How do I register computers to WSUS?
Hello,
I am setting up a new WSUS server on windows 2012 R2 (it's a virtual machine.). We currently have in production, a 2003 server running WSUS V3.2.7600.226 on a physical junker. My goal is to phase out the 2003 server and bring the new one into production,
I am currently in a testing phase. In Active directory, I created a seperate OU called "test OU," and moved a computer to that OU.
In terms of the GPO, in group policy manger, I copied the old WSUS policy and linked/enforced it to the Test OU. The only change I made to the copied WSUS GPO was pointing to the IP of the new WSUS server. I already know that the GPO was applied because i ran the "gpresult command on the testing computer and found the copied WSUS policy listed (I even rebooted.)
I already configured WSUS on the new server according to Microsoft's Technet instructions, and synchronized for the first time.
The problem is that the test computer is not being registered in the Windows Update Service Management Console.
Are there any reasons why this can be happening? Did I miss an important hidden step?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
I am setting up a new WSUS server on windows 2012 R2 (it's a virtual machine.). We currently have in production, a 2003 server running WSUS V3.2.7600.226 on a physical junker. My goal is to phase out the 2003 server and bring the new one into production,
I am currently in a testing phase. In Active directory, I created a seperate OU called "test OU," and moved a computer to that OU.
In terms of the GPO, in group policy manger, I copied the old WSUS policy and linked/enforced it to the Test OU. The only change I made to the copied WSUS GPO was pointing to the IP of the new WSUS server. I already know that the GPO was applied because i ran the "gpresult command on the testing computer and found the copied WSUS policy listed (I even rebooted.)
I already configured WSUS on the new server according to Microsoft's Technet instructions, and synchronized for the first time.
The problem is that the test computer is not being registered in the Windows Update Service Management Console.
Are there any reasons why this can be happening? Did I miss an important hidden step?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
David Johnson, CD
When the computer checks for updates it should add itself to WSUS in the unknown and you move it to the category you wnt
The default configuration for WSUS in 2012 is to use SSL as well. Which usually means you don't want the GPO to have an IP address, but to use the server name. For domain joined WSUS servers, this is usually sufficient to resolve problems that the update agent has when attempting to connect by IP and getting an SSL error.
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Hi Cliff, David,
I tried both solutions with no luck.
Can it be that I copied the old GPO that was used for the 2003 WSUS server? Do I need to create a GPO from scratch?
I tried both solutions with no luck.
Can it be that I copied the old GPO that was used for the 2003 WSUS server? Do I need to create a GPO from scratch?
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How do I check/change the port?
You need to check the file C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.l
Seek the last lines that include the string "Report " (case-sensitive).
You can force the test computer to report its status by this command in a CMD:
Wuauclt /reportnow
Also you can download this free tool from Microsoft to test WSUS client conectivity and configuration. (Run it as Administrator)
Seek the last lines that include the string "Report " (case-sensitive).
You can force the test computer to report its status by this command in a CMD:
Wuauclt /reportnow
Also you can download this free tool from Microsoft to test WSUS client conectivity and configuration. (Run it as Administrator)