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I would say that depending on how you have it set up, the reinstallation should be about all you have to do. &nbsp;I have mine set up through an A/D Computer Group, so, I can reinstall WSUS on any computer I'd like. &nbsp;As long as I point it to the right group, it will find the computers again.<br />
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Now, when you reinstall, you will have to re-synch the updates... which will, no doubt, take a while, though.<br />
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Hope this helps.
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Yes I did that before when the box died, but I can handle the re -syn but i would like to keep the computer groups 
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If it is configured the way mine is, through A/D, you should be able to just reference the same group and WSUS will know what computers it is responsible for. &nbsp;The reason is that the computer groups are on a different computer (if I am understanding you correctly), not on the server running WSUS.<br />
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Does that help?
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Thanks just what i was looking for
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We have a WSUS 3.0 server which sits on it own box, we are consolating our servers, what i need to know is what i need to move to the new server so i do having to nothing more than install the software<br />
ie computer groups kept and all the updates<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Dave
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We have a WSUS 3.0 server which sits on it own box, we are consolating our servers, what i need to know is what i need to move to the new server so i do having to nothing more than install the software
ie computer groups kept and all the updates

Thanks

Dave

I would say that depending on how you have it set up, the reinstallation should be about all you have to do.  I have mine set up through an A/D Computer Group, so, I can reinstall WSUS on any computer I&amp;#39;d like.  As long as I point it to the right group, it will find the computers again.

Now, when you reinstall, you will have to re-synch the updates... which will, no doubt, take a while, though.

Hope this helps.

Yes I did that before when the box died, but I can handle the re -syn but i would like to keep the computer groups 

If it is configured the way mine is, through A/D, you should be able to just reference the same group and WSUS will know what computers it is responsible for.  The reason is that the computer groups are on a different computer (if I am understanding you correctly), not on the server running WSUS.

Does that help?

Moving a WSUS 3.0 server to anew box

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).