IUpdateServer.ExportPackageMetadata Method (UpdateRevisionId, String)

Applies To: Windows Server Update Services

Exports the file for a locally-published update. This makes it possible to retrieve the package metadata for a detectoid update.

Namespace:   Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration (in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.dll)

Syntax

void ExportPackageMetadata(
    UpdateRevisionId id,
    string fileName
)

void ExportPackageMetadata(
    UpdateRevisionId^ id,
    String^ fileName
)

abstract ExportPackageMetadata : 
        id:UpdateRevisionId *
        fileName:string -> unit

Sub ExportPackageMetadata (
    id As UpdateRevisionId,
    fileName As String
)

Parameters

• id
  Type: Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.UpdateRevisionId

  An UpdateRevisionId object that identifies the update from which to export the SDP.

• fileName
  Type: System.String

  The full path and filename of the update file.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

InvalidOperationException

The update to be exported is not a locally-published update and has no saved SDP information, or the specific revision is missing from the WSUS database.

ArgumentNullException

id or fileName is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

id is not valid.

WsusObjectNotFoundException

The revision number is 0 and the update doesn't exist in the database, so that the latest revision of the update cannot be retrieved.

Remarks

[This method can be found only in the API delivered with WSUS 3.0 SP1.] This method can throw many other exception types when trying to write to the specified location. See the documentation for the StreamWriter class and its constructor.

This operation requires WSUS Administrator privileges.

See Also

IUpdateServer Interface
Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration Namespace

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