Re: Delete Declined updates

Torgeir Bakken (MVP)

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Mar 3, 2006, 10:13:30 AM3/3/06

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John Mannarino wrote:

> Ooops. We made a mistake and synchonized all of the driver updates.
> We really don't want them on the server or even make the list of
> updates any bigger than it is. Any way to remove them from the server.
Hi,

To completely remove the metadata for products or update
classifications, you will need to uninstall WSUS including the WSUS
database (but you can let the "Downloaded update files" continue to be
installed), and then install WSUS again.

To avoid losing the update approvals (as you need to uninstall the WSUS
database), you can use the WsusMigrate tool available in "Windows Server
Update Services API Samples and Tools" available for download here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/downloads/default.mspx

If you have downloaded driver update files as well, you can use the
WSUS Server Diagnostic Tool to purge all update files for declined
updates:

C:\>E:\Tools\WsusDebugTool.exe /Tool:PurgeUnneededFiles /?
Tool Description:
PurgeUnneededFiles: Delete all files not needed on the WSUS server.

You can download the Server Diagnostic Tool from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/downloads/default.mspx

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John Mannarino

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Mar 3, 2006, 2:25:19 PM3/3/06

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Unfortunalely, neither one of the utils worked. I would ceratinly add that to
the wish list for the nest release of WSUS. Like the feature to remove a
computer from the database, remove an update from the database would be a
nice feature.

Dave Mills

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Mar 4, 2006, 2:24:38 AM3/4/06

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By not worked do you mean it ran without error but did not remove stuff or that
it failed with an error.

When I did this I timeout errors for the first few runs but eventually it ran to
the end without any error.

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John Mannarino

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Mar 4, 2006, 7:26:27 AM3/4/06

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I ran both utilities with no errors, but all of my declined updates were
still present in the metadatabase!

Dave Mills

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Mar 4, 2006, 7:39:56 AM3/4/06

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On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 04:26:27 -0800, John Mannarino
<JohnMa...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I ran both utilities with no errors, but all of my declined updates were
>still present in the metadatabase!

That is normal. It is just the content that is removed.

Torgeir Bakken (MVP)

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Mar 6, 2006, 10:43:38 AM3/6/06

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John Mannarino wrote:

> I ran both utilities with no errors, but all of my declined updates
> were still present in the metadatabase!

Hi,

Repost of what I answered you in my first post in this thread:

To completely remove the metadata for products or update
classifications, you will need to uninstall WSUS including the WSUS
database (but you can let the "Downloaded update files" continue to be
installed), and then install WSUS again.