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r0ca
Asked: 2010-01-22 08:44:30 +0800 CST

Can't update Windows 2008 server with WSUS installed on it

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I have installed WSUS on my Windows 2008 server. My issue is the following:

I get the error message: Windows could not search for new updates (80244019)

  • I can get updates from WSUS.
  • I tried almost everything on google but can't afford some since it's a production server.

I am wondering if I need to add my 2008 server in my updating list in WSUS. Download updates from WSUS and at the sime time, update the server itself.

Do you guys know if it's possible to download updates without WSUS for my 2008 server?

No Windows Firewall enabled. No Antivirus software installed.

If you need more info, please let me know.

Regards, D.

windows-server-2008 windows-update

4 Answers

  1. I will assume you are in a Active Directory environment. When I set up my WSUS on a Win 2003 server, I also had to put out a little piece of group policy that Allowed Automatic Updates, and set the intranet update server to my local server. This is found in Computer Configuration>Windows Components>Windows Update. I don't know if this has changed at all. Have you pointed your systems to the local WSUS server?

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  2. If the 2008 server is running the WSUS server software, then WSUS handles the download of updates to its repository internally. You can check the status of this from the WSUS server console under Administrative Tools.

    For the underlying server itself, it behaves just like any other client server and will talk to the WSUS installation to obtain its updates. It should show up just like any other client on the WSUS console.

    If the problem is with WSUS itself not being able to obtain updates from the internet, run through the WSUS server configuration wizard (via the WSUS console) and there's a step that should test the connection out to the Internet. Problems here are usually due to firewall restrictions between the server and the Internet.

    If the problem is with the server OS getting updates from the WSUS install, check the WSUS event log in c:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ and see if there's any more info about the error there.

    If you want to reconfigure the server to go directly to Microsofts update service, and ignore the local WSUS service, edit the update settings in the registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU

    To reset this you can delete the AU key, and it will be re-initialised on a reboot.

    If none of this solves the issue, next questions would be:

    • How is the server 'tied' to the WSUS server? Via a group policy, or manually via a registry entry or the command line?
    • What's the last 10 lines of reportingevents.log in c:\windows\softwaredistribution
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  3. Best Answer

    Well, as I thought, the only way to update my 2008 server is by adding it to the WSUS updating list. A WSUS server cannot updates itself thru WindowsUpdate.com but only thru WSUS.

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  4. You are missing a Windows update - kb2720211. Either install it manually or remove the WSUS group policy from the server, gpupdate /force, and then run Windows Updates.

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