WSUS Taking up too much space
Hello,
One of our customers who uses WSUS are running very low on disk space, currently they average out between 7-15GB free. This is resulting in my backups failing.
I have tried running WSUS Server cleanup wizard (currently uses 20GB) with no change to disk space, the console itself keeps disconnecting when i am trying to sort out All updates with the following parameters;
Approval - Any except declined
Status - Any
Then i try to sort updates in superseded order, so i can decline them.
I suppose the question i am asking is I need to delete the wsus database file "SUSDB.mdf" which is taking up 20gb of space.
I have attached a few things that may be useful including things that i have tried and the disconnection error i get with thew wsus console., please don't hesitate to ask for more. I have listed below some of the server specs including WSUS information;
Windows SBS Server 2008 SP2
- Intel Xeon CPU E5520@2.27GHz
- 8GB Ram
WSUS Console 3.0 SP1
I have tried the information in the following link with no luck;
http://www.bdhtechnology.com/help/wsus.php
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One of our customers who uses WSUS are running very low on disk space, currently they average out between 7-15GB free. This is resulting in my backups failing.
I have tried running WSUS Server cleanup wizard (currently uses 20GB) with no change to disk space, the console itself keeps disconnecting when i am trying to sort out All updates with the following parameters;
Approval - Any except declined
Status - Any
Then i try to sort updates in superseded order, so i can decline them.
I suppose the question i am asking is I need to delete the wsus database file "SUSDB.mdf" which is taking up 20gb of space.
I have attached a few things that may be useful including things that i have tried and the disconnection error i get with thew wsus console., please don't hesitate to ask for more. I have listed below some of the server specs including WSUS information;
Windows SBS Server 2008 SP2
- Intel Xeon CPU E5520@2.27GHz
- 8GB Ram
WSUS Console 3.0 SP1
I have tried the information in the following link with no luck;
http://www.bdhtechnology.com/help/wsus.php
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x-men
try shrinking the SUSDB using SQL Management Studio.
ASKER
Thanks for the reply, I will try both of your solutions, but will they effect users whilst they are currently working?
WSUS is a repository for windows updates, it does not affect users working.
ASKER
Currently running x-men application he offered, i shall let you know the results.
Hi
I run this weekly a script which then sends me an email with the results
@echo off
del c:\util\cleanup_history.tx
c:\util\wsus_cleanup_cl serv010 f 80 superseded expired obsolete compress computers files
c:\util\febooti\febootimai
exit
AS you can see I do not use the SQL portion of wsus cleanup since my wsus server database is running on a sql 2008 server I have maint plans that take care of the sql database
Hope this helps
I run this weekly a script which then sends me an email with the results
@echo off
del c:\util\cleanup_history.tx
c:\util\wsus_cleanup_cl serv010 f 80 superseded expired obsolete compress computers files
c:\util\febooti\febootimai
exit
AS you can see I do not use the SQL portion of wsus cleanup since my wsus server database is running on a sql 2008 server I have maint plans that take care of the sql database
Hope this helps
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FYI,
a little info on running WSUSutil.exe reset in this situation.
You would first be deleting the whole WSUSContent folder.
Then running the reset will re-download the entire content again(All approved updates)
This will not only take up some time, but will also use up alot of bandwidth.
You're better off moving the content to another larger volume.
a little info on running WSUSutil.exe reset in this situation.
You would first be deleting the whole WSUSContent folder.
Then running the reset will re-download the entire content again(All approved updates)
This will not only take up some time, but will also use up alot of bandwidth.
You're better off moving the content to another larger volume.
Agree with dstewartjr ... you can shrink the .ldf safely without having to start over but if you have sufficient space on a data volume, move the database and repository using the supplied instructions.
HTH
Gary
HTH
Gary
ASKER
We will be following the solutions you have given us from tomorrow (11/10/13) from 2pm, as our customer goes home early so we have the rest of the evening and thew weekend to do what we need, i will update you on Monday the results.
ASKER
Thanks to all that provided solutions however the one we've picked as moving the WSUS content was more appropriate for the situation.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!