Hi All -
I have 4 identical servers that are all exhibiting the same issue. We have
hundreds of other clients and servers that are not experiencing this issue
and pull updates just fine from the same WSUS server.
All 4 servers are Windows 2003 x64 SP2. All 4 had been working just fine
getting updates for over 6 months. All 4 began exhibiting this issue at the
same time last week. No known changes to any of the systems.
On each server, the "Automatic Update" service runs to pull updates from our
WSUS server. The server then becomes sluggish (100% cpu utilization from
svchost.exe) and remains so until the Automatic Updates service is stopped.
Process Explorer view of the offending svchost.exe process shows that it is
the Windows Update that is consuming the CPU. I let it run like this over
the weekend, and it remained at 100% cpu utilization for 4 days without
installing a single update. Below is the resuling text in the
WindowsUpdate.log. I had to manually kill the Automatic Update service this
morning to stop the 100% utilization.
2009-04-23 16:06:35:736 808 dc8 PT +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing server
updates +++++++++++
2009-04-23 16:06:35:736 808 dc8 PT + ServiceId =
{3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, Server URL =
http://RAD-VMSRVSUS1/ClientWebService/client.asmx
2009-04-23 16:06:49:173 808 dc8 PT +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing extended
update info +++++++++++
2009-04-23 16:06:49:173 808 dc8 PT + ServiceId =
{3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, Server URL =
http://RAD-VMSRVSUS1/ClientWebService/client.asmx
2009-04-23 16:12:08:595 1872 7a0 COMAPI -------------
2009-04-23 16:12:08:595 1872 7a0 COMAPI -- START -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId = Exchange12]
2009-04-23 16:12:08:595 1872 7a0 COMAPI ---------
2009-04-23 16:12:08:595 1872 7a0 COMAPI <<-- SUBMITTED -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId = Exchange12]
2009-04-24 05:00:10:001 808 e48 AU Forced install timer expired for
scheduled install
2009-04-24 05:00:10:001 808 e48 AU UpdateDownloadProperties: 0 download(s)
are still in progress.
2009-04-24 05:00:10:017 808 e48 AU Setting AU scheduled install time to
2009-04-25 10:00:00
2009-04-25 05:00:10:017 808 e48 AU Forced install timer expired for
scheduled install
2009-04-25 05:00:10:017 808 e48 AU UpdateDownloadProperties: 0 download(s)
are still in progress.
2009-04-25 05:00:10:017 808 e48 AU Setting AU scheduled install time to
2009-04-26 10:00:00
2009-04-26 05:00:10:033 808 e48 AU Forced install timer expired for
scheduled install
2009-04-26 05:00:10:033 808 e48 AU UpdateDownloadProperties: 0 download(s)
are still in progress.
2009-04-26 05:00:10:033 808 e48 AU Setting AU scheduled install time to
2009-04-27 10:00:00
2009-04-27 00:50:11:001 808 e48 AU ########### AU: Uninitializing
Automatic Updates ###########
2009-04-27 00:50:11:001 808 dc8 Agent * WARNING: Failed to filter search
results, error = 0x8024000B
2009-04-27 00:50:11:064 808 dc8 Agent *********
2009-04-27 00:50:11:064 808 dc8 Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates
[CallerId = AutomaticUpdates]
2009-04-27 00:50:11:064 808 dc8 Agent *************
2009-04-27 00:50:11:079 808 e48 Agent Sending shutdown notification to client
2009-04-27 00:50:11:079 1872 56c COMAPI WARNING: Received service
shutdown/self-update notification.