Move WSUS 3.0 installation to new server Steve-UK 5/16/2007 3:54:02 PM Our WSUS server is due for replacement soon, so I'll need to move the WSUS 3 installation to the new one. Is there some documentation on how to do this, because I can't seem to find any? Also, I've got a couple of other questions: Can you admin the database using SQL 2005 Management Studio on the local server, I've set it to look for the embedded database but it can't seem to connect? Does it have some special name? Also I'm having a problem that is entirely random, occasionally when I open reports the whole admin tool just shuts down. On the second attempt it works. Not every time I open a report, just once in awhile. Tried the admin tool on three different machines and it happens on all three, XP, Vista and 2003. -- Steve. MCSA + Messaging

Re: Move WSUS 3.0 installation to new server "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 5/21/2007 12:56:19 AM "Steve-UK" <Steven.Kendrick(nospam)[ at ]kendrick.co.uk> wrote in message news:E9662DD9-1B8B-48FD-9E5D-7808965B0119[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Our WSUS server is due for replacement soon, so I'll need to move the WSUS > 3 > installation to the new one. > > Is there some documentation on how to do this, because I can't seem to > find > any? Steve, if your intent is to migrate a WSUS 2.0 server to WSUS 3.0 on a new system, my best suggestion would be to: [a] Migrate WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 2.0 on a new server. [b] Upgrade in-place from WSUS 2.0 to WSUS 3.0 on the new server. > Can you admin the database using SQL 2005 Management Studio on the local > server, Yes, provided you've enabled SSMS to use Named Pipes to find the local installation. > Does it have some special name? Yes. MICROSOFT##SSEE. > Also I'm having a problem that is entirely random, occasionally when I > open > reports the whole admin tool just shuts down. On the second attempt it > works. Not every time I open a report, just once in awhile. Tried the > admin > tool on three different machines and it happens on all three, XP, Vista > and > 2003. I'll defer on this issue to the WSUS dev people that are monitoring. -- 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 .....