As an alternative to pre-caching, I’m trying to create fixlets that download content directly from Microsoft, for example:
I’ve tried searching their catalog, but the locations don’t align with those that IBM uses. Can anyone tell me how to obtain these download links? I’m trying to create a fixlet to install patch KB4041137 (an MBAM patch that has both a 32- and 64-bit download).
Not sure if there is a better way to get the links, but you can get the download location link after downloading and saving it. In IE you can right click within the download manager and select “Copy download link”. In Chrome after downloading select Ctrl+J to open the download manager and then copy the link address for the file.
for KB4041137 x64 it shows a link of: https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/F/F/7FF6C43A-49D3-4955-B00C-E1CB3B31A3A7/MDOPSeptRel/MBAM/MBAM2.5_Client_x64_KB4041137.exe
You can then use the qna.exe to get the sha1 and size: q: (sha1 of it, size of it) of file “[Directory Path]\MBAM2.5_Client_x64_KB4041137.exe”
The create your task:
prefetch MBAM2.5_Client_x64_KB4041137.exe sha1:c27bc2bf9a3d5aece3c01b58e33bc4eb42d28fef size:3572552 “https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/F/F/7FF6C43A-49D3-4955-B00C-E1CB3B31A3A7/MDOPSeptRel/MBAM/MBAM2.5_Client_x64_KB4041137.exe”
and then the rest of your action for installing it.
Great! I didn’t know you could get the link that way. That will get me going. Thank you.