Release date: 2020-03-14
Intended compatibility: WSUS Offline Update 11.9.1-ESR
Notes
Initial release for the new branch WSUS Offline Update 11.9.x-ESR
The new branch WSUS Offline Update 11.9.x-ESR was created to support Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 in particular. Use WSUS Offline Update 12.0 or later for all other updates.
Internal changes
All self-updates are disabled
In an ESR version, all self-updates should be disabled:
- The self-update of WSUS Offline Update should be disabled, because the next major version 12.0 does not support Windows 7 anymore.
- Self-updates of the Linux scripts should be disabled as well, because their next version won't support Windows 7 either.
- The automatic update of configuration files should be disabled, because these files always refer to the latest version of WSUS Offline Update. Also, the configuration files for Windows 7 won't get any updates this way; they are removed in version 12.0. If there are future updates for Windows 7, then a complete new release of the WSUS Offline Update 11.9.x-ESR branch must be created.
This is also the reason, why the ESR version should not be used for other updates: The configuration files for example for Windows 8.1 won't get the necessary updates.
Downloads
The download links for this version are:
- http://downloads.hartmut-buhrmester.de/sh-1.19.1-esr.tgz
- http://downloads.hartmut-buhrmester.de/sh-1.19.1-esr_hashes.txt
- http://downloads.hartmut-buhrmester.de/sh-1.19.1-esr_virusreport.pdf
- http://downloads.hartmut-buhrmester.de/sh-1.19.1-esr_virusreport-fullpage.png
Link for the online check at VirusTotal. Note, that the URL includes the SHA-256 hash of the archive:
The hashes for the archive sh-1.19.1-esr.tgz are:
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MD5: 4bb8104c1ce7cdcb14c6acd0ea56ec87
SHA-256: 98d3837d8229d89b59404258bbfa3e87e94a79562a806c41a36f100853fa628f
Further Reading
The first three posts in the original topic A complete rewrite of the Linux scripts are still being updated, to point to the latest version: