WSUSContent file
I am trying to cleanup my wsuscontent file. Using the WSUS 3.0 MMC, it shows 22013 updates total. Following steps in other posts, I have declined the unneeded updates (20285), and ran the server cleanup wizard. This ran for several hours, and upon completion, I still show 22013 updates and my wsuscontent file is still 18gig.
Then following a white paper on purge/delete corrupted or un-needed patches, I ran wsusdebugtool purgeunneededfiles. That helped a little. The doc then says to run wsusutil deleteunneededrevisions. I get an error when I try this saying that option is not valid with wsusutil. I did run a wsusutil reset.
So - after all that, the wsuscontent file reduced to 15gig and the MMC still shows the 20285 declined updates. How do I get rid of those?
Also - I suspect most of those updates were downloaded when I was running WSUS 2.0 as parameters were set incorrectly. I am now downloading only for products that I have.
Thank you
Then following a white paper on purge/delete corrupted or un-needed patches, I ran wsusdebugtool purgeunneededfiles. That helped a little. The doc then says to run wsusutil deleteunneededrevisions. I get an error when I try this saying that option is not valid with wsusutil. I did run a wsusutil reset.
So - after all that, the wsuscontent file reduced to 15gig and the MMC still shows the 20285 declined updates. How do I get rid of those?
Also - I suspect most of those updates were downloaded when I was running WSUS 2.0 as parameters were set incorrectly. I am now downloading only for products that I have.
Thank you
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Thank you, but I have already tried the steps indicated in the articles you referenced. As I noted, the WSUSUtil deleteunneededrevisions command did not work (invalid command).
ASKER
I re-ran the wsusutil movecontent command. This time, I stopped the web page via IIS MMC first. The move ran successfully and I now have the wsuscontent files in the new location. But, it did not delete the old files off my C: drive. Can I delete those?
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There is also a good explanation of your experience with "Declined updates" in the dialogue here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23569926/How-can-I-delete-my-declined-updates-from-my-WSUS-3-0-Sp1-database.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23569926/How-can-I-delete-my-declined-updates-from-my-WSUS-3-0-Sp1-database.html
Kindly refer these articles:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24455951/WSUS-folder-too-large.html
I hope this helps,
Shree