

Operating systems in extended support have only cumulative monthly security updates (known as the "B" or Update Tuesday release).
CRITICAL UPDATES NOT INSTALLING INSTALL
name : Install all updates and reboot as many times as needed _updates : category_names : '*' reboot : yes - name : Install all security, critical, and rollup updates without a scheduled task _updates : category_names : - SecurityUpdates - CriticalUpdates - UpdateRollups - name : Search-only, return list of found updates (if any), log to C:\ansible_wu.txt _updates : category_names : SecurityUpdates state : searched log_path : C:\ansible_wu.txt - name : Install all security updates with automatic reboots _updates : category_names : - SecurityUpdates reboot : yes - name : Install only particular updates based on the KB numbers _updates : category_name : - SecurityUpdates accept_list : - KB4056892 - KB4073117 - name : Exclude updates based on the update title _updates : category_name : - SecurityUpdates - CriticalUpdates reject_list : - Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool for Windows - \d Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 # Optionally, you can increase the reboot_timeout to survive long updates during reboot - name : Ensure we wait long enough for the updates to be applied during reboot _updates : reboot : yes reboot_timeout : 3600 # Search and download Windows updates - name : Search and download Windows updates without installing them : Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have reached the end of mainstream support and are now in extended support. Starting in July 2020, there will no longer be optional, non-security releases (known as "C" releases) for this operating system. The current module doesn’t support Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). More information about PowerShell and how it handles RegEx strings can be found at. Check the examples for ways to mitigate this. Performance depends on many factors, including OS version, number of updates, system load, and update server load.īeware that just after _updates reboots the system, the Windows system may not have settled yet and some base services could be in limbo. reboot can be used to reboot the host if required in the one task.Ī_updates can take a significant amount of time to complete (hours, in some cases). Controlling how Ansible behaves: precedence rulesĪ_updates must be run by a user with membership in the local Administrators group.Ī_updates will use the default update service configured for the machine (Windows Update, Microsoft Update, WSUS, etc).īy default _updates does not manage reboots, but will signal when a reboot is required with the reboot_required return value.Collections in the Theforeman Namespace.Collections in the T_systems_mms Namespace.Collections in the Servicenow Namespace.Collections in the Purestorage Namespace.Collections in the Openvswitch Namespace.Collections in the Netapp_eseries Namespace.Collections in the Kubernetes Namespace.Collections in the Junipernetworks Namespace.Collections in the F5networks Namespace.Collections in the Containers Namespace.Collections in the Cloudscale_ch Namespace.Collections in the Chocolatey Namespace.Collections in the Check_point Namespace.Virtualization and Containerization Guides.
