"Lost" databse in WSUS

Please advise what would happen in the following instance.

IF WSUS is re-installed and the database deleted and lost.[but the
updates are still in place]

Will WSUS automatically detect all these downloaded updates [supposing
the new install would also point to the same directory where they
initially downloaded]

I do expect that the data related to Clients and default synchronising
detail will be lost.

Thanks

Jon

"jonjof" <boebzer2 DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Please advise what would happen in the following instance.
>
> IF WSUS is re-installed and the database deleted and lost.[but the
> updates are still in place]

If the database does not exist when WSUS is reinstalled, then on Windows
2000 the WSUS installation will fail for lack of a database; on Windows
Server 2003, the WSUS installation will install a fresh copy of WMSDE with
an empty database.

> Will WSUS automatically detect all these downloaded updates [supposing
> the new install would also point to the same directory where they
> initially downloaded]


If the configured location of the local content store matches the physical
location of the updates that were kept, then the newly installed WSUS will
'discover' the already available content, and only download content that is
'missing'.

> I do expect that the data related to Clients and default synchronising
> detail will be lost.

All configuration information, update metadata, approval status, and client
reporting data is stored in the database. If you throw away the database,
then you'll lose all of that information, and it will need to be rebuilt
from scratch.

> Thanks
>
> Jon
>