My WSUS breaked after installing KB3148812. I did some repair actions but couldn't get it run again. Then I read about KB3159706 and installed this fix. I also followed the additional manual installation steps (wsusutil postinstall /servicing etc.) but without any success.

At the end I completely removed the WSUS installation, KB3148812, double checked to remove all of remaining registry settings, files in %programfiles% and the content directory and KB3159706, too.

The I did a fresh install of KB3159706. After that a fresh install of WSUS:

Install-WindowsFeature-NameUpdateServices-IncludeManagementTools

did the postinstall task

wsusutil.exe postinstall CONTENT_DIR=D:\Updates

Checked, if "HTTP activation" is installed and the part with web-config is correct.

Then I did according to the manual steps 

wsusutil.exe postinstall /servicing
Log file is located at ...\tmpDF06.tmp
Post install is starting
Post install has successfully completed

But when I start the console I couldn't connect to the MS-Content servers. 

I checked the logfile from servicing part (tmpDF06.tmp) and found this:

2016-05-1018:52:12Install type is:Reinstall2016-05-1018:52:12Install type isReinstall, but should be Upgrade.Cannot service the database2016-05-1018:52:12Swtching DB to multi-user mode......

Is that okay or causing the error?

What can I do to get my WSUS up and running again? Fresh install of WSUS, patches and so on is okay, but I couldn't reinstall the server itself.

TIA for any useful hints

Udo

Hello

We have installed WSUS and Server 2012R2. We would like to re-index the database. The only Microsoft document I've found on this procedure does not include Server 2012R2. Additionally any document I have found requires tools to be installed on the server that show incompatibility errors.

Thus we cant run the "WSUSDBmaintenace" Script.

can anyone offer advice on This

Server:Windows 2012R2

WSUS version: 6.3.96....

using internal database

Thanks

Hey all, just installed KB3159706 on my WS 2012 R2 WSUS Server at 2PM on 5/5/2016.  This was supposed to fix/issues when KB3148812 was released a few weeks ago.  Don't install KB3159706, it breaks WSUS.

C'mon Microsoft, get your stuff together.  I'm tired of this amateur hour BS.

Hi Team,

Below are the environments.

1 Upstream servers.
18+ Downstream servers.

Issue: Upstream server is working fine and getting sync with Microsoft without any error but none of the downstream servers are getting sync with upstream servers. This is the error we are getting:

Please guide/help me on this.

Thanks in Advance.

Thanks & Regards,

Praveen.

Hi all,

I am facing a problem with our WSUS Server with which I am not sure how to handle that.

So here is the case: 
We have a lot of Win10 Pro Clients that are connected to our WSUS Server. Since we have a lot of German and English speaking colleagues, we want to use the improved possibility to switch languages with the language packs in Win10 pro. So what I did is I activated the language packs in the WSUS Products an classifications and declined all language packs except German and English. This is working fine, all clients can now download the language packages if needed.

But the problem I now have is, that for example a Win10 Client with German OS is listed in the WSUS Server with 1 needed update. When I check the report it is showing me the updated "German Language Pack - Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64 KB 3109596". I am sure that on an English OS it will show me the English Language Pack as missing (haven't testet that yet".

So far I've read a lot of threats and they all advice to decline the language packs for it to not show up as needed Update. But of course I would not want to do that because we want them to be downloaded over the WSUS Server.

How can we manage this correctly? I don't seem to be able to install the German Language Pack on an German OS, it is not shown in the Windows Update or Language section on the client.

Can someone help me out on that? Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Michael

My exact issue due to this error code no any client can connect my server.

I think may be due to below DFRS error:-

The DFS Replication service stopped replication on the folder with the following local path: C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain. This server has been disconnected from other partners for 534 days, which is longer than the time allowed by the MaxOfflineTimeInDays parameter (120). DFS Replication considers the data in this folder to be stale, and this server will not replicate the folder until this error is corrected.
 
To resume replication of this folder, use the DFS Management snap-in to remove this server from the replication group, and then add it back to the group. This causes the server to perform an initial synchronization task, which replaces the stale data with fresh data from other members of the replication group.
 
Additional Information:
Error: 9061 (The replicated folder has been offline for too long.)
Replicated Folder Name: SYSVOL Share
Replicated Folder ID: 44F1DC5E-7382-47D2-BBD3-E374EAB7F916
Replication Group Name: Domain System Volume
Replication Group ID: F8DAC33F-0901-4783-BECD-04EEF4D4BD02
Member ID: F53EA9C0-3BD9-490D-91B2-39624A34F0AB

Event ID:4012

A while back i migrated WSUS to a new machine - and all clients were reporting properly. Now i have a couple of different issues:

1. a handful of clients that continue to hold the old server address in the WUServer registry key - i search thru and change it to the new address in each key that needs it and then reboot and the old setting is still there after the reboot. I have the proper server in GPEDIT. The Windows update log file shows it's still looking to the old server

2. a couple fo clients that even though they have the correct server in the  WUServer registry key the Windows update log still shows them trying to contact the old server address

I've tried the MS Fixit thing but it always fails for resetting the update components. I've tried to delete all files out of the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution directory but it says some files are in use and wont let me delete everything out

any help and suggestions are appreciated

thank you

Is there any way to export a list of products that would look similiar to the GUI and show them in a hierarchy structure and which ones are selected and which ones aren't?  I want to run something on a couple of our domains so I can easily compare the settings between them and document our standards without having to take 15 screenshots of all the pages in the GUI.

