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Migrate WSUS from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2022

WSUS is running on Windows Server 2012 R2 on local SQL 2012 database. I want to migrate WSUS to another VM running Windows Server 2022 and host the SUSDB database on a remote SQL server.

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Migration: The process of making existing applications and data work on a different computer or operating system.
430 questions
asked 2024-10-18T18:48:04.9266667+00:00
Jackie Gruber 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-10-18T21:16:09.0333333+00:00
Jackie Gruber 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Server Reboot

Hi All i want to reboot one of my server daily at 5PM, the server should be rebooted even if any user is logged in or not. will the below task scheduler work for me. how do i specify if any user is logged in or not. task schduler i have created a…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,768 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,512 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,595 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2021-06-16T16:58:59.847+00:00
Roger Roger 6,286 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-18T16:40:07.3133333+00:00
Ryan B Cooley 21 Reputation points
0 answers

Issue with Domain Services Not Starting After DC2 Delayed Startup, Despite DC1 Being Available

We have two Domain Controllers (DC1 and DC2). One day, DC2 started 20 minutes late. On that day when client PC's ran services we encountered the following error message: "The xyz service failed to start due to the following error: The account name…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
5,427 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
253 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Infrastructure: A Microsoft solution area focused on providing organizations with a cloud solution that supports their real-world needs and meets evolving regulatory requirements.
547 questions
asked 2024-10-15T09:31:46.0866667+00:00
Researcher 6 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-17T05:55:36.2266667+00:00
Yanhong Liu 10,390 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

How to I remove and/or reset an administrator password from a standard/local account?

I was given this laptop from my late relative who said I could keep it for myself. He already had an account created for me on the laptop with my own password. Everything was fine until I was unable to install certain applications/updates I needed…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-01-15T19:07:06.3866667+00:00
Levon'te Scott 25 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-14T15:52:44.9466667+00:00
gmak 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Windows Admin Center WinRM not working over VPN

Hello all, I use Windows Admin Center often to manage my server (OS: Hyper-V Server) and workstations (Windows 10 PCs), and I have WinRM configured for all of them. However, when I switch to VPN, I can access all my workstations fine, except my server,…

Windows 10 Network
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
2,357 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2020-09-25T20:11:12.847+00:00
sysadmin_glns 1 Reputation point
edited an answer 2024-10-04T14:57:36.0466667+00:00
Jeffrey Ozanne 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Sign DKIM and spam emails from recipient

Good morning, some months ago we have initially posted the question in Italian Microsoft community that suggest us to post the question on this Microsoft Community in english language. So, We have posted the same question also in english language but we…

Exchange Server
Exchange Server
A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.
1,308 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-09-10T14:51:00.8533333+00:00
fabio mas 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-01T09:36:22.3266667+00:00
Jake Zhang-MSFT 6,145 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to generate WSUS reports for installed update from three years back??

Hi everybody we have a compliance requirement to maintain logs for installed Windows patches for a certain number of years. Do we have an option to export WSUS reports for certain years? For example, generate WSUS reports for installed updates on certain…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,768 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-07-31T07:41:00.05+00:00
Mohamed khairy 146 Reputation points
answered 2024-09-30T19:42:17.2566667+00:00
Wagner Bauler Azevedo 0 Reputation points
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Using gMSA for Task scheduler and Service account scenario?

Based on: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/service-accounts-group-managed I'm trying to implement the gMSA for the following scenario: Task Scheduler account Service account (Failover Cluster, SQL Server, ADFS,…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,578 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,843 questions
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Infrastructure: A Microsoft solution area focused on providing organizations with a cloud solution that supports their real-world needs and meets evolving regulatory requirements.
547 questions
asked 2023-03-02T00:57:27.1466667+00:00
EnterpriseArchitect 5,406 Reputation points
commented 2024-09-27T13:36:28.0233333+00:00
ErwinderKinderen-2410 0 Reputation points
27 answers

Server Manager problem: Online - Data retrieval failures occurred

Hello, I'm using Windows Server 2022 and I have this problem: data retrieval on Server Manager. Is there a fix for this issue? Obs: this is a test lab all servers are domain members I'm connecting on all servers with the…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2021-11-28T15:02:34.517+00:00
Marian Matei 1 Reputation point
answered 2024-09-17T23:12:39.68+00:00
Eric McStravick 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Hyper V Virtual CPUs and Physical Core Mapping guide

Hi Everybody, Do we have any official Microsoft documentation that describes the relation between the Hyper V virtual processor and the physical core in the host? I am assigning the core for each software requirement but the vendor does not provide if…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,722 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-08-29T11:58:27.84+00:00
Mohamed khairy 146 Reputation points
commented 2024-09-05T08:50:48.2766667+00:00
Zunhui Han 2,240 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
4 answers

