Want to skip updates of certain applications on certain devices

[lorfo]

Hi all

I have need to skip updates of Java on just certain devices.

At first, was going to just put the required devices into a device collections but with the Java updates being pushed via ADR this creates a manual overhead I don't want.

So was thinking that putting a file on the C:\ drive i.e. "$DO_NOT_UPDATE_JAVA.MARKER", if the update finds this file skip update.

If I create a PS script and place it into the pre-update script section what logic would I need to skip the update fully as I gather just an "if found exit" logic would just exit the current script not the actual update that is run in another script?

Hope this makes sense .. :-/

Thanks

Liam

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

The best option for this would be to create an exclude collection for your deployment?

[lorfo]

Thanks for getting back to me but the complexity of doing this in the ADR update process is quite high.

I take it from that answer no simple way with PMP to "break" the update in code?

Thanks

Liam

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

no simple way with PMP to "break" the update in code?

Not sure I follow this question?