ConfigMgr SCCM Software Updates Patching WMI Troubleshooting Tips Endpoint Manager

Let’s discuss ConfigMgr SCCM Software Updates Patching WMI Troubleshooting Tips Endpoint Manager.

This post will help you perform some WMI troubleshooting tips related to Software Updates.

WMI is Windows Management Instrumentation. The WMI is the Microsoft implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM).

Configuration Manager admins need to know more about WMI Explorer. SCCM can fetch the details from any available WMI classes. The WMI namespaces and classes can be custom classes for custom hardware inventory.

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ConfigMgr SCCM Software Updates Patching WMI Troubleshooting Tips

ConfigMgr SCCM Software Updates Patching WMI Troubleshooting Tips

• WSUS Server details of a client
• Compliancy detail of a particular update
• Notification Settings of Software Updates – Patch Management
• WSUS Server details of a client

1. Connect to “Root\ccm\softwareupdates\WUAHandler.”

2. Click on “Query” and paste the following query in the “query” window and click on “Apply.”

select * from CCM_updatesource

3. Double click the one row that is returned (note if there is more than one),

4. Click the “Show MOF” tab on the Object editor window.

5. Review the setting for CCM_UpdateSource for the update we’ve selected. In this example, ContentLocation is set to WSUS Server we scanned against.

Compliancy detail of a particular update

1. Connect to “Root\ccm\softwareupdates\UpdatesStore”

2. Click on “Query” and paste the following query in the “query” windows and click on “Apply.”

select * from CCM_UpdateStatus

3. Double click the one row returned (note if there is more than one).

4. Click the “Show MOF” tab on the Object editor window.

5. Review the setting for CCM_UpdateStatus for the update we’ve selected. In this example, STATUS = “Missing.”

Notification Settings of Software Updates – Patch Management

1. Connect to “Root\ccm\policy\machine\ActualConfig”

2. Click on “Query” and paste the following query in the “query” windows and click on “Apply.”

select * from CCM_UpdateCIAssignment

3. Double click the one row that is returned (note if there is more than one).

4. Click the “Show MOF” tab on the Object editor window.

5. Review the settings for the CCM_UpdateCIAssignment for the update we’ve selected. In this example NotifyUser = “TRUE“.

Note – You can also check out Reboot and Maintenance Window Settings from the above screenshot.

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 consecutive years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and leader of the Local User Group Community. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc..