Daemon Command Line Switches
Software Vulnerability Research has the following daemon command line switches.
| • | Help |
| • | Help Text |
| • | Force Daemon to Poll the Server for New Tasks |
| • | Force Daemon to Poll the Server for New Tasks |
| • | Daemon Command Line to Create WSUS Certificate |
| • | Ask Daemon to Display Where an Update Will Be Applied |
To access the help command line switch type:
svmpd.exe help
To access the help text command line switch type:
SVM Package Daemon Copyright (C) 2012-2017 Flexera Software LLC. All rights reserved.
Usage: svmpd.exe ACTION [OPTIONS]
ACTION is one of:
NewCert: Create a WSUS publishing certificate
Scan: Scan a WSUS server for data
ServiceCommand: Send the service a custom command
ShowPackageStats: Get installation statistics for a package, by group
UseCert: Set the WSUS publishing certificate
Version: Show version information
Or help [ACTION]: Get detailed help for ACTION
All actions support the following global flags in any location:
/cl: One of LogAlways, Critical, Error, Warning, Informational, Verbose
Set the level for console logging
/output or /o: <String>
Save output to specified file
/format or /f: One or more of Raw, Indent, Compress
Control JSON output format. Compress only works with /output.
/wsus: <Uri>
Override the WSUS server
Force Daemon to Poll the Server for New Tasks
To force the daemon to poll the server for new tasks type:
svmpd.exe servicecommand polltasksnow
Daemon Command Line to Create WSUS Certificate
To create a WSUS certificate, type the following Daemon command line:
svmpd.exe newcert
Ask Daemon to Display Where an Update Will Be Applied
The following Daemon command line displays where an update will be applied.
svmpd.exe showpackagestats bc5f5d64-f2aa-4c6d-bd3f-8cf9915cfb82
After typing the above command line, you will see the following output.
{
"server_name": "svm-w16-wsus.svm.flexdev.com",
group_id": "af6f2ec0-b1ce-4344-9f61-9e3e0cb6cda3",
"group_name": "Windows 8.1",
"approvals": [
{
"by": "SVM\\JSmith",
"at": "2017-05-25T20:58:57.213Z",
"action": 0,
"is_optional": false
}
],
"not_applicable": 0,
"pending": 4,
"installed": 0,
"failed": 0
},
{
"server_name": "svm-w16-wsus.svm.flexdev.com",
"group_id": "a0a08746-4dbe-4a37-9adf-9e7652c0b421",
"group_name": "All Computers",
"approvals": [
{
"by": "SVM\\JSmith",
at": "2017-05-25T20:58:57.193Z",
"action": 0,
"is_optional": false
}
],
"not_applicable": 1,
"pending": 18,
"installed": 0,
"failed": 1
},
{
"server_name": "svm-w16-wsus.svm.flexdev.com",
"group_id": "b73ca6ed-5727-47f3-84de-015e03f6a88a",
"group_name": "Unassigned Computers",
"approvals": [
{
"by": "SVM\\JSmith",
"at": "2017-05-25T20:58:57.2Z",
"action": 0,
"is_optional": false
}
],
"not_applicable": 0,
"pending": 2,
"installed": 0,
"failed": 0
},
{
"server_name": "svm-w16-wsus.svm.flexdev.com",
"group_id": "8b4b8cf9-4d99-48fc-93ce-bdb16ce624e1",
"group_name": "Windows 7",
"approvals": [
{
"by": "SVM\\JSmith",
"at": "2017-05-25T20:58:57.21Z",
"action": 0,
"is_optional": false
}
],
"not_applicable": 0,
"pending": 8,
"installed": 0,
"failed": 1
},
{
"server_name": "svm-w16-wsus.svm.flexdev.com",
"group_id": "57c2d480-05c5-4a2a-9a18-df11281559ca",
"group_name": "Windows 10",
"approvals": [
{
"by": "SVM\\JSmith",
"at": "2017-05-25T20:58:57.203Z",
"action": 0,
"is_optional": false
}
],
"not_applicable": 1,
"pending": 4,
"installed": 0,
"failed": 0
}