/qt

 

Do not display the report by default following a single-computer

 

 

scan.

/qe

 

Do not display error list.

/qr

 

Do not display report list.

/q

 

Do not display any of the preceding items.

/unicode

 

Output Unicode.

/u

username

Scan using the specified username.

/p

password

Scan using the specified password.

/catalog

filename

Specify the data source that contains the available security update

 

 

information.

/ia

 

Update the prerequisite Windows Update Agent components

 

 

during a scan.

/mu

 

Configure computers to use the Microsoft Update website for

 

 

scanning.

/nd

 

Do not download any files from the Microsoft website when

 

 

scanning.

/xmlout

 

Run in updates only mode using only mbsacli.exe and

 

 

wusscan.dll. Only these switches can be used with this option:

 

 

/catalog, /wa, /wi, /nvc, /unicode

/l

 

List all reports available.

/ls

 

List reports from the latest scan.

/lr

filename

Display overview report.

/ld

filename

Display detailed report.

/rd

directory

Save or Retrieve reports from the specified directory.

/?

 

Display this help/usage.

Executing MBSACLI with no parameters scans the local computer for all checks and displays the report in text-mode.

Examples:

MBSACLI

MBSACLI /n Password+IIS+OS+SQL

MBSACLI /d MyDomain MBSACLI /target 200.0.0.1 MBSACLI /r 200.0.0.1-200.0.0.50 MBSACLI /listfile export.txt

MBSACLI /ld "Domain - Computer (03-01 -2002 1 2-00 AM)" MBSACLI >c:\results.txt

MBSACLI /catalog c:\wsusscn2.cab /ia /nvc MBSACLI /wa

MBSACLI /xmlout /catalog c:\temp\wsusscn2.cab /unicode >results.xml MBSACLI /l /rd c:\scanreports

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