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WSUS DB Maintenance
Is there a recommended maintenance script or set of tasks for WSUS on Windows Server 2019?
- Haven't done much with WSUS the last few years, but I liked https://github.com/awarre/Optimize-WsusServer
Why should I bother? It's time consuming. The tool does everything of this plus more. The MS guides won't help you to overcome "by design" issues like OS naming, not being able to remove unneeded products from database or declining unneeded products. Either you make your own scripts or do this manually. This all is certainly more expensive than buying this little fee (imho).
Because if your product smashes your WSUS/SUP, you are on your own - Microsoft Support will redirect you to the editor's support. Relying on a non-Microsoft product for your Microsoft-based production environment is risky.
I'm not saying this product is bad or that the ROI isn't worth it. But it's important to know there is an official supported way to achieve this.
I'm not saying this product is bad or that the ROI isn't worth it. But it's important to know there is an official supported way to achieve this.
- I agree with that statement. on the other hand the product should have sufficient support as it is founded by person that's an MVP for this area.
Mind that usual Microsoft support does not do any root cause analysis or hotfix deployment, so if their workaround is to reinstall the WSUS their mission is done. From my experience they will unlikely fix your WU database when it is borked.