I know I can run get-wsusproduct to get a list but it doesn't show me which ones are selected or the hierarchy.

Thanks.

I’m still having problems with this.

KB3148812 had been installed and WSUS stopped working, clients were unable to check for updates. Did some research and uninstalled it.

Later installed 3159706 via Windows Update – no restart notification displayed but WSUS was still not starting (saw a ‘Reset server node’ message which did not work). Rebooted, Server Manager flagged WSUS Service as not started on restart, but a refresh showed it was started. Ran WSUS, but saw same message.

Copied error and followed recommendation to delete wsus file at %appdata%\Microsoft\MMC\. WSUS now starts, but the server was not listed. Chose to connect to the server but an error message about SQL not running was displayed (port is correct: 8530). All SQL services seem to be running.

Any suggestions, please?

Thanks

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Here's the error from the console:

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The WSUS administration console was unable to connect to the WSUS Server via the remote API.

Verify that the Update Services service, IIS and SQL are running on the server. If the problem persists, try restarting IIS, SQL, and the Update Services Service.

The WSUS administration console has encountered an unexpected error. This may be a transient error; try restarting the administration console. If this error persists,

Try removing the persisted preferences for the console by deleting the wsus file under %appdata%\Microsoft\MMC\.

System.IO.IOException -- The handshake failed due to an unexpected packet format.

Source
System

Stack Trace:
   at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartReadFrame(Byte[] buffer, Int32 readBytes, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
   at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartReceiveBlob(Byte[] buffer, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
   at System.Net.Security.SslState.StartSendBlob(Byte[] incoming, Int32 count, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
   at System.Net.Security.SslState.ForceAuthentication(Boolean receiveFirst, Byte[] buffer, AsyncProtocolRequest asyncRequest)
   at System.Net.Security.SslState.ProcessAuthentication(LazyAsyncResult lazyResult)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Net.TlsStream.ProcessAuthentication(LazyAsyncResult result)
   at System.Net.TlsStream.Write(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size)
   at System.Net.ConnectStream.WriteHeaders(Boolean async)
** this exception was nested inside of the following exception **

System.Net.WebException -- The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.

Source
Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration

Stack Trace:
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.AdminProxy.CreateUpdateServer(Object[] args)
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.AdminApiAccess.AdminApiTools.GetUpdateServer(String serverName, Boolean useSecureConnection, Int32 portNumber)
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.SnapIn.Scope.ServerSummaryScopeNode.ConnectToServer()
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.SnapIn.Scope.ServerSummaryScopeNode.get_ServerTools()

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We can approve the Win10 1511 update for computers. This only seems to stage the upgrade on the system and won't apply it without initiation from within the Window Update client on the system.

Does anyone know how to automate it?

After a nightmare of trying to install and uninstall SQL Server 2008 R2 on my DC, WSUS broke. 

I edited the registry to get rid of the SQL Server stuff and uninstalled WSUS and rebooted. 

I reinstalled WSUS using WID database and now I get the following error at the end of the log file during post-installation:

016-05-18 12:09:28  Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.CommandException: Failed to set service MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID to automatic start
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.ConfigureDB.StartAndConfigWidService()
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.ConfigureDB.Configure()
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.PostInstall.Run()
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.PostInstall.Execute(String[] arguments)
Fatal Error: Failed to set service MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID to automatic start

Susan E. Russel

We have discovered that Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-064 - Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (3157993) (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS16-064) was revised on May 13th (V2.0) at which time they replaced update 3157993 with 3163207.

Will there be new release update for Wsusscn2.cab soon to include this changes which were made to MS16-064 ?

When installing updates on some Windows 7 workstations, the computer become slow and after 10-15 minutes, we have this error : 0x80072EFD.

There's no connectivities issues, the fixit found the problen but cannot repair it.

The Windows update cache has been deleted too.

What can be done on these computers to resolve this issue ?

Hello all,

I have a problem with WSUS on a Server 2008 R2 computer. Everytime I want to look at the synchronizations that have been done, WSUS seems to crash. It keeps hanging while loading the synchronizations, after a few min I get an error with: Reset server node. The server is a downstream server of another 2008 R2 server. Even reinstalling the WSUS role didn't help, neither did the WSUS Clean up wizard. What could be the problem? Everything else seems to work fine.

