Month: August 2005

Yes, I am talking about Support Tools for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). As of now, there are; Server Diagnostic Tool for troubleshooting Update Services Server. For help on running this tool see readme file. Client Diagnostic Tool for troubleshooting Client Machines. For help on running this tool see readme file. Keep an eye on Windows Server Update Services Downloads Page for all the tools related to WSUS.

While Exporting WSUS to a disconnected network server, the following error is logged in the the import log file;“<ImportError Message=”The metadata format is incorrect” /></ImportLog>”The import was not succesfull and eventually, export fails. Trivia: WSUS Admin wants to modify the metadata so that the downsteram WSUS Admin should not be able to see the Un-Approved Updates and so he plays with Package.xml file. Looks like he is modifying the meta data. This is logged from Package.XML”<!–  edited with XMLSPY v5 rel. 3 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Christophe Michel (Thales Security Systems)   –> “ And, obivously the import – export fails. That … Continue reading WSUS Export Import: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) FAQ Continued – II

Continued from http://msmvps.com/athif/archive/2005/08/17/63110.aspx Q. Does Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) support patches for Exchange 2000?   A. YES, WSUS Supports patches for Windows 2000+, Exchange 2000+, SQL Server 2000+, and Office XP+ with expanding support. More information on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/evaluation/compare.mspx   Quoting from WSUS Overview document, “Initially, Microsoft Update, to which at least one WSUS server must connect to get available updates and update information,  will make available updates for Microsoft Windows, Office, SQL Server, and Exchange. Additional Microsoft product updates will become available on Microsoft Update in the future.”   More information on WSUS Guides.   Q. If you have … Continue reading Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) FAQ Continued – I

Today, I have added another known WSUS issue on Known WSUS Issues at the Wiki. For more information and troubleshooting tips, keep an eye on http://www.wsuswiki.com/ and the Patch Management Blog 🙂

 One of the important issue with Windows Server Updates Service (WSUS) Administration is troubleshooting WSUS Server for downloads. You may encounter situations where WSUS Synchronization fails.    We will take a look at the proxy settings.   Most of the times, the culprit is the proxy server where in you have authentication defined on outgoing web proxy requests. This means Anonymous access for proxy is disabled. If you are using ISA Server as your proxy server, then you must create an anonymous access rule for the following windows update websites.   • http://download.windowsupdate.com • https://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com • http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com • http://*.update.microsoft.com    … Continue reading Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Server & Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA)

Unable to generate a temporary class: You see the following error while trying to synchronize WSUS Server with MU & synchronization fails at 99%.   Complete error message is as follows :>>>>>>>>>   System.InvalidOperationException: Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1).error CS2001: Source file ‘C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\m9yekbox.0.cs’ could not be founderror CS2008: No inputs specified      at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.ClassFactory.CallStaticMethod(Type type, String methodName, Object[] args)    at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.Subscription.GetSynchronizationHistory(DateTime fromDate, DateTime toDate)    at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.Subscription.GetLastSynchronizationInfo()    at Administration.Manage.Subscriptions.SubscriptionProxy.GetSynchronizationStatus()    at Administration.Reporting.CurrentStatus.CurrentStatusProxy.GetHomeStatusClientFunction(String xPostXml)    at Administration.Reporting.ReportingXPost.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)      at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.ClassFactory.CallStaticMethod(Type type, String methodName, Object[] args) at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.Subscription.GetSynchronizationHistory(DateTime fromDate, DateTime toDate) at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.Subscription.GetLastSynchronizationInfo() … Continue reading Error while trying to synchronize Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Server with Microsoft Update (MU)

W2Knews & Redmond magzine confrims SUS support extended from June 6, 2006 to Dec. 6, 2006 More on Support life cycle for Microsoft Software Update Services 1.0http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905682

As we are aware, Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is not available with SUS though it is available with WSUS or SMS.   There is an excellent KB article which deals in different ways to install this Removal Tool in an enterprise environment using scripts applied via Group Policies. Take a look on http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891716&SD=tech

This article contains a cumulative list of content changes that have been made available to Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) servers as updated on Tuesday, August 9, 2005. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=894199&SD=tech#XSLTH3120121123120121120120