WSUS Cleanup Script that logs to the Windows Event Log

wsus-cleanup.ps1

# Performs a cleanup of WSUS and writes to a custom "WSUS Cleanup" log
# You must create the Event Log using
#
#   New-EventLog -LogName "WSUS Cleanup" -Source "Script"
#
# the first time you run this script.
# PowerShell 2.0 required.
#
# - [email protected] (feeling dirty)
#
Function log($message) {
  $message = $message | Out-String
  Write-EventLog -LogName "WSUS Cleanup" -Message $message -Source "Script" -EntryType Information -EventId 0
}
 
log "WSUS Cleanup Started"
 
[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration") | Out-Null
 
$scope = new-object Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.CleanupScope;
$scope.DeclineSupersededUpdates    = $true;      
$scope.DeclineExpiredUpdates       = $true;
$scope.CleanupObsoleteUpdates      = $true;
$scope.CompressUpdates             = $true;
$scope.CleanupObsoleteComputers    = $true;
$scope.CleanupUnneededContentFiles = $true;
 
$wsus = [Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.AdminProxy]::GetUpdateServer();
$result = $wsus.GetCleanupManager().PerformCleanup($scope);
 
log $result