the wsus app pool that kept quietly dying on us 馃

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  1. hmmmm ok inherited a ConfigMgr single pirmary site :) The previous admin warned me that WSUS is 'fragile'. Now the sync fails every night:

    Log viewer - wsyncmgr.log

    Log viewer - wsyncmgr.log
    Starting Sync
    Full sync required due to changes in main WSUS server location
    Synchronizing WSUS server WSUS01 ...
    Synchronizing WSUS server WSUS01 ...
    sync: Starting WSUS synchronization
    Sync failed: UssCommunicationError: WebException: The request
      failed with HTTP status 503: Service Unavailable.
    STATMSG: ID=6703 SEV=E LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server"
    Sync failed. Will retry in 60 minutes
    Setting sync alert to active state on site PS1
    Sync time: 0d00h12m41s
    Sync failed: UssCommunicationError: WebException: HTTP 503
    

    ive restarted the server... it worked once, then failed again... id love to understand whats going on rather than reboot every week.

    Im told this server has never had any WSUS maintenance done, i dont even know what maintenance means in this context. Id like to fix the immediate problem and then put smth sustainable in place.

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  2. check teh IIS application pool WsusPool. when it runs out of memory it stops, and syncs fail... increase the Private Memory Limit (many admins set it to several GB or 0) and raise the queue length, then recycle the pool.

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  3. Dont jump to rebuilding WSUS xD Cleanup and app pool tuning fix most cases without reinstalling. just my 2 cents

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