Use this Knowledge Script to monitor the total number of critical updates from the Windows update Web site that have been downloaded but not yet installed. If you configure Automatic Updates to prompt you before installing downloaded updates, then you may accumulate a large number of downloaded updates that have not yet been installed. This script raises an event if the total number of downloaded, but uninstalled, updates exceeds the threshold you set.
Automatic Updates folder
The default interval for this script is Every 24 hours.
Set the following parameters as needed:
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Parameter |
How to Set It |
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Raise event if threshold is exceeded? |
Set to y to raise an event if the total number of updates downloaded exceeds the threshold you set. The default is y. |
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Collect data for updates downloaded but not installed? |
Set to y to collect data for charts and reports. If enabled, data collection returns the number of updates that have been downloaded but not yet installed. The default is n. |
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Threshold - Maximum total downloaded updates |
Specify the maximum number of updates that can be downloaded but not installed before an event is raised. The default is 10. |
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Event severity when downloaded updates exceed threshold |
Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the number of updates that can be downloaded but not installed exceeds the threshold. The default is 8 (red event indicator). |