Our WSUS server is running Server 2012 R2.  Everything appeared to be working fine before I released the May 2016 updates, and then after the May updates installed and servers rebooted the WSUS console did not work and clients could not check into the WSUS server.  After some research I found that KB3159706 was the problem and that there were post installation steps that needed to be done.  I followed those steps from the KB article:  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3159706
After doing those steps everything started to work correctly again or at least almost everything. 

I just realized the other day that servers(2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2) that are not part of our domain stopped checking into our WSUS server after the April 2016 updates.  What do I need to do to get those servers to start checking back into our WSUS server?

Hello

I have installed and re-installed WSUS many times on new virtual servers with Windows Server 2012 R2

Each time it fails at Post Deployment Configuration

Below is an extract of the log file

What am I doing wrong??

2016-05-19 15:42:50  Swtching DB to multi-user mode......
2016-05-19 15:42:55  Finished setting multi-user mode
2016-05-19 15:42:55  Writing DB settings to registry...
2016-05-19 15:42:55  Marking PostInstall done for UpdateServices-WidDatabase in the registry...
2016-05-19 15:42:55  Starting service W3SVC
2016-05-19 15:42:55  Configuring IIS...
2016-05-19 15:42:55  Start: ConfigureWebsite
2016-05-19 15:42:57  Configuring website on port 8530
2016-05-19 15:43:43  2016-05-19 15:43:13  Info      IISCustomAction    Performing Setup Action, Command /Install
2016-05-19 15:43:41  Info      IISCustomAction    Command /Install Succeeded

2016-05-19 15:43:43  End: ConfigureWebsite
2016-05-19 15:43:43  Configuring performance counters...
2016-05-19 15:43:43  Configuring Stats.NET perf counter...
2016-05-19 15:43:46  Configuring reporting perf counter...
2016-05-19 15:43:46  Configuring client webservice perf counter...
2016-05-19 15:43:47  Configuring server sync webservice perf counter...
2016-05-19 15:43:49  Configuring API remoting perf counter...
2016-05-19 15:43:50  Bringing services online...
2016-05-19 15:43:50  StartServer starting...
2016-05-19 15:43:50  Generating encryption key to write to the registry...
2016-05-19 15:43:50  Generating encryption key to write to the database...
2016-05-19 15:43:52  Generating encryption key succeeded...
2016-05-19 15:43:52  Setting WSUSService to autostart...
2016-05-19 15:43:52  WSUSService is set to autostart.
2016-05-19 15:43:52  Starting WSUSService...
2016-05-19 15:43:52  WSUSService is now started.
2016-05-19 15:43:52  Importing default detectoids.
2016-05-19 15:43:52  Importing CriticalUpdates.xml...
2016-05-19 15:46:23  ImportDefaultDetectoids failed. Exception: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Timeout expired.  The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
Warning: The join order has been enforced because a local join hint is used. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The wait operation timed out
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.DatabaseAccess.DBConnection.DrainObsoleteConnections(SqlException e)
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.DatabaseAccess.DBConnection.ExecuteCommandNoResult()
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.DatabaseAccess.CommonDataAccess.ExecuteSPImportUpdate(Int32 upstreamServerLocalId, String xmlUpdateBlob, Byte[] xmlUpdateBlobCompressed, Int32& localRevisionId)
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.DatabaseAccess.CommonDataAccess.ImportUpdate(Int32 ussRevLocalId, String xmlUpdateBlob, Byte[] xmlUpdateBlobCompressed, String xmlSdpBlob, Int32& localRevisionId)
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.DatabaseAccess.CommonDataAccess.ImportUpdate(Int32 ussRevLocalId, String xmlUpdateBlob, Byte[] xmlUpdateBlobCompressed)
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Setup.StartServer.StartServer.ImportDefaultDetectoids()
ClientConnectionId:65eb8bee-85d7-4a41-bc89-c02fbed5ce8a
Error Number:-2,State:0,Class:11
2016-05-19 15:46:23  StartServer encountered errors. Exception=Timeout expired.  The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
Warning: The join order has been enforced because a local join hint is used.
2016-05-19 15:46:23  Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.CommandException: Failed to start and configure the WSUS service
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.PostInstall.Run()
   at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.PostInstall.Execute(String[] arguments)
Fatal Error: Failed to start and configure the WSUS service

Miriam S

I manage Windows Updates for a 6th - 12th grade school.  I just reinstalled WSUS after its server crashed and the database became completely corrupted.  I realize now that as I am approving updates, I should have exempted the "Unassigned Computers" when I approved updates.  Is there a way that I could go back and remove the approval for all the updates for all the computers in that group?

Thanks for your help

Miriam S