A bit about our environment – We have a 2012 R2 server that runs WSUS and BatchPatch. All servers are configured to look to that server for their updates.
We get erratic results from our 2016 OS servers; some operate just fine, others are highly problematic. Earlier today, several of my 2016 servers hadn’t checked into WSUS since late Feb. so I ran the WAM WSUS clean up utility written by Adam Marshall. That helped a bunch of servers check in to WSUS and make WSUS feel more snappy.
The problem is, I still have a bunch of servers which show in the WSUS console as “Updates Needed: X” where X is between 2 and 10, but which deliver “No applicable updates” when I check for available updates.
Wait wait… Nevermind. The problem is, that when we approved updates 3 days ago, these 2016 servers hadn’t checked in recently so they didn’t get a chance to say, “Hey I need updates X, Y and Z!”
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Your app is great, thanks!