Assuming volume where WSUS stores all updates is running out of space and you want to change the location to a new drive you added recently. You can use WsusUtil.exe command line tool with “movecontent” parameter as listed in below command:
- WsusUtil.exe MoveContent E:\WSUSContent\ E:\MoveLog.Log
The above command changes the location for storing the WSUS updates to E:\WSUSContent folder and copies the old files to the new location. In case you need to skip copy operation and just want to change the location, use -SkipCopy parameter as listed in below command:
- WsusUtil.exe MoveContent E:\WSUSContent\ E:\MoveLog.Log -SkipCopy
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This doesn’t work because you can’t login to the SUSDB database by default and if you try it you will get the below error.
Content move failed. Please refer to the log file for more details.
Fatal Error: Cannot open database “SUSDB” requested by the login. The login failed.
Content location is being moved. Please do not stop this program.
Content move failed. Please refer to the log file for more details.
Fatal Error: Cannot open database “SUSDB” requested by the login. The login failed.
The same error.
Open IIS manager and go to Sites\default web site\wsus administration.
Click on “Content” and on the actions pane select “basic settings”
On the “Physical path” filled specify the desired location.
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