How to manually download the scan engine files via PowerShell (4277080)

How to manually download the scan engine files outside the Patch Authority Ultimate GUI, via PowerShell, on Windows XP, 7, Server 2003 and 2008.

When running the Patch Authority Ultimate (PAU) console in a secure environment without Internet access, it is necessary to download the latest Patch Authority Ultimate data files on a system that has internet access and transfer them to the console machine.

First, contact Quest Software Support for a script to download offline files. This script is called DownloadScriptLogicData80.ps1.  

Step 1: (Required only for XP and 2003)

Download and install PowerShell 1.0 from Microsoft if it is not already installed.

Step 2:

Download and install 7-Zip from 7-Zip if it is not already installed

Step 3:

Open a Command Prompt and create an output directory. In this example it is C:\PAUOfflineFiles.

Step 4:

Extract DownloadScriptLogicData80.zip to the newly created folder.

Step 5:

Go to the extracted location.

Step 6:

Read Disclaimer.txt

At the Powershell command prompt, enter: '.\DownloadScriptLogicData80.ps1 <output_directory> <major/minor version> <7-zip_directory>’

(note the.\ before the script name - this is required if the script is in the current directory; otherwise enter the full path to the script)

Note: You may get an error stating “execution of scripts is disabled on this system” or you cannot execute unsigned scripts.  

PowerShell is configured to run in its most secure mode by default. This means that unsigned (DownloadProtectData.ps1 is unsigned) scripts will fail to execute. To prevent this, the script may be digitally signed, or the execution mode may be changed to “Unrestricted”. In this example we run the “Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted” Commandlet to change the security mode

Type “Set-executionpolicy unrestricted” during the operation

Download the scan files by typing the following command:

.\DownloadScriptLogicData80.ps1 C:\PAUOfflinceFiles 80 ‘C:\Program Files\7-Zip’ 

Step 7:

Type “Set-executionpolicy restricted“ to set the security mode of PowerShell back to the default after the operation.

Type “exit” to leave PowerShell

Navigate to the folder containing the data files and move\copy them to the Product Data Files folder

Windows 2008 or 7

C:\ProgramData\ScriptLogic\Patch Authority\DataFiles

Windows 2003 or XP

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ScriptLogic\Patch Authority\DataFiles

Note: If the files already exist in the output directory, they will be overwritten.