Add-SCUpdateServer

Add-SCUpdateServer

Adds a WSUS computer to VMM.

Syntax

Parameter Set: Default
Add-SCUpdateServer [-ComputerName] <String> -Credential <VMMCredential> -TCPPort <UInt32> [-DisableUpdateServerConfiguration] [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid]> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-StartUpdateServerSync] [-UseSSLConnection] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Add-SCUpdateServer cmdlet adds a Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) computer to Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Adding a WSUS computer integrates VMM with WSUS setup and enables the update management feature.

Parameters

-ComputerName<String>

Specifies the name of a computer that VMM can uniquely identify on your network. Valid formats are:

-- FQDN
-- IPv4 or IPv6 address
-- NetBIOS name

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

1

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Credential<VMMCredential>

Specifies a credential object or, for some cmdlets, a Run As account object that contains the user name and password of an account that has permission to perform this action.

For more information about the PSCredential object, type Get-Help Get-Credential.

For more information about Run As accounts, type Get-Help New-SCRunAsAccount.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-DisableUpdateServerConfiguration

Indicates that this cmdlet disables the ability to control WSUS configuration settings through VMM. Use this parameter when VMM and System Center Configuration Manager are leveraging the same WSUS server and there can be only one configuration setting authority. Configuration settings are defined as the selection of production classifications, products, languages, and so on.

By default, when you add an update server that is a downstream server that Configuration Manager manages, VMM disables its own ability to configure the WSUS settings.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-JobVariable<String>

Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-PROTipID<Guid]>

Specifies the ID of the Performance and Resource Optimization tip (PRO tip) that triggered this action. This parameter lets you audit PRO tips.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-RunAsynchronously

Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-StartUpdateServerSync

Indicates that the update server synchronization process starts immediately after this cmdlet adds the update server.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-TCPPort<UInt32>

Specifies a numeric value that represents a TCP port.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-UseSSLConnection

Indicates that the update server communicates with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-VMMServer<ServerConnection>

Specifies a VMM server object.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

True (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

  • UpdateServer

Examples

Example 1: Add an update server

The first command gets the Run As account object named RunAsAccount01, and then stores the object in the $Credential variable.

The second command adds update server WSUSComputer01 to VMM, which enables update servicing functionality. This command specifies $Credential as the Run As account credentials.

PS C:\> $Credential = Get-SCRunAsAccount -Name "RunAsAccount01"
PS C:\> Add-SCUpdateServer -ComputerName "WSUSComputer01" -TCPPort 80 -Credential $Credential

Get-SCUpdateServer

Remove-SCUpdateServer

Restart-SCJob

Set-SCUpdateServer

Get-SCRunAsAccount