Thanks... I skipped the "Express installation files", and the 20 Gb WSUS volume is indeed on a _separate_ volume from the OS. (That's what led me to building this, my second WSUS, several years back.) -- RMc
Miller Bonnie L. <[email protected]> wrote on 07/14/2009 08:33:08 AM: > You don?t mention the version, but if you are on 3 or higher and > using express installation files (options, update files and > languages), you might be able to remove those and run cleanup again > to get some additional space, but that is probably just a band-aid. > > BTW, do you mean that the WSUS server + OS are all sharing one 20GB > partition? If you are thinking of moving it so it has its own 20GB > volume, I can dig around in my notes?I have done that before, but it > has been a while. > > -Bonnie > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:04 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Cleaning up a WSUS server > > > Greetings! > > My WSUS server runs off a 20 Gb partition. I have a second, nearly > blank 20 Gb disk in the same machine. > > The WSUS volume is nearly full. I have twice run the "Cleanup > wizard". Each time, it reports that it has cleared out a few Mb > disk space. However, when I then look at the disk itself, it shows > less space than before. (The recycler claims to be empty.) > > I guess I could go through the whole list of updates and disapprove > some of them. I'd prefer to get that second volume used. > Currently, though, it appears my "options" come to either setting up > a new and bigger WSUS server, or combining the two 20 Gb volumes > into a single volume (the dreaded software RAID), and this too would > be essentially whacking the current WSUS and making a new one. > > Help? Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
