Workstation gets updates but no record of machine reported in WSUS console MyGposts <mygposts[ at ]gmail.com> 11/20/2008 6:12:01 PM There is an XP machine that I know is communicating with WSUS because it got all the updates and it shows communication logged in the local windowsupdate.log file, but when I go to the Update Services console and search for the machine, there is no record of it. I searched for the name. I went to the vew of All Computers, Status, Any and set them in alphabetical order and by IP address and it isn't there anywhere. What could cause this?

Re: Workstation gets updates but no record of machine reported in WSUS console "Augusto Alvarez" <augustoalvarez[ at ]noesmimail.com> 11/20/2008 8:48:28 PM Could be a cloned machine? Is it a virtual machine that you copy/paste? Cheers -- augusto alvarez | it pro | southworks MCP - MCTS - MCITP DBA http://blogs.southworks.net/aalvarez "MyGposts" <mygposts[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:af9d7d57-ab2e-49e6-809a-1f283e107218[ at ]a3g2000prm.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > There is an XP machine that I know is communicating with WSUS because > it got all the updates and it shows communication logged in the local > windowsupdate.log file, but when I go to the Update Services console > and search for the machine, there is no record of it. > I searched for the name. I went to the vew of All Computers, Status, > Any and set them in alphabetical order and by IP address and it isn't > there anywhere. > What could cause this?

Re: Workstation gets updates but no record of machine reported in WSUS console MyGposts <mygposts[ at ]gmail.com> 11/21/2008 12:40:32 AM On Nov 20, 12:48 pm, "Augusto Alvarez" <augustoalva...[ at ]noesmimail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Could be a cloned machine? Is it a virtual machine that you copy/paste? > > Cheers > > -- > augusto alvarez | it pro | southworks > MCP - MCTS - MCITP DBAhttp://blogs.southworks.net/aalvarez > > No. There reason seems to be because the last machine that had that IP address was still listed in DNS. I manually deleted the old machine's entry from DNS hours ago, but the new machine still hasn't appeared in the WSUS console even after refreshing the view. The old machine that used to have that IP address is still listed in WSUS with an icon saying "This computer has not reported status ion 13 or more days." How long should it take for WSUS to clean up old machines and update with new machines?

Re: Workstation gets updates but no record of machine reported in WSUS console "Harry Johnston [MVP]" <harry[ at ]scms.waikato.ac.nz> 11/23/2008 11:27:41 PM MyGposts wrote: [Quoted Text] > No. There reason seems to be because the last machine that had that > IP address was still listed in DNS. No, I don't think so; that shouldn't cause any problems. WSUS uses the machine name as reported by the client, not the IP address. > The old machine that used to have that IP address is still listed in > WSUS with an icon saying "This computer has not reported status ion 13 > or more days." If the old machine is no longer on the network, that is to be expected. If you don't want that machine's listing any more, you'll have to delete it. Look in WindowsUpdate.log on the affected client and doublecheck that it is talking to your WSUS machine, not somewhere else. If you aren't sure, post the last fifty or so lines here. > How long should it take for WSUS to clean up old machines and update > with new machines? WSUS has no way to tell that the information about the old machine is no longer wanted, so it will remain until you delete it. New machines reporting into WSUS should appear on the console within a few hours. If a machine reported in more than a day ago and still isn't appearing this indicates a problem. As Augusto pointed out, if the machine is cloned this could be causing the problem. Harry.