WSUS Reset server node only drivers classification selected

Question

Dear all,

please support i am getting "Reset server node" error while selecting "All updates" in wsus i have 50 gb RAM. i used server cleanup wizard to optimize and remove unwanted things as well. but still i get above error while selecting all updates tab.

i have only selected "Drivers" as classification but i cannot see those drivers due to reset server node error. please help to solve the problem.

message from event viewer

The WSUS administration console has encountered an unexpected error. This may be a transient error; try restarting the administration console. If this error persists,

Event ID-7053

Answer 1

Hello Maqbool Hussain,

There are couple of recommendations I can provide for the "Reset Server Node" issue. Please try the next:

1. Restart the WSUS Services by running the next commands in sequence from a command prompt with privileges:

net stop wsusservice

net start wsusservice

2. Check the WSUS database integrity with:

wsusutil checkhealth

Additionally, I can recommend the next article for a deeper process of WSUS server cleanup rather than the Cleanup Wizard:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/update-management/wsus-maintenance-guide

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Answer 2

First, ensure you're using all the optimization settings for IIS/WSUS.

As noted by Part 8 of my blog series, https://www.ajtek.ca/wsus/how-to-setup-manage-and-maintain-wsus-part-8-wsus-server-maintenance/, the SCW is very limited in scope.

Enabling Drivers and whatever products you selected will cause WSUS to pull in thousands of updates. If the system is not optimized, it will overload WSUS and you'll end up with what you're going through.

The Drivers category is not the enemy though - but it looks like you jumped into it without having a solid foundation. We have many clients who have Drivers enabled and have well over 500,000 updates (just 1 today had "There are 515,178 updates in this server's database.")

The biggest thing is that you have manage WSUS Drivers manually - because most don't supersede one another so you're left with managing it manually.

https://www.ajtek.ca/wsus/how-to-setup-manage-and-maintain-wsus-part-6-selecting-your-test-systems-the-approvals-process/