Hello.
I was wondering if someone could help. We have had a pretty problematic SBS 2008 server and since taking it over I have decided to fix all the issues and ensure a sweet running environment.
Most things are back up and running with no issues apart from WSUS 3.0.
Previously it would appear this had been removed. I re-enabled the feature via Add/Remove Features and followed the simple installation process with no errors after which SP2 installed.
During the installation I was informed that an administration web page would be accessable at http://[servername]:8530
I used the WSUS application on the server to setup the initial synchronisation and accessed the administration page from my workstation only to be show a 403 Forbidden Access errors.
I also tried to access the administration page on the server and was also given a 403 Forbidden message for the directory C:\Program Files\Update Services\Webservices\Root
I looked at that folder and found it to only contain the following:
* aspnet_client (empty folder)
* iuident.cab
* web.config
* WUTRACK.BIN
I was sure I would see more in this folder.
After some looking around I found this:
Ths is non-conclusive; there is no web-browsable content in a WSUS Server.
However, there are a couple of file download URLs you can test to verify functionality.
You should get File Open/Save dialogs from these four URLs on your server:
1. http://servername/iuident.cab
2. http://servername/selfupdate/iuident.cab
3. http://servername:8530/iuident.cab
4. http://servername:8530/selfupdate/iuident.cab
In addition, you can get a web services description page from this web service (but only this one):
5. http://servername:8530/simpleauthwebservice/simpleauth.asmx
The first 2 show No File Found, 3 & 4 download the file and 5 does display a description page.
I am going to setup a test server with a fresh install of WSUS 3 to see what files are created but if anyone else has any ideas on what I can try that would be really appreciated.
Thanks
Dan