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Best way to upgrade SMS from MBSA 1.2.1 to MBSA 2.0.1 - 2/22/2008 10:49:32 AM

bmair

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My company has a remote stand-alone SMS 2003 SP1 environment that is using MBSA 1.2.1 for security update scanning. However, this doesn't seem to be working with the ne w2008 MS Software Updates. I would like to know the best procedures for upgrading the MBSA version?
Please note that there is no Internet access. I've already downloaded MBSA 2.0.1 and copied it to the server, but, I noticed that if you try t install MBSA 2.0.1, it will install in another directory. So, how would I get the scanwrapper.exe to run the right version?

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RE: Best way to upgrade SMS from MBSA 1.2.1 to MBSA 2.0.1 - 2/22/2008 11:02:17 AM

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I don't believe there's an MBSA upgrade to 2.0.1 for use with SMS. Instead, you'll have to install ITMU.

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RE: Best way to upgrade SMS from MBSA 1.2.1 to MBSA 2.0.1 - 9/18/2008 5:14:18 PM

bmair

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I am still working on this. I thought that I might have got the procedure by using my best quess. I can use the Distribute SoftwareWizard to build the Update packages,and the clients will successfully run the packages, as per the logs. However they don't install the patches. I check the Windows directory and Regsitry and I don't see anything to indicate the patches got installed. I am thinking that the problem is that the scanwrapper part of the package isn't running properly, somehow and it maybe that I emssed up somewhere in my attempt to upgrade.
Therefore, I am asking for a step - by- step procedure of what you would do if you had to work with SMS 2003 SUSFP and had to upgrade the MBSA portion of the SUSFP?

Here's what I did when I tried to do the upgrade from MBSA 1.2.1 to 2.0.1
a: Installed MBSA 2.0.1 on the server and then copied the Pkgsource folder from the MBSA 2.0.1 installation folder to the SecurityPatch folder.
2: Created and advertised a package for the new scanwrapper.exe which I ran on all the clients. Since I was then able to get clients requesting patches in Software Updates and then able to use the DSW, I thought that I was good to go. But, now I see that the patches aren't actually being installed, success messages notwithstanding.

I realize that we've gone past using that method, but, unfortunately I am stuck with this now for the next year, at least!

Thanks in advance

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RE: Best way to upgrade SMS from MBSA 1.2.1 to MBSA 2.0.1 - 9/18/2008 5:59:48 PM

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Question: from whom are you getting a .cab file to work with MBSA? I believe a few months after ITMU came out, the cab file for MBSA was no longer updated? But it's been so long since ITMU came out, I don't really recall the old way. (horrible memory).

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