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

Shen, Quentin 1 Reputation point
2021-01-14T05:45:41.083+00:00

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

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

So, any help is highly appreciated.

Best regards & Thank you!
Quentin

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  1. Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 34,271 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-01-14T06:32:08.573+00:00

    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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  2. Shen, Quentin 1 Reputation point
    2021-01-14T06:35:55.387+00:00

    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

  3. SUNOJ KUMAR YELURU 14,021 Reputation points MVP
    2021-01-14T06:37:32.3+00:00

    @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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  4. Shen, Quentin 1 Reputation point
    2021-01-14T07:09:54.987+00:00

    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

    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