As long as you deploy all patches then removing superseded updates should be fine. However, you can run into problems if you don’t.
For example, let's say you decide not to deploy SP1 for Office 2013 (yet), but remove all Office 2013 superseded updates. The Office 2013 RTM updates are superseded by SP1, so removing them isn't what you really wanted or intended. You can manage this, but it gets to be very cumbersome very quickly because you have to start managing your own supersedence rules. Chad Simmons | Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Consultant | linkedin.com/in/chadsimmons From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Corkill, Daniel Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] Cleaning up software update packages Very helpful links guys, thanks! I’m definitely implementing the clean SUGs console extension. Do you have any feedback on my concerns about deleting superseded updates? We currently have the SUP supersedence rules configured as ‘immediately expire a superseded update’ so I guess it doesn’t matter too much. Daniel. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Wouden Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 9:13 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [mssms] Cleaning up software update packages Yep. Almost post the same link. Some additional cleanup task that might be of interest to you https://stevethompsonmvp.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/virtual-log-files-and-impact-on-configmgr-performance/ http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/house-of-cardsthe-configmgr-software-update-point-and-wsus/ http://stealthpuppy.com/cleaning-up-and-reducing-the-size-of-your-master-image/ https://anothermike2.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/nice-to-know-get-rid-of-all-junk-before-sysprep-and-capture-when-creating-a-reference-image-in-mdt/ Steve Wouden T +31 20 546 0243 M +31 6 531 750 78 F +31 20 546 07 05 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Pomeroy Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 1:00 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] Cleaning up software update packages We use this extension in our environment. https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Clean-Software-Update-5ae68ba2 On Wed, Aug 12, 2015, 6:48 PM Corkill, Daniel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: We are encountering disk space issues so I’ve decided it might be time to clean up the expired updates in our update packages :) What’s the simplest way of accomplishing this? I was thinking I go into each package, find the expired updates, edit their membership to remove them from the SUGs and then delete them. There should be no risk in doing this because expired updates cannot be deployed correct? Should I also consider removing superseded updates or is there more of a risk with those? Eg. unlike expired updates they’re still deployable so I risk deleting a superseded update in which its successor might not have been deployed! Daniel. ********************************************************************* This email, including any attachment, is confidential to the intended recipient. It may also be privileged and may be subject to copyright. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of the email. Any confidentiality or privilege is not waived. Neither the Council nor the sender warrant that this email does not contain any viruses or other unsolicited items. 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