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Troubleshooting WSUS in Standalone Mode
WSUS provides a log for troubleshooting issues related to software updates. This log is
located on the thin client, in the directory: C:\windows\windowsupdate log. This log
displays all communications between the client and the server. You can use PERFMON to
monitor memory allocation for the WSUS client web services component and WSUS
server web services component of the update log.
located on the thin client, in the directory: C:\windows\windowsupdate log. This log
displays all communications between the client and the server. You can use PERFMON to
monitor memory allocation for the WSUS client web services component and WSUS
server web services component of the update log.
Note
Alternatively, you can use a network monitoring or packet sniffing tool to
monitor the traffic between the client and the server.
monitor the traffic between the client and the server.
Table 2 shows the WSUS log format with some examples.
Table 3 lists the components that can write to the WSUS log.
Table 2
WSUS Log Format
Date
Time
PID
TID
Component
Text
2005-06-01
18:30:03
992
810
Misc
= Logging initialized
2005-06-01
18:30:03
992
810
Misc
= Process
2005-06-01
18:30:03
992
810
Misc
= Module
Table 3
WSUS Components
Component
Description
AGENT
Windows Update agent
AU
Automatic Updates is performing this task
AUCLNT
Interaction by AU with the logged on user
CDM
Device Manager
CMPRESS Compression
agent
COMAPI
Windows Update API
DRIVER Device
driver
information
DTASTOR
Handles database transactions
DWNLDMGR Creates
and
monitors download jobs
EEHNDLER
Expression handler used to evaluate update applicability
HANDLER
Manages the update installers
MISC
General service information
OFFLSNC Detect
available updates when not connected to the network
PARSER Parses
expression
information
PT
Synchronizes updates information to the local datastore
REPORT Collects
reporting information
SERVICE
Startup/Shutdown of the Automatic Updates service
SETUP
Installs new versions of the Windows Update client when
available
available
SHUTDWN
Install at shutdown feature
WUREDIR
Windows Update redirector files
WUWEB
Windows Update ActiveX control