Software update deployment Powershell Script

[P@docIT]

Hello All,

 

I have a Powershell script that I use to create multiple Software Update Deployments and it works perfectly (well almost). The last piece I'm missing is automating the deadline date. Currently I just have it getting the current date and adding 5 days. I then go into each deployments properties and change the date/time to the desired info.

 

I've been trying to work out automating this a little bit by adding a variable for a static date/time. I can then change this date (time will always be the same) to the desired info at script run. Below is what I've come up with so far. The -EnforcementDeadlineDay piece works on it own, in that it outputs the correct date with an incremented time. However once I put it in the full script i get the below errors.

 

Any help is much appreciated.

 

Cheers,

Mike

 

Script:

# Monthly Deployment Date
#$DeploymentDate = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM"
$DeploymentDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-30).ToString("yyyy-MM")
$DeadlineDate = Get-Date -Month 08 -Day 07 -Year 2016 -Hour 17 -Minute 0 -Second 0

# Software Update Groups
$SUPGroupName1 = "EN5 - EDC - Year 2013- ($DeploymentDate) Reference 1"
$SUPGroupName2 = "EN5 - EDC - Year 2013+ ($DeploymentDate) Reference 2"

#Load Configuration Manager PowerShell Module
Import-module ($Env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH.Substring(0,$Env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH.Length-5) + '\ConfigurationManager.psd1')

#Get SiteCode and set Powershell Drive
$SiteCode = Get-PSDrive -PSProvider CMSITE
Set-location $SiteCode":"

# Create Standard Deployments (Group 1)
$DeploymentName = "EN5 - PM Dev ($DeploymentDate) Reboot Deployment # 1"
$DeploymentCount = 6
$Count = 0
1..$DeploymentCount | ForEach-Object {
    $Count++
    Write-Progress -Activity "Creating Deployment Group 1" -Id 1 -Status "Running $($Count) / $($DeploymentCount)" -PercentComplete (($Count / $DeploymentCount) * 100)
    Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" -CollectionName "EN5 - PM - Deployment $Count (Lab)" -DeploymentName "$DeploymentName-$Count" -DeploymentType Required -VerbosityLevel AllMessages -TimeBasedOn LocalTime -DeploymentAvailableDay (Get-Date) -EnforcementDeadlineDay $DeadlineDate.ToLongDateString()$DeadlineDate.Addhours($Count).ToLongTimeString() -UserNotification HideAll -SoftwareInstallation $True -AllowRestart $True -RestartServer $False -RestartWorkstation $False -ProtectedType RemoteDistributionPoint -UnprotectedType UnprotectedDistributionPoint -GenerateSuccessAlert $False -DisableOperationsManagerAlert $False -GenerateOperationsManagerAlert $False -PersistOnWriteFilterDevice $False -UseBranchCache $False
}
Write-Progress -Activity "Creating Deployment Group 1" -Id 1 -Completed

Errors:

Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '6:00:00 PM'.
At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5
+     Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand
 
Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '7:00:00 PM'.
At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5
+     Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand
 
Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '8:00:00 PM'.
At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5
+     Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand
 
Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '9:00:00 PM'.
At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5
+     Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand
 
Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '10:00:00 PM'.
At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5
+     Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand
 
Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '11:00:00 PM'.
At E:\scripts\EN5 - CreateDeployments - LAB.ps1:24 char:5
+     Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment -SoftwareUpdateGroupName "$SUPGroupName1" - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: ( [Start-CMSoftwareUpdateDeployment], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.Cmdlets.Sum.Commands.StartSoftwareUpdateDeploymentCommand

[P@docIT]

Figured it out. I didn't realize there were two params for deadline enforcement.

 

-EnforcementDeadline

-EnforcementDeadlineDay

 

Clearly the latter (which I was using) only supports the date (day).

 

I switched to the first one and I am getting the correct times now but the date is being increased by 7 days from the current day for some reason. (ex. today is 8/4, despite my script saying the deadline date should be 8/7 it makes it 8/11)

 

Anyway, thanks for looking. Maybe this will help someone else.

 

EDIT: Here is what I ended up with. Sets the correct date and time

# Set Deadline Date and Time
$DeadlineDay = Get-Date -Month 08 -Day 08 -Year 2016
$DeadlineTime = Get-Date -Hour 16 -Minute 0 -Second 0


-EnforcementDeadlineDay $DeadlineDay -EnforcementDeadline $DeadlineTime.AddHours($Count)

Cheers,

Mike

[n00b-Jimmy]

Nice script! I did find this very helpful :)

I was able to determine (8 years later) that the initial error was that you were passing 2 dates at the same time to the one command.

-EnforcementDeadlineDay $DeadlineDate.addhours($Count) is all you needed in order to up the deadline time, instead of:

-EnforcementDeadlineDay $DeadlineDate.ToLongDateString()$DeadlineDate.Addhours($Count).ToLongTimeString()