The term 'get-wsusupdate' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,

Question

Dear All

I am a PowerShell newbie.

Recently, I want to export a list of which WSUS server is applied on each server so that I would like to use the command get-wsusserver as my first step to do this.

But it is an error: The term 'get-wsusserver' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,

So I have tried to use below command, but no luck.

PS C:\Temp> install-module updateservices
PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name 'updateservices'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available registered module repositories.

then, i run the below command.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-psrepository

Name InstallationPolicy SourceLocation

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PSGallery Untrusted https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2

So, any help is highly appreciated.

Best regards & Thank you!
Quentin

Answer 1

Hi,

Is the role Windows Server Update Service installed in your server? If yes, try running Import-Module UpdateServices and see if the cmdlet works.

Best Regards，
Ian Xue

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Answer 2

Hi Lan
Many thanks for your reply on this.
All those commands were run on my client laptop, what's the role Windows Server Update Service you mentioned about？
Best
Quentin

Answer 3

@Shen, Quentin

It looks module is not installed, Please refer below url.

Client and patch management using the UpdateServices module

UpdateServices cmdlets

Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration Namespace

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Answer 4

Hi All

I realized that module updateservices might be only installed on the server platform so that I enable the roles followed the instruction on server 2016.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices-RSAT

Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result

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True No NoChangeNeeded {}

but when I tried to run the command Get-WsusServer, there is still error showed up. Frustrated a lot.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WsusComputer
Get-WsusComputer : Exception of type 'Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.WsusInvalidServerException' was thrown.
At line:1 char:1

• Get-WsusComputer
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Updat...ComputerCommand:GetWsusComputerCommand) [Get-WsusCompute
  r], WsusInvalidServerException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : ServerIsInvalid,Microsoft.UpdateServices.Commands.GetWsusComputerCommand

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WsusServer
Get-WsusServer : Exception of type 'Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.WsusInvalidServerException' was thrown.
At line:1 char:1

• Get-WsusServer
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Updat...usServerCommand:GetWsusServerCommand) [Get-WsusServer],
  WsusInvalidServerException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : ServerIsInvalid,Microsoft.UpdateServices.Commands.GetWsusServerCommand

Any suggestions?
Many thanks in advance.
Best
Quentin