WAM Your Server!
WSUS Automated Maintenance (WAM)© is a software solution that takes the maintenance required for WSUS and automates it. It was created by Adam J. Marshall and is licensed on a yearly subscription basis through AJ Tek.
WAM allows you to take back control of your WSUS instance (or SUP/DP instances in Microsoft Configuration Manager) and frees up time for other priorities. If WSUS is not maintained properly, it will become slow, bloated, and cause errors that will take away valuable time from an IT Administrator to troubleshoot and resolve.
There are a number of different areas that require maintenance for WSUS. Some of them are:
- Backing up the database.
- If using the Drivers category, removing the current listed drivers to clean up the bulk of the drivers that are old and not used. New drivers will sync normally.
- Declining multiple types of updates including superseded, beta, preview, expired and Itanium by default.
- Compressing update revisions.
- Cleaning up computer objects.
- Renaming OS descriptions to make it easier to identify systems.
- Cleaning up the synchronization logs with Microsoft.
- Removing declined updates from the database.
- Running the database maintenance routine.
- Running the Server Cleanup Wizard (SCW)
Restoring Windows Server Update Services From Backups
When you need to restore from a previous backup, you’ll have to choose a specific backup you want restored, and you must also have a valid backup file. There are various reasons why you would restore from a backup, and that will affect your choice of backup you use.
Backing Up Windows Server Update Services
It’s a best practice to regularly back up WSUS data as well as update content. Doing so ensures you do not lose critical information about the state of the WSUS server. We will help you learn what you need to know about backing up your WSUS environment.
How Often Should I Run WSUS Maintenance?
According to Microsoft Support, you should be performing WSUS maintenance monthly. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for System Administrators to set up WSUS servers and then forget or completely ignore maintenance tasks, which can cause a number of problems down the road.
The Easiest Way To Delete Expired and Superseded WSUS Updates
If your WSUS is consuming too much space on your server, it can seem like a very frustrating and daunting task to try to clear it out efficiently.
Reported Record Removals Over 300GB.
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Largest Removal
2279.93 GB
Date: 2021.05.24
Largest Removal
2115.28 GB
Date: 2022.11.30
Largest Removal
1942.26 GB
Date: 2022.05.03