My WSUS server has access to both the internet and to my lab for providing updates to my lab, which is not able to access the internet. I also use it as a transfer for other things required in my lab.
On my WSUS Server I installed many of the RSAT modules so I could get all the help available for all the modules I use throughout my lab. On the WSUS server itself, I perform an Update-Help and everything works fine. So, I then do a Save-Help z:\PowerShellHelp to save all the help file information on a share accessible by my lab machines.
However, I am getting this error on my lab machines when I try to run Update-Help -source z:\PowerShellHelp.
PS C:\Users\administrator> update-help -SourcePath z:\powershellhelp
update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'SMISConfig' with UI culture(s) {en-US} : Unable to retrieve the
HelpInfo XML file for UI culture en-US. Make sure the HelpInfoUri property in the module manifest is valid or check
your network connection and then try the command again.
At line:1 char:1
+ update-help -SourcePath z:\powershellhelp
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Update-Help], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToRetrieveHelpInfoXml,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateHelpCommand
I tried saving the help to a different shared folder just to ensure it wasn't a copy problem the first time. Same thing when trying to update-help on the other systems.
Any idea on which individual module I should try to download? Or, is there really an error in the file that is being downloaded? I saw another post in this forum that had a work around for a similar issue, but in that case the person knew the specific module giving the error. I can't determine the proper module.
Thanks for the insights.
BTW, I got around it by using SilentlyContinue, but I'm concerned that there might be a bug someplace.
.:|:.:|:. tim