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SOLVED: WSUS Reset Server Node

If you repeatedly see RESET SERVER NODE in your Windows Server Update Servers (WSUS) console we have found three things that resolve it: Reduce The Number Of Approved Updates This should not be a problem, but I have seen it be a problem repeatedly.  You should reduce the number of […]

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SOLVED: How To Install & Configure WSUS on Windows Server 2012R2 or Server 2016 in 20 Minutes

wsus-configuration-wizard-startInstalling and configuring Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on Server 2016 or Server 2012R2 is straight forward.  There are four key steps:

  1. Add the WSUS Role
  2. Configure WSUS
  3. Set a Group Policy to have your PC’s point to the WSUS server for updates
  4. Approving Updates

To be clear, the process below will take you 20 minutes of work time to complete, but because you have to wait for the install to complete (5-15mins) and then the initial sync to complete (several hours), you will need a day to get your WSUS server functional.


1 – HOW TO INSTALL WSUS:

wsus-add-roleTo add the WSUS role launch SERVER MANAGER > MANAGE > ADD ROLES > then click next through to the ROLES and select WSUS.  Then click NEXT to the end.  Do NOT change the defaults.

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SOLVED: How To Force a Clean Up of WSUS Data & Resolve SERVER NODE RESET Using PowerShell

Updated: January 2022 If you cannot complete a clean up of your WSUS server through the WSUS console because it keeps erroring out with SERVER NODE RESET, you can hopefully complete through the following PowerShell command line: Invoke-WsusServerCleanup -DeclineSupersededUpdates -DeclineExpiredUpdates -CleanupObsoleteComputers -CleanupObsoleteUpdates -CleanupUnneededContentFiles -CompressUpdates If this fails or times out, […]

SOLVED: Windows Server Update Services WSUS SYNCRONIZATION DETAILS, RESULT: THE ERROR TYPE IS UNKNOWN

There are several solutions to the error below, but in my case the issue was resolved after a simple WSUS > OPTIONS > SERVER CLEANUP.  This was odd because I run the Server Cleanup Wizard with regularity. SYNCRONIZATION DETAILS > RESULT: THE ERROR TYPE IS UNKNOWN TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for ‘Microsoft.UpdateServices.ServerSyncWebServices.ServerSync.ServerSyncProxy’ threw […]