a little on the tight side for space. If > > I could pass an argument to the installer so it kicks off and creates > > the uninstall directory to the alternative loaction I specify, that > > would be great. > > > I can't find any documentation on how I might accomplish this, so > > assume it's not an out-of-the-box solution. > > > Any suggestions how I might do this (short of rebuilding the boxes in > > question, or running the patches manually) ? > > > Thanks > > > AW