Change SP1 downstream server to stand-alone

Is there any way to change a downstream server to stand-alone? This doesn't
seem to possible via Options.

Steve

 

A downstream /replica/ server, currently, can only be 'converted' by
reinstalling the WSUS software.

A downstream /autonomous/ server simply needs to have the 'upstream' server
option changed from a local server to the Microsoft.com server.

--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MVP-Software Distribution
Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx
And, everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
.....

 

Thanks. I assume there was an option in the install that would have
determined the difference between a /replica/ server and a /autonomous/
server that I may have overlooked?

 

In the installation, you have the choice to make the server a replica, or
not. The default is 'not'. If you did designate the server to be a replica,
you would have also been prompted, at that time, to provide the URL for the
master server.

Otherwise, it's an autonomous server, which either synchronizes with an
upstream WSUS server, or microsoft.com. These two 'upstream' sources can be
changed at will, via the Synchronization Options page.

The key, visual, clue, will be whether you /can/ change the setting on the
Synchronization Options page. A replica server will not let you make the
change; a regular downstream server is always changeable, though other
settings will be disabled until the server is 'redirected' to use Microsoft.
This is because certain settings are /always/ obtained from the upstream
WSUS server, if one is designated.

--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MVP-Software Distribution
Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/wsus/default.mspx
And, everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
.....

 

Got it. Thanks.