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Windows Server 2019 stndrd WSUS Administration

Avishek Kumar 1 Reputation point
2022-03-28T23:21:57.747+00:00

Windows Server 2019 Standard Version: Product Version = 10.0.17763.1971 WSUS, IIS with WID implemented, SQL Db is not configured as role dependency

Working on WSUS administration with GP linked & enforced -ran gpresult able to confirm GPO WSUS is listed> client targeting enabled> but computers not listed -ran multiple commands to enforce GO computers to be listed> still does not registering -reviewed services.msc

Reviewed WindowsUpdateLog to verify client--server communications WSUS server: 5460 Agent WSUS server: (null) 5460 Agent WSUS status server: (null) 5460 Agent Alternate Download Server: (null)

Ran WSUS server logs: Program Files\Update Services\WebServices --this log section on wsus server includes: ApiRemoting30 ClientWebService DssAuthWebService ReportingWebService Root ServerSyncWebService SimpleAuthWebService

on the processes aforementioned getting the following: Warning w3wp.25 SoapUtilities.CreateException ThrowException: actor = http://srvr.primary.local:8530/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx, ID=8293cca5-87db-417f-af97-bc7431190a2d, ErrorCode=InternalServerError, Message=, Client=?

Followed the C drive sections: ----C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\HTTPERR 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/Client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool

8530 HTTP/1.1 GET /selfupdate/iuident.cab - 503 401885685 Disabled WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /reportingwebservice/reportingwebservice.asmx - 503 401885685 Disabled WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ApiRemoting30/WebService.asmx - 503 401885685 Disabled WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ServerSyncWebService/serversyncwebservice.asmx - 503 401885685 Disabled WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/Client.asmx - 503 401885685 Disabled WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx - 503 401885685 Disabled WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /DssAuthWebService/DssAuthWebService.asmx - 503 401885685 Disabled WsusPool 8530 HTTP/1.1 GET /Content/anonymousCheckFile.txt - 503 401885685 Disabled WsusPool ---these logs were gathered directly from WSUS server

WSUS server is on its 3rd installation WSUS sync has been completed, ran a checkpoint to prevent server corruption once configuration files have been changed currently, all services for wsus within services.msc are running

Note: the WSUS server continuously crashes with both Error:Connection Error & Error:Database Error

event viewer logs experienced: event ID: 1309 event ID: 12072 event id: 12052 event id: 12042 event id: 12022 event id: 12032 event id: 12012 event id: 12002 event id: 13042 event id: 7042 event id: 7053 event id: 7032

These errors have been persistent since the 1st deployment. Second, third deployment WSUS server is still crashing. reason to believe server side issue with IIS & ASP.Net might be experiencing issues

Seeking insight on the follow:

  1. Followed many technical documentation regarding event id: 7053,7042,7032, server crashes persistently
  2. Followed many technical documentation regarding IIS web services: C:\Program Files\Update Services\WebServices --throwing error: ThrowException: actor = http://srvr.primary.local:8530/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx, ID=8293cca5-87db-417f-af97-bc7431190a2d, ErrorCode=InternalServerError, Message=, Client=? ----all processes within \Update Services\WebServices is throwing the aforementioned error
  3. Has anyone experienced this issue with WSUS server 2019 standard in which WSUS server keeps crashing, WSUS GPO computers do not populate
  4. GP firewall settings are disabled so port filtering should not be an issue.
  5. \Update Services\Logfiles\SoftwareDistribution.log --/ApiRemoting30/WebService.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool --/ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool /reportingwebservice/reportingwebservice.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool

Any update would be appreciated

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  1. Avishek Kumar 1 Reputation point
    2022-03-28T23:39:14.77+00:00

    The following technical documentation have been followed:

    1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/troubleshoot-issues-with-wsus-client-agents
    2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/manage/managing-wsus-client-computers-and-wsus-computer-groups
    3. https://www.serverbrain.org/update-services/clientside-targeting-issues.html
    4. https://www.serverbrain.org/update-services/using-clientside-targeting.html
    5. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/mem/configmgr/troubleshoot-wsus-connection-failures
    6. https://www.ajtek.ca/wsus/client-machines-not-reporting-to-wsus-properly/
    7. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/468ef4ee-1698-4107-b464-a4eca2287ff8/clients-not-registering-in-wsus-console?forum=winserverwsus
    8. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/14780.windows-troubleshooting-unable-to-connect-to-the-automatic-updates.aspx
    9. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/14780.windows-troubleshooting-unable-to-connect-to-the-automatic-updates.aspx

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    Following these documentations have lead me to believe the configuration file of the following are corrupted:
    C:\Program Files\Update Services\WebServices
    C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\HTTPERR
    C:\Program Files\Update Services\LogFiles\softwaredistrution

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  2. Adam J. Marshall 9,376 Reputation points MVP
    2022-03-28T23:41:34.213+00:00

    What products were selected? Have you performed any of the required maintenance including but not limited to running the Server Cleanup Wizard (SCW), declining superseded updates, running the SQL Indexing script, etc.?

