8.1.2 Packaging updates

(a) Cabinet name

Select the method used to set the name of the cabinet in which to store the package.

Set automatically from the release date of the windows update

The year and month in which the update was provided by Microsoft Corporation is set as the cabinet name. For example, if the update was provided in September 2019, 201909 is set as the cabinet name. This radio button is selected by default.

Specify a value

Select this radio button when you want to set a cabinet name of your choice.

You can set a 1 to 16 characters long cabinet name. The following symbols and spaces, however, cannot be specified:

Backslash (\), slash (/), asterisk (*), double quotation mark ("), colon (:), and semicolon (;)

(b) Cabinet ID

Select how to set an ID of the cabinet to which to store the package.

Set automatically from the release date of the windows update

Select this radio button when you want a cabinet ID to be automatically set.

The set cabinet ID consists of the last digit of the year in which the update was provided by Microsoft Corporation and an uppercase alphabet in the range from A to L denoting the month of the year. For example, if the update was provided in September 2019, 9I is set as the cabinet ID. This radio button is selected by default.

Specify a value

Select this radio button when you want to set a cabinet ID of your choice.

Use 2 characters alphanumeric characters to specify a cabinet ID.

If there is an existing cabinet having the same ID that you have just set, the generated package is stored in the existing cabinet. In that case, the cabinet name that you have set on the Packaging Settings panel is displayed in the Windows Update Management window as the cabinet to which the package is stored.

(c) Package version/revision

Specify a version and revision of the package.

Version/revision

You can use 1 to 6 characters alphanumeric characters and a slash (/) to specify a version and revision. By default, 0000 is set.

(d) Package generation

Specify a package generation number.

Generation

Specify 1 to 4 characters alphanumeric characters as the package generation number. By default, 0000 is set.

(e) Installation target directory

Specify the directory in which to install the package.

Directory

Specify the directory in which to install the package, which must not exceed 32 characters. By default, C:\ITDMWK_DPT is set.

(a) Packaging updates

To package acquired updates, select the check box beside the update you want to package in List of windows updates, and then click the Package button. You can also select and package multiple updates.

The status icons shown in the following table tell you whether the displayed updates have been packaged before.

If you select an update that has not been acquired yet and then click the Package button, the selected update is first acquired and then packaged.

When you want to package an update first after installing the Remote Install Manager, you have to first start the Packager and log in to it. Once you are logged in, you can finish the Packager.

When the packaging of updates begins, a dialog box showing the progress of packaging appears. As the updates are packaged one after the other, a package is created for each packaged update according to the settings specified in the Packaging Settings panel. To cancel packaging, click the Cancel button during the packaging process. As soon as the packaging that was being executed when the Cancel button was clicked ends, the packaging process ends without packaging the rest of the updates. When the cabinet has a package with a name that is identical to the one that is about to be created, the creation of that package is skipped, and the packaging process continues.

When the packaging process is completed, a dialog box showing the packaging result appears.

Note

The acquired updates are deleted after they are packaged.

(b) Packaging a feature update to Windows 10

To package a feature update to Windows 10, you have to first download the ISO file with the feature update from Microsoft's website. After downloading the ISO file, select the check box beside the update you want to package in List of windows updates, and then click the Package button. The Feature Update Package dialog box appears.

Note:

You can select only one feature update to Windows 10.

Figure 8‒4: The Feature Update Package dialog box

You can specify the following settings in the Feature Update Package dialog box:

ISO files for feature updates

Specify the ISO file with a feature update that you have downloaded.

Specify the ISO file corresponding to the update which you have selected the checkbox including the language and the CPU architecture in List of windows updates.

Cabinet name

Specify a cabinet name, which must be 1 to 16 characters long. You cannot specify the following symbols or a space in a cabinet name:

Backslash (\), slash (/), asterisk (*), double quotation mark ("), colon (:), or semicolon (;)

Cabinet ID

Specify a cabinet ID by using 2 characters alphanumeric characters.

If you click the OK button in the Feature Update Package dialog box, the packaging of the feature update is executed.

When the packaging process is completed, a dialog box showing the packaging result appears.