WSUS Server - Server 2012 R2 - Client Side Enabled - Computer Groups Created

Nate V. Glassburner 1 Reputation point
2022-10-06T17:56:09.93+00:00

First off, I use AJTek for my organization's WSUS management (Kudos!). I have my server configured and my policies spec'd out to the T following the documentation. The one thing I'm having questions on is I have a Workstations and a Test - Workstations Computer Group. The Workstations are showing up perfectly fine when they report into WSUS, but my Test GPO which has a Security Group set up in the Security Filtering so I can target specific workstations around our company is not adding computers to my Test - Workstations Computer group. I can see a message in my WSUS Console say "Computers have requested the following nonexistent computer groups: Test - Workstations.

I've double/tripled checked my spelling of the naming and have had others also check it, so that's not it. My Enable Client Side Targeting it set to Workstations; Test - Workstations but the computers don't move from the Unassigned Computers Group. I've tried different names of a testing group, and nothing works. I can see my policies are applied (Both the test GPO and the Security group for the computer that I want to test on).

I can go into the computer itself, check the registry and see the Client Side Targeting is directing it to go to Workstations; Test - Workstations but nothing seems to be working. I've ran the .\Clean-WSUS.ps1 -FirstRun -HelpMe as suggested by AJTek support but I think its more of a issue with a Policy not applying or the WSUS server not recognizing the Computer group is truly there ( I'm looking at it).

I've been scouring the web looking for help, so if anyone might have a new road for me to run down let me know!

One thing I have yet to do just because I'm hesitant to break all my group policies is to update my .ADMX/L files inside my SysVol as its not a process I've done for sometime, or when I have it was only a single policy defintion here and there. Last time I updated it was for 20H1 and had some issues.

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  1. Adam J. Marshall 8,621 Reputation points MVP
    2022-10-06T18:49:44.44+00:00

    dash vs EMDASH
    Order of GPOs on the OU.

    Hang tight - new release of my guide coming soon. Was aiming for tomorrow release, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen. New guide will be much better, spelling out everything.

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  2. Nate V. Glassburner 1 Reputation point
    2022-10-06T18:54:29.667+00:00

    I was thinking about the order of the GPO on the OU they both are applied to. Should the Test GPO take a higher value then the Non-Test GPO? So higher up in the OU applied GPO's is what I'm after?

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  3. Nate V. Glassburner 1 Reputation point
    2022-10-06T19:09:19.723+00:00

    I moved my GPO - WSUS - Workstations, Test - Workstations up higher than my GPO - WSUS - Workstations and now my computers are showing up in the correct groups in WSUS!!!!

    Is there a way to force the Test Workstations to install needed updates from the WSUS outside the Scheduled Date/Time (We cannot do it daily and are doing it weekly on Saturday). If I do "Check for Updates" nothings shows up but if I do Check for Updates online some updates do.

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  4. Adam J. Marshall 8,621 Reputation points MVP
    2022-10-13T05:12:31.06+00:00

    FYI, my new guide is out - https://www.ajtek.ca/wsus/how-to-setup-manage-and-maintain-wsus-part-1-choosing-your-server-os/

    Re-read the whole series! Feedback welcome :)

  5. CherryZhang-MSFT 6,481 Reputation points
    2022-10-18T01:38:57.143+00:00

    Hi,

    Hope everything goes well. Do you need any further assistance about this issue? If yes, please feel free to let us know, we will do our best to help you.

    It's appreciated that you could click "Accept Answer" and upvote the helpful reply, this will help other users to search for useful information more quickly.

    Thanks for your time.

    Best regards,
    Cherry

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