Repair WSUS 3.0 SP2 on SBS2008
So my updates broke, because I “accidentally deleted” a computer group in the WSUS console (http://msmvps.com/blogs/athif/archive/2005/09/26/67958.aspx). When I went into the SBS 2008 console and went to Updates, and tried clicking the “change the software update settings” in order to make any changes to my computers and exclusions, I was greeted with the error “windows sbs 2008 console has stopped working”.
I uninstalled WSUS 3.0 SP2 and reinstalled it. When reinstalling, use this procedure to the letter:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/08/26/installing-wsus-3-sp2.aspx
Now after following that procedure, follow this one:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/08/27/repairing-wsus-3-on-sbs-2008.aspx
This sets up most of the options needed for Windows 2008. In addition this site goes into all the settings seen in Options that you need to change:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945985
Now the MOST IMPORTANT part of this is in NONE of the above articles! What are the damn names of the computer groups you have to recreate in the WSUS console??? They do not give you all of them, and they ALL have to be there and have to be named EXACTLY as follows:
Unassigned Computers
Update Service Excluded Computers
Update Services Client Computers
Update Services Server Computers
Notice the difference between “Update Service Excluded Computers” and “Update Services Server Computers” as one example. Confusing? Yes… This is the key to fully integrating WSUS 3.0 SP2 standalone installation with your SBS2008 server!
I found this in the forum post at http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Windows/microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs/2009-03/msg01633.html
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