OK this seems shocking to me.  I've just started a new sys admin role (my 1st sys admin role) and I am looking after a clients SBS2011 server which has over 35000 updates waiting to be approved/installed.  I've got the number down a bit by removing superseded updates but I'm after some advice.  I'll be starting with Critical and then Security updates 1st by trickling them in but should I be looking at installing all of them or can I get by on just the Critical/Security updates?

A bit of extra background.  The current sys admin is leaving and the only other guy here is more 1st/2nd line so isn't much help.  Google has been my only friend so far.  That being said, advice is definitely required so feel free to chip in with your thoughts.

Hello all,
I have a brand new Windows 2016 Standard server with WSUS installed on it.  This has been working great for the past two months.  The WSUS is using WID for it's database.
We had to install SQL server 2016 on the same server and since then the WSUS will not come up.
Every time I try to run it I get an error that it is not responding.
I have no idea what to do on this.
Please help.
Thanks,
Kelly W.

We currently run WSUS for updating our client systems across all our sites.
It's a single WSUS server at head office with all clients set to receive and install updates through the night.

We have an issue were laptop users visit other sites and connect to the WIFI, because their laptop has not been on through out the night they start downloading all the updates at the remote site over our MPLS. This causes a strain on our bandwidth that we can't have.

Is there any way that I can setup laptop users to only download updates when they are connected to our head office network (VLAN)?

Hi,

Considering to use WSUS...
Every once in a while I get a new computer to install windows, I have a lan network with no internet access.
If I connect WSUS to the internet once a week to get updated from microsoft - can I than use it to update computers that are not in my domain... ? I do not want them in my domain,
Just to connect the lan and have them pull the updates from WSUS and then pass them to other network?

We have a working WSUS server here onsite that pushes out updates to machines on the following OS's- Win 7, Win 10, Win Server 2008 R2, Win server 2012, Win server 2012 r2, win server 2008 but any machines we have here that are on Win 8.1 will not update either via WSUS or manually by going to windows update section and clicking on 'search for updates',

We have over 20 windows 8.1 machines onsite and only 7 machines have checked in with WSUS

is there any reason why this OS would have issues checking in with WSUS or downloading updates in general?

A security patch can't be applied to a Exchange server and the server is repoerted as 99% completed. On the Window update of the Exchnage server, it is reported as up-to-date.

Any idea why the patch can't be updated ? Is it possible to remove the update for this server only such that it will reported the status as 100%

Thx
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I have stood up a new 2016 WSUS and was hoping to just move the database but even after closely following the procedure and mounting it in the new SQL2014, WSUS was unable to read it.  I suspect it has something to do with a restructuring of the database:  See this https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Patch_Manager/Critical_MSFT_update_KB3159706_causes_WSUS_restructure_for_Windows_10_updates

I have both the old SUSDB2 and the new one mounted in SQL and can toggle WSUS via the registry,  Is there some other way to copy the approvals and declined update list to the new database?

Hello

The D drive of WSUS server is almost full because of "Wsuscontent" folder.

Kindly let me know any suitable solution to fix this problem without affecting the server (Windows Server 2012 Standard).

Thanks & regards

Yousuf

Hello, I have been working on trying to repair a WSUS server role on my SCCM2012 server and I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling the WSUS role from the Server 2012 R2 server. I am having problems with getting client computers to access and report into the server. I have run the Solar Winds WSUS diag tool and I keep getting these three errors. But, as I research it looks to me that these are all false positives. I am not sure what to do at this point as I have over 800 machines that have been in a Not Reported status for 4 days. I have looked at the GPO and everything looks correct. I have them pointing to http://SERVER:8530. I am not really sure what else I can look at. I feel this is more of an issue with IIS and the machines can't report back? Looking forward to any help.

Thank you!
-Mike

I am running Server 2012 64-bit, and a standalone WSUS 4.0 (Version 6.2.9200.21848) that is manually updated every day via offline file transfer and meta-data import from an air-gapped online WSUS Server. SQL Server 2014 is running locally on the WSUS server to host the SUSDB. I have recently re-indexed it to try and fix this issue.

Ever since it updated from 6.2.9200.18324 to the newest version WSUS Console is crashing when I try cancel the download of a Definition Update for Windows Defender, Security Essentials, or Endpoint. It only crashes on those types of updates. I need to cancel the download since it is offline. I am not sure why it is trying to download the update files when they already exist in the file storage location. Files are transferred long before the meta-data is exported. moved, and imported into said offline server.

The error message displayed is as follows:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 1: mmc.exe
Problem Signature 2: 6.2.9200.16496
Problem Signature 3: 50ece2e8
Problem Signature 4: Microsoft.UpdateServices.BaseApi
Problem Signature 5: 6.2.9200.21848
Problem Signature 6: 571cc7c5
Problem Signature 7: 61e
Problem Signature 8: 1b
Problem Signature 9: System.Data.SqlClient.Sql
OS Version: 6.2.9200.2.0.0.272.7
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 9950
Additional Information 2: 99504e5b16d00ac2776c5771c670163c
Additional Information 3: cd67
Additional Information 4: cd67b1856d9540b8bc614699ba4bb3cf

I have run the …

hi guys

We're trying to update the systems on our network. I am looking at WSUS, but so far that I see, it doesn't provide the ability to see what computers have had which updates or some sort of comprehensive reporting? Maybe it does.

So it's between WSUS or perhaps an application that can install updates, it can also install applications etc and give you decent reporting?

Thanks for your help
Yashy