"Eric Sauve" <esauve[ at ]xstratazinc.ca> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > This has probably been asked "ad nauseam" but I cannot seem to find a
> simple
> answer to this question.
>
> I'd like to install WSUS 3.0 on a new server but instead of
> downloading/replicating all the patches again is it possible to import the
> updates already located on my old WSUS 2.0 server?
The *Best* option is to replicate your WSUS 2.0 server to the new hardware
(however you wish to do this, there are several ways), and then do a WSUS
3.0 upgrade in place.
Or, the flip-flop. Upgrade your WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0 on the old hardware.
Replicate the WSUS 3.0 server to the new hardware (installing a WSUS 3.0
replica server is the easiest way to do this), and then convert the WSUS 3.0
replica back to an autonomous server, and reconfigure it to sync with
microsoft.com
> Also, I intend to
> decommision the old WSUS 2.0 server afterwards. So I assumed I shouldn'd
> use
> WSUS 3.0 in "Replica Mode" because of this. TIA.
You cannot sync a WSUS 3 replica from a WSUS 2 master, anyway.
--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
Independent WSUS Evangelist
MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E
Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx
And, almost everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
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