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Deny Patches in Default Policy From Centralized ITGLue KBIDs

Summary​

The script will gather the KBIDs from the New Patch Deny Process and deny the patches listed.

Time saved by automation: 20 minutes

Sample Run​

Sample Run

Dependencies​

Proval IT Glue Documentation

Variables​

  • @KBID@: Stores the output of the PowerShell query fetching the KBIDs from Proval IT Glue Documentation.
  • @ApprovalPolicyID@: Stores the ID of the default approval policy.

Process​

Step 1: Add the KBIDs of the patches to be denied after the Patches_To_DENY: string under the URL Proval IT Glue Documentation. KBIDs should be comma-separated, with no spaces in between or after the IDs. As shown in the attached screenshots:
Step 1 Screenshot

Step 2: A PowerShell query will fetch those KBIDs to the script and store them under the @KBID@ variable.

Step 3: The default approval policy ID will be saved under the @ApprovalPolicyID@ variable.

Step 4: The script will fetch the hotfix ID for each KBID and deny those hotfix IDs for @ApprovalPolicyID@, regardless of the current state.

Output​

The output can be checked from the Approval section of the patch manager.