Downloading Updates from WSUS very slow

By calejo on May 13th, 2008



Are you having difficulties in downloading updates from WSUS and need to improve efficiency?

Just use the one the commands below that is more suitable to you.

 

1.
Click Start, click Run, type one of the following commands, and then click OK.
If you are using WSUS 2.0 with a MSDE or WMSDE database that was created by a default WSUS installation, type the following command:

%programfiles%Update Services oolsosqlosql.exe -S %Computername%WSUS -E -b -n -Q “USE SUSDB update tbConfigurationC set BitsDownloadPriorityForeground=1″

If you configured WSUS 2.0 to use an existing installation of Microsoft SQL Server, type the following command:

%programfiles%Update Services oolsosqlosql.exe” -S %Computername% -E -b -n -Q “USE SUSDB update tbConfigurationC set BitsDownloadPriorityForeground=1″

If you are using WSUS 3.0 with a Windows Internal Database that was created by a default WSUS installation, type the following command:

%programfiles%Update ServicesSetupExecuteSQL.exe -S %Computername%MICROSOFT##SSEE -d “SUSDB” -Q “update tbConfigurationC set BitsDownloadPriorityForeground=1″

If you configured WSUS 3.0 to use an existing installation of SQL Server, type the following command:

%programfiles%Update ServicesSetupExecuteSQL.exe” -S %Computername% -d “SUSDB” -Q “update tbConfigurationC set BitsDownloadPriorityForeground=1″

2.
Restart the Update Services service. To do this, follow these steps:

a.
Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.

b.
In the Services dialog box, right-click Update Services, and then click Restart.