Immersive Control Panel doesn't work and Settings-DCOM-Error

Hi all community, We have a problem on each enterprise domain controller with 2019 serve version. When we want to launch "Settings", the window just flash and disappear immediatly. So Impossible to go on settings panel and his…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2022-01-18T17:02:49.73+00:00
Jimmy Lafleur 1 Reputation point
commented 2024-09-04T05:28:32.52+00:00
Art Fleming 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Query on DNS

Hi all, I have a requirement where I have a host record, test.mydomain.com, pointing to 192.168.1.10. I also have backend IPs for this host record: 192.168.1.11, 192.168.1.12, 192.168.1.13, and 192.168.1.14. Is there any way to implement round-robin, so…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,768 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,512 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,578 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-08-26T18:51:01.7166667+00:00
Glenn Maxwell 11,436 Reputation points
accepted 2024-08-28T22:23:08.88+00:00
Glenn Maxwell 11,436 Reputation points
4 answers

WinRM packet size is somehow too big so everything decides to freak out

One day, I wished to manage my server but Bill Gates himself inserted this lovely error message: Configuration refresh failed with the following error: The WS-Management service cannot process the request. The computed response packet size (512103)…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2022-06-05T02:05:22.967+00:00
InfiniPLEX 21 Reputation points
answered 2024-08-23T15:21:56.85+00:00
Joseph Ridder 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How to configure Proxy settings on windows servers using GPO.

"I'm trying to configure proxy settings for all our Windows Server 2019 and 2022 servers. I've attempted to use Group Policy to modify the registry, but the changes aren't being applied. Can you help me troubleshoot this issue?" Create a new…

Windows Server Setup
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
253 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,843 questions
asked 2024-08-14T13:42:28.2766667+00:00
Fahad Noaman 151 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-22T15:08:32.5666667+00:00
Fahad Noaman 151 Reputation points
1 answer

How to Reset WSUS Server and clear database with out reinstall WSUS

I would like to clear all from my WSUS Server and Database (WID) and after to setup WSUS to download updates only for specific products we have and classifications only security-related. We don't want to reinstall WSUS. Thanks for help.

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,768 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,843 questions
Microsoft Configuration Manager Updates
Microsoft Configuration Manager Updates
Microsoft Configuration Manager: An integrated solution for for managing large groups of personal computers and servers.Updates: Broadly released fixes addressing specific issue(s) or related bug(s). Updates may also include new or modified features (i.e. changing default behavior).
1,050 questions
asked 2024-08-22T07:21:00.3233333+00:00
DimitrisK CN 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-08-22T09:07:05.8433333+00:00
AllenLiu-MSFT 44,981 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to install RSAT feature - Windows Server 2019 Standard

When trying to install RSAT tools on windows 2019 servers I am getting error "The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701". SFC /scannow - resulted with below in CBD logs. 2021-01-23 02:35:39, Info CBS Added…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,768 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2021-01-24T02:38:32.13+00:00
JTH 121 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-07T10:16:46.39+00:00
LeeJordan 0 Reputation points
1 answer

I have a server in a collection where the SCCM client is functioning correctly, but patches are not installing. They do not appear in the Software Center, yet SCCM shows the status as compliant. How can we troubleshoot this discrepancy?

I have a server in a collection where the SCCM client is functioning correctly, but patches are not installing. They do not appear in the Software Center, yet SCCM shows the status as compliant. How can we troubleshoot this discrepancy? FYI: Updates are…

Microsoft System Center
Microsoft System Center
A suite of Microsoft systems management products that offer solutions for managing datacenter resources, private clouds, and client devices.
1,003 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-07-17T02:02:29.6366667+00:00
Sravan Kumar 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-05T08:34:57.7866667+00:00
Hania Lian 16,011 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Replicate DNS Zones Between AD integrated server and standalone

I am trying to create a secondary DNS server to act as a failover to my primary DNS server. The primary server is AD integrated, the secondary is not. Zone transfers is set to name servers tab. When trying to add the secondary server to the name servers…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-07-22T11:47:59.1833333+00:00
Cameron Sidebottom 5 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-05T08:21:11.2866667+00:00
Jing Zhou 7,020 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

WSUS server with SQL Server database configuration steps

hi everybody can anyone provide me with a reference for step by step guide to install and configure WSUS on SQL server ,This steps should include the SQL instance installation required for WSUS Regards

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-08-04T09:41:42.44+00:00
Mohamed khairy 146 Reputation points
accepted 2024-08-04T11:21:47.52+00:00
Mohamed khairy 146 Reputation points
1 answer

Mixed OS WSUS implementation

Hi Gents I have a task where we will upgrade the existing downstream WSUS from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2022. we should synchronize the new downstream configured on the new Windows OS to the existing upstream installed in the DMZ on Windows…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,512 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,133 questions
Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
437 questions
asked 2024-07-24T09:26:37.51+00:00
Mohamed khairy 146 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-07-24T13:11:50.73+00:00
Mohamed khairy 146 Reputation points