January 2022 Patch Tuesday

[Dameuil]

The january 2022 patch tuesday has some different problems

In offline cached mode & Off-line mode, the size on disk for the offline update repository growth to x2 x2.5.
the strange thing is :
I have download again the whole repository but with less option as usual :
Only : 2008R2, 2012R2, 2016/2016 + all application/framework + english only

And the size of the repository is quite the same as :
2003, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 201R2, 2016/2019 + all application/framework + english only

January 2022 has updated the microsoft offscan file too.
Maybe the problem is linked

January 2022 brought also some Loop reboot on 2012R2 server.
https://borncity.com/win/2022/01/12/patchday-windows-8-1-server-2012-r2-updates-11-januar-2022-mgliche-boot-probleme/

So is it possible to decrease the size of the repository ? Is it microsoft bug or batchpatch?

[doug]

Hello – Can you clarify what you mean by “growth to x2 x2.5” ?

It seems like you’re trying to say that the size on disk of the repository has doubled? Is this correct. And what are you comparing this to? Are you saying that the January 2022 repository is double the size of December 2021 repository?

Also, you mentioned that Jan 2022 Microsoft has updated the offline scan file. Yes, Microsoft updates this file every single month. The fact that you mention this leads me to believe that maybe you have not been updating your scan file every month? And so are you comparing the repository size in Jan 2022 to some long time ago instead of to Dec 2021? It usually grows each month.

I did a quick scan, and it looks to me like the Jan 2022 repository is about 15GB larger than the Dec 2021 repository for the particular selections that you mentioned. Are you seeing something different?

You also mentioned a 2012R2 reboot loop issue. What does that have to do with the repository size?

[doug]

I did a full scan and confirmed the following:

The repository generated by the Dec 2021 WsusScn2.cab file is 451GB.

The repository generated by the Jan 2022 WsusScn2.cab file is 467GB. It contains an additional 16GB of update files that are not part of the Dec 2021 repository.

Everything looks normal/correct/expected to me.

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