can I run updates offline from a specific directory?

[jconley23]

I have looked at and played with batchpatch a little bit. you guys did an awesome job BTW… BUT, was curious if there is a way to install a list of already downloaded (I manually downloaded them) updates on machines that are OFFLINE. no connection to download them for themselves.

Maybe a “shared” location that batchpatch can have the hosts install the updates from? I am sure this is an unusual question. But I am trying to find a more efficient way to update my offline machines.

I can do them one at a time through the deploy software tool, but thats a little tedious to load each one manually.

My typical method is to create a batch file with all the updates I downloaded manually and then psexec to the machines needing updates, and run the batch file with silent and no restart switch.

thanks.

[doug]

Thanks for your interest in BatchPatch. You’re in luck because we have a whole ‘offline update’ feature coming out very soon, probably within the next 8 weeks, that will enable very easy updating of machines that have no access to the internet or a WSUS. Keep your eye out for it.

In the meantime, to accomplish your goal you can put all of your MSU/MSI/MSP/EXE etc files in a single folder. In that same folder put your script that installs the files. Then, using the Deployment action in BatchPatch, deploy the script to your target machines and check the box to “copy entire directory.” Then when you execute the deployment, the entire folder of MSU/MSI/MSP/EXE files will be copied to the target hosts with the script, and the script will be executed, which will then install all the files.

I hope this helps.

-Doug

[doug]

New Cached Mode / Offline Mode options for deploying updates to computers that do not have internet access: Cached Mode and Offline Updates

For deploying multiple MSU files, I’ve posted a tutorial here: Remote Script Deployment – Install Multiple MSU Files In A Single Action On Remote Computers

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