Posts Tagged WSUS
WSUS client error 0×80244022
Posted by Terje Skulstad in Software, Windows on August 17th, 2009
Ever seen this error “Error 0×80244022 occurred while downloading update notifying dependent calls” in your Windows Update.log?
Typically you have a Windows client, set up to use WSUS, but still you see that it keeps banging at http://update.microsoft.com for updates. Most likely this is caused by a corrupt download, and the best way (if you ask me) is to delete the WSUS client cache and let it check for updates on the local WSUS server instead.
To delete the cache:
On the client, stop the service “Automatic Updates”, delete (or rename) the SoftwareDistribution folder under %windir% (typically C:\Windows or C:\Winnt) and start the “Automatic Updates” service again.
Move the local WSUS update folder
Posted by Terje Skulstad in Software, Windows on July 14th, 2009
To move the WSUS content folder to a new location, use the wsusutil.exe. It’s located in C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools\
To move the folder to d:\wsus you first have to create the folder, then run the wsusutil from the command line. Log file has to be specified.
wsusutil.exe movecontent d:\wsus d:\wsus.log
Depending on the size of the local update folder and disk speed, the content will eventually be moved to the new location.
As you can see from these before and after screenshots from the Share and Storage management snap-in in 2008, the util takes care of changing the shares.
Before:
After:
I noticed that the utility doesn’t seem to move the updates, but copy them. After the operation was complete, I had to delete the folder C:\WSUS manually (6GB).
More info on storing WSUS updates: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb245839.aspx
Which version of SQL Server 2008 Express Edition?
Posted by Terje Skulstad in Software, Windows on July 9th, 2009
Microsoft has released 3 different versions of SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. Which version should I download and use? Well, depends on your needs, but just to be sure, I downloaded SQL Server 2008 Express Edition with advanced services. This is the one that has the most features, but if you need them is another question…
Found this link to an MSDN blog which shows the features in each edition: http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2008/08/07/what-s-up-with-sql-server-2008-express-editions.aspx
I’m using it for a Windows 2008 WSUS test environment, so I could use the Windows Internal Database, but where’s the fun in that 
If you want to do it the easy way, you don’t have to install any version of SQL Server Express on Windows 2008 at all. You could use the Windows Internal Database which is included with the OS. Just add the feature Windows Internal Database.
Haven’t looked into this yet, but I think it should also be possible to migrate the internal database to feor example an express edition (2008). Have a look at these: