At time troubleshooting on cases we had to decline updates which are superseded from the WSUS and hence help to make sure that the no of updates the update agent scan is reduced.
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#Change server name and port number and $True if it is on SSL
[String]$updateServer1 = "CMCAS"
[Boolean]$useSecureConnection = $False
[Int32]$portNumber =8530
# Load .NET assembly
[void][reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration")
$count = 0
# Connect to WSUS Server
$updateServer = [Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.AdminProxy]::getUpdateServer($updateServer1,$useSecureConnection,$portNumber)
write-host "<<<Connected sucessfully >>>" -foregroundcolor "yellow"
$updatescope = New-Object Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.UpdateScope
$u=$updateServer.GetUpdates($updatescope )
foreach ($u1 in $u )
{
if ($u1.IsSuperseded -eq 'True')
{
write-host Decline Update : $u1.Title
$u1.Decline()
$count=$count + 1
}
}
write-host Total Declined Updates: $count
trap
{
write-host "Error Occurred"
write-host "Exception Message: "
write-host $_.Exception.Message
write-host $_.Exception.StackTrace
exit
}
# EOF
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