    https://www.ajtek.ca/wsus/how-to-setup-manage-and-maintain-wsus-part-8-wsus-server-maintenance/

  3. Adam J. Marshall 9,376 Reputation points MVP
    2022-04-01T12:21:17.257+00:00

    Backend storage - DAS - Samsung 850 SSD
    VM - 4vCPU, 4GB Static RAM
    Install from media
    Windows Update to latest CU
    Restart
    Create C:\WSUS Folder
    Install WSUS via Server Manager - Check WSUS > Defaults > using WID
    Set location to C:\WSUS
    Install
    Launch Post install tasks and wait until they finish.
    Open WSUS MMC Console
    Next/Next/Next/Next/Start Connecting/Next/Next/Kept Windows product group selected (even though I normally would remove products not in the network) - Next > Checked All Classifications and removed drivers and driver sets (because I'm not installing WAM) > Sync Automatically, 4 times a day > Begin Initial synchronization checked, > Next > Finish
    Up to this point - it took ~33 minutes
    Started : 4:39PM
    73% at 7:54PM
    76% at 8:51PM
    78% at 10:24PM
    79% at 11:36PM
    Finished Syncing while I was asleep and synced again at 1:22AM
    Screenshot: WSUS1
    Create Computer group called "See-It-Works"
    Change WSUS Options > Computers > Use Group policy or registry settings on computers
    Add Registry edit to my system to force use WSUS
    Check for updates
    Screenshot: WSUS2
    After a few minutes of it checking for updates and coming back with nothing, initiate a reportnow
    wuauclt /reportnow
    Screenshot: WSUS3

    189077-wsus1.jpg
    189060-wsus2.jpg
    189192-wsus3.jpg

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  4. Avishek Kumar 1 Reputation point
    2022-03-29T00:07:33.007+00:00

    %ProgramFiles%\Update Services\Logfiles\SoftwareDistribution.log

    2022-03-28 16:34:06 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 53438 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ApiRemoting30/WebService.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool
    2022-03-28 16:34:06 10.6.5.102 52049 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool
    2022-03-28 16:34:06 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 53439 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ApiRemoting30/WebService.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool
    2022-03-28 16:34:06 10.6.6.231 51934 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool
    2022-03-28 16:34:06 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 53440 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ApiRemoting30/WebService.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool
    2022-03-28 16:37:45 10.6.5.102 52125 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool
    2022-03-28 16:38:41 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 53441 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 8530 - - - - - - Timer_ConnectionIdle -
    2022-03-28 16:40:15 10.6.5.102 52214 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool

    2022-03-28 16:40:15 10.6.6.130 51062 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool

    C:\windows\system32\logfiles\httperr logs for errors.

    2022-03-26 15:40:47 10.0.0.102 62573 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool
    2022-03-26 15:43:17 10.0.0.102 62730 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool
    2022-03-26 15:43:48 10.6.6.139 49751 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool
    2022-03-26 15:44:16 10.6.6.139 49759 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool
    2022-03-26 15:44:16 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 50981 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /reportingwebservice/reportingwebservice.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool
    2022-03-26 15:47:52 10.6.6.139 49760 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /ClientWebService/client.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool
    2022-03-26 16:09:17 10.0.0.202 52347 10.0.0.227 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Dropped WsusPool

    2022-03-26 16:10:51 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 50993 fe80::dd71:12d4:1ff2:2492%9 8530 HTTP/1.1 POST /reportingwebservice/reportingwebservice.asmx - - 401885685 Connection_Abandoned_By_ReqQueue WsusPool

    %programfiles%\Update Services\WebServices\

    2022-03-28 19:48:03.534 UTC Warning w3wp.25 SoapUtilities.CreateException ThrowException: actor = http://srvr.primary.local:8530/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx, ID=8293cca5-87db-417f-af97-bc7431190a2d, ErrorCode=InternalServerError, Message=, Client=?

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  5. Adam J. Marshall 9,376 Reputation points MVP
    2022-04-01T12:23:49.74+00:00

    Oh, and the registry used:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"WUServer"="http://172.19.0.111:8530"
"WUStatusServer"="http://172.19.0.111:8530"
"UpdateServiceUrlAlternate"="http://172.19.0.111:8530"
"TargetGroupEnabled"=dword:00000001
"TargetGroup"="See-It-Works"
"SetActiveHours"=dword:00000001
"ActiveHoursStart"=dword:00000008
"ActiveHoursEnd"=dword:00000012
"SetAutoRestartNotificationConfig"=dword:00000001
"AutoRestartNotificationSchedule"=dword:0000003c
"SetAutoRestartDeadline"=dword:00000001
"AutoRestartDeadlinePeriodInDays"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001
"DetectionFrequencyEnabled"=dword:00000001
"DetectionFrequency"=dword:00000001
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000
"AUOptions"=dword:00000004
"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
"ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000010
"ScheduledInstallEveryWeek"=dword:00000001
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