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Change WSUS Server identity

Hi,

I have been following the instructions on this link and I have ran both the script to change the identity:

$updateServer = get-wsusserver

$config = $updateServer.GetConfiguration()

$config.ServerId = [System.Guid]::NewGuid()

$config.Save()

and also the command to generate encryption key:

%ProgramFiles%\Update Services\Tools\wsusutil.exe postinstall

This link then states to verify the configuration by checking to see if the computers that existed on the source server now appear - but they do not appear! I migrated the binaries previously but I put them into a folder I crated on the c: drive and I'm not sure if WSUS on the new server knows where to look to find these. I'm in a bit of a mess with this one, are there any experts on here with working knowledge of migrating WSUS servers?

Don

Did you also change the Group policy to reflect the new WSUS server ???

Don

Section 3.5 of the link you were following:

Point the WSUS clients to the new WSUS server

nigelelyons

ASKER

Thanks for the reply Donald - if I do this, will it retain their previous updates or will it treat them like new objects (if that makes sense)? I don't want to 'pull the plug' on the old server and find out I have to re-deploy lots of updates.

nigelelyons

ASKER

Also, the new server is currently syncing and has detected thousands of required updates (see attached) - obviously on the old server, these updates were already synced and deployed previously (most of them). What happens when the switch-over occurs?

Don

A WSUS server is only a database for updates, clients query the WSUS server for updates that are both needed and approved.

Also where you say "detected thousands of required updates" you should only be approving needed updates, otherwise your storage will fill up unnecessarily.

nigelelyons

ASKER

But how will I know which ones to approve? What I mean is that the new WSUS server has probably detected updates that I have already approved on the previous server - so how will I know which to approve? So for example, the old server if synced might say that 88 critical updates are required and 125 security updates are required (because the previous updates were previously approved and installed). How will I manage the updates on the new server if most of these were previously approved on the old server? I hope this question makes sense

nigelelyons

ASKER

Can anybody assist with the above query?

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