Error The catalog file is damaged or an invalid catalog.
Alberto
I want to use the MBSA 2.0 but the servers have not Internet conections and
I receive the error the catalog file is damaged or an invalid catalog when I
run MBSA
Where could I down the catalog??
Thanks
Doug Neal [MSFT]
Thank you for writing to us. The MBSA home page
(http://www.microsoft.com/mbsa) has a link to the MBSA version-specific FAQ
that includes details on downloading the needed files to run MBSA in ofline
mode (where there is no connection to the internet).
You should be able to get the information you need from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx
under the section titled, "MBSA uses files that it downloads from the
Internet, but the computer I want to use to scan my network doesn't have
Internet access. How can I use MBSA in this case?"
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A. You can either perform the scan using the mbsacli command-line utility
with the /nd (do not download) parameter, or you can perform the scan using
the GUI. Before scanning you must copy the necessary files to the computer
performing the scan. There are three types of files that are required:
. Security update catalog (Wsusscn2.cab), available from the Microsoft Web
site
. Authorization catalog for Windows Update site access (Muauth.cab),
available from the Microsoft Web site
. Windows Update Agent (if not already installed):
. For x86-based computers (WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe), available from the
Microsoft Web site
. For x64-based computers (WindowsUpdateAgent20-x64.exe), available from the
Microsoft Web site
After downloading the files from the Microsoft Web site, copy them to the
following folder on the computer performing the security update scan:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\MBSA\2.0\Cache
Important: To ensure that MBSA has access to the most current versions of
these files, you should download them on a weekly basis or after any release
of security bulletins from Microsoft. This is especially important in the
case of the security update catalog (Wsusscn2.cab) because Microsoft
releases an updated version of this file whenever new security bulletins are
released or updated.
When you run MBSA to perform security update checks on remote computers,
MBSA deploys the Windows Update Agent to the remote computer. A version of
Windows Update Agent (WindowsUpdateAgent20-ia64.exe) is also available from
the Microsoft Web site for Itanium-based computers. MBSA does not deploy
this version, and so you must install and configure Windows Update Agent on
Itanium-based computers before performing a security update check on those
computers.
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"Alberto" <Alb...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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hselburn
I have that same issue, but when I try to download and install the
wsusscn2.cab file from the website and I try to put it into the cache folder,
I get an error telling me the file is in use and forces me to cancel the
download. If you could give me instructions on how to get the file in there
successfully, and any other files (links to them would be great...) that
would be really appreciated!
Thanks!
hselburn
"Doug Neal [MSFT]" wrote:
> Alberto,
>
> Thank you for writing to us. The MBSA home page
> (http://www.microsoft.com/mbsa) has a link to the MBSA version-specific FAQ
> that includes details on downloading the needed files to run MBSA in ofline
> mode (where there is no connection to the internet).
>
> You should be able to get the information you need from here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/qa.mspx
>
> under the section titled, "MBSA uses files that it downloads from the
> Internet, but the computer I want to use to scan my network doesn't have
> Internet access. How can I use MBSA in this case?"
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> A. You can either perform the scan using the mbsacli command-line utility
> with the /nd (do not download) parameter, or you can perform the scan using
> the GUI. Before scanning you must copy the necessary files to the computer
> performing the scan. There are three types of files that are required:
>
> .. Security update catalog (Wsusscn2.cab), available from the Microsoft Web
> site
>
> .. Authorization catalog for Windows Update site access (Muauth.cab),
> available from the Microsoft Web site
>
> .. Windows Update Agent (if not already installed):
>
> .. For x86-based computers (WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe), available from the
> Microsoft Web site
>
> .. For x64-based computers (WindowsUpdateAgent20-x64.exe), available from the