Month: May 2010

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Backup your WSUS database

"c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\SQLCMD.EXE" -E -S np:\\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query -Q "BACKUP DATABASE [SUSDB] TO DISK = N'C:\backups\SUSDB.BAK' WITH NOFORMAT, INIT, NAME = N'WSUS Database Backup', SKIP,NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10"

c:\backups must be writable by the user that is running the database. In my case, I believe this is user "NETWORK SERVICE".

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Using SQL Server Management Studio Express for WID

Connecting to a Windows Internal Database (WID, codename WYukon) with SQL SServer Management Studio Express is possible. However, not over the network.

1. Install SQL Server Management Studio Express on the local machine.
2. Connect to \\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query as instance name.

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Move your WSUS contents

The virtual machine running my WSUS got a little stuffed. So I decided to move the WSUS data to a fileserver, where the price per MB is a lot lower.

To move:
"C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools\wsusutil.exe" movecontent [newpath] [logfile]
For example:
"C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools\wsusutil.exe" movecontent \\fileserver\wsusdata$\ c:\wsusmove.txt

Of course this very same method can be used to move from c: to d: or something.

Related

To move the WSUS database (meta data stored in mssql), visit this page.

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How to move your SUSDB (WSUS)

WSUS 3 by default stores its metadata in the "Windows Internal Database". According to wikipedia, this is an embedded version of SQL Express, which ships with Win2k8, Sharepoint Services and WSUS.

So, how move this datastore around?

As with a regular SQL Server datastore, you can detach and move the database.

Download and install required tools

I got the tools from the microsoft website. I downloaded sqlncli.msi and SQLServer2005_SQLCMD.msi

Stop services

The following services must be stopped to be able to detach the database: IIS Admin Service and Update Services (Not Windows Update Service!). To do this, run:
net stop "update services"
net stop w3svc

Move it around

1. Detach the database
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\SQLCMD.EXE" -E -S np:\\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query -Q "sp_detach_db 'SUSDB'"

2. Now move the SUSDB.mdf and SUSDB.ldf to their new location. In the example below, we use E:\WSUSDB\. Use explorer to move the files to the path you'd like.

3. Then we reattach the database:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\SQLCMD.EXE" -E -S np:\\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query -Q "sp_attach_db @dbname=N'SUSDB',@filename1=N'E:\WSUSDB\SUSDB.mdf', @filename2=N'E:\WSUSDB\SUSDB_log.ldf'"

Restart services

Restart the services we stopped before. To do this, run:
net start "update services"
net start w3svc

Related info

If you want to move the WSUS data itself as well, please see this page

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Backup your CMOS from Linux

I just had to backup a remote CMOS from a remote server to a local machine. How do you do this, without going to the datacenter?

Backup

modprobe nvram
cat /dev/nvram > /etc/nvram.conf

Restore

modprobe nvram
cat /etc/nvram.conf > /dev/nvram

Warning

This method probably only works if the hardware is exactly the same and the bioses of both systems have the exact same version.

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KB974417 install fails – working solution! – updated

(This article is an update to this original page from march.)

This article is an update to this original page from march.
If you can't get these instructions to work, you may try the old instructions.

I recently installed a new Microsoft WSUS server. Most of it went just fine. Except for a few updates that weren't needed according to windowsupdate.com, but were required according to WSUS.

Especially KB974417 was pretty annoying. I tried installing it a dozen times, but after each reboot, WAU came back telling the update was ready to install. I checked out the eventvwr, and got the following useless message:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: HotFixInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5000
Date: 3/16/2010
Time: 3:06:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: PC1
Description:
EventType visualstudio8setup, P1 microsoft .net framework 2.0-kb974417, P2 1033, P3 1642, P4 msi, P5 f, P6 9.0.40302.0, P7 install, P8 x86, P9 w2k3r2, P10 0.

Installing it manually

I downloaded the file from the Microsoft website, to find that the update itself thought itwasn't needed as well: None of the products that are addressed by this software update are installed on this computer. Click Cancel to exit setup.

So what I did:

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