WSUS Server migration Skypiea 7/5/2007 4:10:01 AM Hi there, Currently I have WSUS 3.0 running on old server and I have planned to migrate it to new server. I would like to know the process to do all neccessary backup and restore on the new server. Do I need to install IIS and WSUS 3.0 on the new server before doing the restoration? If I prefer to use same server name, what addditional tasks should I do? Thank you,

Re: WSUS Server migration "Winfried Sonntag [MVP]" <Winfried.Sonntag[ at ]gmx.de> 7/5/2007 6:51:37 AM Skypiea schrieb: [Quoted Text] > Currently I have WSUS 3.0 running on old server and I have planned to > migrate it to new server. I would like to know the process to do all > neccessary backup and restore on the new server. Do I need to install IIS and > WSUS 3.0 on the new server before doing the restoration? If I prefer to use > same server name, what addditional tasks should I do? You have to install the same like on the old Server. Install WSUS 3 on the new Server and replicate all objects and Updates from the old one. After this, you can switch the new WSUS from a Replica Server to a Upstreamserver. WSUS30StepbyStep.doc: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C8FA2FD1-72F6-4F19-A1B0-F689DAE14BE6&displaylang=en Winfried -- http://www.microsoft.com/germany/windowsserver2003/technologien/updateservices/default.mspx http://www.wsuswiki.com/Home

Re: WSUS Server migration "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 7/6/2007 3:04:13 AM "Skypiea" <Skypiea[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:18110309-F9DA-486B-A6C9-8A18121FE55C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Currently I have WSUS 3.0 running on old server and I have planned to > migrate it to new server. You have WSUS =3=<???> running an on "old server"? > I would like to know the process to do all > neccessary backup and restore on the new server. If this is a WSUS3 server you're going to migrate to a new box, the *easiest* way to do that is: [a] Install the second server as a replica of the first. [b] Synchronize the new server with the old, and wait for the content to transfer. (You can also expedite the content transfer by using removable media.) [c] Reconfigure the newly installed replica as an autonomous server synchronizing with microsoft.com [d] Reconfigure your policies to update from the new server. [e] Decommission the old server. However, if you've mistyped and the old server is a WSUS =2= server..then it'll take a bit more work. Please confirm the installed version before I expand on the WSUS2-to-WSUS3-on-a-new-server migration. (Which, btw, is also discussed in at least three other threads in the past two months in this newsgroup.) > Do I need to install IIS and > WSUS 3.0 on the new server before doing the restoration? At a minimum you will need to do that yes. > If I prefer to use > same server name, what addditional tasks should I do? Shutdown the old server *BEFORE* connecting the new server to the domain. :-) -- 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://www.microsoft.com/wsus And, almost everything else is at http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com .....