Retrieving Update Installation Status
Applies To: Windows Server Update Services
You can retrieve installation information from either the IComputerTargetGroup, IComputerTarget, or IUpdate interface.
Retrieving installation information from the target group
The IComputerTargetGroup interface contains the following methods for retrieving update installation summary information:
IComputerTargetGroup.GetSummaryPerUpdate()
IComputerTargetGroup.GetTotalSummary()
IComputerTargetGroup.GetTotalSummaryPerComputerTarget()
IComputerTargetGroup.GetUpdateInstallationInfoPerComputerTarget(IUpdate)
For an example that calls IComputerTargetGroup.GetTotalSummary(), see Reporting Installation Status Totals by Target Group. For an example that calls IComputerTargetGroup.GetSummaryPerUpdate(), see Reporting Installation Status Totals by Update. For an example that calls IComputerTargetGroup.GetTotalSummaryPerComputerTarget(), see Reporting Installation Status Totals by Client.
Retrieving installation information from the client
The IComputerTarget interface contains the following method for retrieving update installation information:
- IComputerTarget.GetUpdateInstallationInfoPerUpdate()
For an example that calls IComputerTarget.GetUpdateInstallationInfoPerUpdate(), see Reporting Updates Needed by Clients.
Retrieving installation information from the update
The IUpdate interface contains the following methods for retrieving update installation information:
IUpdate.GetSummaryPerComputerTargetGroup()
IUpdate.GetUpdateInstallationInfoPerComputerTarget(IComputerTargetGroup)
For an example that calls IUpdate.GetUpdateInstallationInfoPerComputerTarget(IComputerTargetGroup), see Reporting Updates Needed by Clients.