{"id":121,"date":"2014-05-12T16:09:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T16:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2014-05-14T18:45:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T18:45:34","slug":"cleaning-up-wsus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/cleaning-up-wsus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning up WSUS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem:<\/strong><\/p>\n

WSUS is big and full and not happy with you. When you run the WSUS Server Cleanup Wizard, it crashes><\/p>\n

Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(h\/t Lawrence Garvin<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This post has been edited for spacing and my notes.<\/p>\n

Decline any\u00a0unneeded updates — this likely will include several thousand Definition Updates. “Unneeded” is defined as any update reported as “100% Installed\/NotApplicable” and superseded.<\/p>\n

Run the Server Cleanup Wizard to delete expired updates and old revisions. (This may take multiple runs if the SCW times out performing the task, just restart the SCW and let it run some more)<\/span><\/p>\n

(h\/t Bart<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Although you can use the server cleanup wizard, you may want from time to time to clean manually all superseded updates to clean your WSUS infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The trick here is to have the column \u2018Supersedence\u2019 is visible. Open WSUS console and go to \u2018All Updates\u2019. Enable the \u2018Supersedence\u2019 column.<\/p>\n

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Now there are 4 options:<\/p>\n