Wuaueng Database recovery/restore (Event ID 454) jwgoerlich[ at ]gmail.com 5/18/2007 3:07:03 PM Periodically, my Windows 2000 Servers get ESENT Event ID 454: wuaueng.dll (1696) Database recovery/restore failed with unexpected error -1011. Once this occurs, additional errors are logged about every 5 minutes until the Automatic Updates service is restarted. I repaired DataStore.edb. I have cleared the SoftwareDistribution folder altogether and repopulated. I have reinstalled Wsus 2. Lately, I upgraded to the Wsus 3.0 client. Any of these steps cleared it for a period of time, sometimes days or weeks. Then the symptom reoccurs and the event log fills back up. Can someone suggest a good permanent solution? J Wolfgang Goerlich Additional Information: => Complete text from the event log Event Log: Application Event Type: Error Event Source: ESENT Event Category: Logging/Recovery Event ID: 454 Description: wuaueng.dll (1696) Database recovery/restore failed with unexpected error -1011. => Method of repairing Attempt recovery ... Esentutl.exe /r %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore \DataStore.edb Checking integrity ... Esentutl.exe /g %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore \DataStore.edb Running repair ... Esentutl.exe /p %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore \DataStore.edb Defragmenting database ... Esentutl.exe /d %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore \DataStore.edb => Method of uninstalling and reinstalling Wsus 2 Download the WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe file into my %temp% folder. Then, from the command line: Net Stop "Automatic Updates" regsvr32 /u wuaueng.dll %systemdrive% CD %systemroot% RD /Q /S SoftwareDistributio~ Ren SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistributio~ CD %temp% WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe /wuforce /quiet /norestart

Re: Wuaueng Database recovery/restore (Event ID 454) "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 5/21/2007 1:42:35 AM <jwgoerlich[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1179500823.272032.302370[ at ]u30g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Periodically, my Windows 2000 Servers get ESENT Event ID 454: > wuaueng.dll (1696) Database recovery/restore failed with unexpected > error -1011. Once this occurs, additional errors are logged about > every 5 minutes until the Automatic Updates service is restarted. > > I repaired DataStore.edb. I have cleared the SoftwareDistribution > folder altogether and repopulated. I have reinstalled Wsus 2. Lately, > I upgraded to the Wsus 3.0 client. Any of these steps cleared it for a > period of time, sometimes days or weeks. Then the symptom reoccurs and > the event log fills back up. > > Can someone suggest a good permanent solution? Yeah.... but the fact that you still have Windows 2000 Servers means you won't like my suggestion. But in the meantime, I'd take a look at the actual *procedures* being used to detect/download/install these machines. Corruption of the datastore.edb is a *rare* occurrence, in reality. If you're having regular problems, then you've likely got something going on way beyond the scope of WSUS. -- 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 .....

Re: Wuaueng Database recovery/restore (Event ID 454) jwgoerlich[ at ]gmail.com 5/21/2007 9:23:48 PM [Quoted Text] > I'd take a look at the actual *procedures* being used to > detect/download/install these machines. Could you break this out a bit, please? Do you mean detect/download/ install updates rather than machines? I agree that the earlier I roll everything to Windows 2003, the better. Thanks, J Wolfgang Goerlich

Re: Wuaueng Database recovery/restore (Event ID 454) "Lawrence Garvin \(MVP\)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> 5/21/2007 10:23:55 PM <jwgoerlich[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:1179782628.348135.223970[ at ]x18g2000prd.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] >> I'd take a look at the actual *procedures* being used to >> detect/download/install these machines. > > Could you break this out a bit, please? Do you mean detect/download/ > install updates rather than machines? I used the word "machines" because I'm assuming you have this issue on more than one system. Yes, to 'detect/download/install' update on these several machines. My basic point was that *something* is causing the corrpution of your datastore.edb (assuming that is, in fact, the actual issue), and the corruption of that file is a highly unusual event. This suggests that *something* is doing something it shouldn't be doing. -- 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 .....