SCCM 2012 R2 – Remove Expired Updates

Hi All,

Every time i need to remove an expired update from a baseline is always the same…select the baseline, show members, and select the updates I want to remove…edit membership…

This action takes time, imagine that you need to do it once a month (yes, patch Tuesday). But, if you have many sw update groups?!?!? Yes, you’ll spend bit of time doing it.

Based on this, we can use PowerShell script as well as a console extension that will allow you to remove all expired updates from a SW update group.

To do it, download the RemoveExpiredUpdates  zip file, extract and add the files to the following places:  https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=AAD3278AFCB4BCA2%21271

1.    RFL-SUP Deployment Group.xml file  to <CM12R2Console Installation Path)\XmlStorage\Extensions\Actions\2853886b-cce5-4ed4-af43-df69efb2e7d8

And

2.     <CM12R2Console Installation Path)\XmlStorage\Extensions\Actions\bb1a22d4-816f-438c-b6e7-51cbc210112f (change the CM12R2Console to the path of the console )

3.    RemoveExpiredUpdates.ps1 to C:\Scripts\CM12R2Console on the same computer where you installed the CM12 R2 Console

Note: the RFL-SUP Deployment Group.xml has the same name as the href=”http://thedesktopteam.com/blog/raphael/sccm-2012-r2-sw-update-group-to-baseline/” target=”_blank”>SW Update Group to Baseline and can easily be replaced as it contains both actions. if you have not downloaded the SW Update Group to baseline, i suggest you to do it now

Once you have done it, restart the console and you’ll see a new action group called RFL Systems and once you right click any software update group, you’ll also be able to see the action (see below screenshot)

When you click, a PowerShell screen will be shown and the baseline will be created

And no worries, if there is nothing to remove, it will not do anything

  

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You can view what port the SSB is using by running the following query on the SCCM SQL server.

SELECT name, protocol_desc, port, state_desc FROM sys.tcp_endpoints WHERE type_desc = ‘SERVICE_BROKER’

Hope This Will Work!!

Regards,

Amarpal