Hello,
I have read in several locations some troubleshooting steps to take to make sure that a WSUS server instance can download files, including firewall problems, and even this interesting thread where an expired thread cause a downstream server to not properly reconcile it's files to it's DB.
I have several updates that I have approved, but have not downloaded.
I have attempted to perform a reconcile of downloaded files against the DB using `wsusutil.exe reset` and have had no luck. I am using bitsadmin.exe to monitor the download queue, and nothing is populating.
A good example of this is KB943729; it is approved, not superseded, and I can verify that the file is not located on the drive.
I have also retried downloads of all updates that aren't superseded through the UI ("cancel download"> "retry download").
I see the following error in bitsadmin output, but have concluded that it is irrelevant:
2013-03-13 21:11:42:796 832 1324 DnldMgr Regulation: {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77} - Update BD5A51BA-2106-46F1-BC87-347294901FDF is "PerUpdate" regulated and can NOT download. Sequence 1020 vs AcceptRate 0.
2013-03-13 21:11:42:796 832 1324 DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2013-03-13 21:11:42:796 832 1324 DnldMgr Regulation: {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77} - Update BD5A51BA-2106-46F1-BC87-347294901FDF is "PerUpdate" regulated and can NOT download. Sequence 1020 vs AcceptRate 0.
2013-03-13 21:11:42:796 832 1324 DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {744F9366-C308-44B2-8542-CA31C229179D}.200] ***********
2013-03-13 21:11:42:796 832 1324 DnldMgr Regulation: {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77} - Update 744F9366-C308-44B2-8542-CA31C229179D is "Priority" regulated and can NOT download. Sequence 8249 vs AcceptRate 7828.
2013-03-13 21:11:42:796 832 1324 DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2013-03-13 21:11:42:796 832 1324 DnldMgr Regulation: {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77} - Update 744F9366-C308-44B2-8542-CA31C229179D is "Priority" regulated and can NOT download. Sequence 8249 vs AcceptRate 7828.
I will perform a server cleanup now (cleanup: unneeded update files, expired updates, superseded updates), then reattempt `wsusutil.exe reset` again.
What else could be the problem? What else can I look into?
Thanks,
Matt
[update]
declined expired updates: 0 Declined superseded updates: 102
[update 2]
After allowing WSUS to hang out by itself for the night, it appears to have downloaded any updates that are not superseded. I verified this by right-clicking on the example target update KB943729> file information> located the filename and patch in the file URI, and located it on the local disk ..\wsuscontent\WsusContent\e0\E174C41CE3DCBD5C8922D6D1C39DF1BE425A70E0.exe.
I think we're good here.