WSUS doesn't like installing!

[mikkydoos]

I need some help please edupeeps...

 

 

I cant get WSUS installed on Server 2016.

 

 

 

Getting this error at the post installation tasks phase:

 

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Log file is located at C:\Users\administrator.XXXXXXXXXX\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp960D.tmp

Post install is starting

Fatal Error: Schema verification failed for database 'SUSDB'.

ALTER DATABASE statement failed.

Failed to restart the current database. The current database is switched to master.

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Database is WID, not SQL.

 

Uninstalled it, reinstalled it etc etc.

 

Its the only role installed on the server.

 

I'm asking it to store updates in c:\wsusupdates.

 

 

 

!! Problems every time I've ever installed WSUS on any version of Windows. Why is it so cr@p ? !!

 

 

 

Any ideas?

 

 

 

Cheers in advance :mad::mad:

Edited July 3, 2017 by mikkydoos

[sted]

go to server manager tick to install wsus as normal and let it add all the other stuff it needs (so iis etc) then untick wsus just install the prerequisites reboot (if it asks i cant remember) then install wsus that seems to get it to install for me more often than not but its not the most reliable bit of software ms do

[mikkydoos]

Cheers @sted. Giving it a blast now

[mikkydoos]

Aaarrrggghhh. Same !

 

I HATE M$ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'll reinstall the server from scratch and see what it does.

[mikkydoos]

Re-installing server 2016 from scratch did the job so far - Re-install, change IP, rename machine, install WSUS.

 

Anything else I do with it like joining it to a domain, looking at it or thinking about it will surely break it !!!

[sted]

Re-installing server 2016 from scratch did the job so far - Re-install, change IP, rename machine, install WSUS.

 

Anything else I do with it like joining it to a domain, looking at it or thinking about it will surely break it !!!

 

erm i wouldnt install wsus before joining a domain. my experience is it dosent like the machines name changing and that would be effectively a name change

[mikkydoos]

@sted You're probably spot on. Lets see eh ?

[mikkydoos]

IT DIDN'T BREAK!!!

 

 

OMG!

[RobD]

I was just about to suggest some Powershell instead:

 

Install-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools

 

WsusUtil.exe PostInstall CONTENT_DIR=C:\WSUS

[mikkydoos]

All sorted now after a full reinstall Thanks all

[Cazale]

I sussed the cause of this (found this thread while googling for ideas so thought I'd return to it).

 

The problem seems to be that WSUS post configuration will fail if you have the .net 4.7 Windows Update installed!

 

You need to look for KB4054566 (Server 2012) or KB4054590 (Server 2016) and remove it.

 

Annoyingly you then also have to remove the WSUS and WID roles (although make sure you don't have any other WID databases except WSUS before doing this), reboot, manually delete the WSUS WID databases (the two susdb databases) and add the WSUS and WID roles back again, reboot once more, complete the WSUS config and then finally reinstall the 4.7 update (which also requires a reboot).

 

See here for more info.

 

Microsoft