Friday 3 October 2014

WSUS downloading updates

WSUS downloading updates

Settings are found under WSUS Console -> Options -> Update Files and Languages

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These settings will download any update that is approved.

One of the issues with WSUS downloads is that if your bandwidth falls below a certain threshold the downloads will cease all together - I actually limit my server to 5KBps using a 3rd party app and the WSUS does not try to download.

To check to see if your downloads are occurring (wsus uses svchost.exe to download which can muddy weather or not they are downloading or another sub svchost process is using the bandwidth) navigate to your <WSUS Drive>:\WSUSUpdates\WsusContent and sort by 'Date Modified' to see how recent the last download folder was.

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