Recently I ran into a problem where our D drive was needing moved to another server and coincidentally the WSUS content was in need of a good cleaning. We recently upgraded many things within our network and no longer needed to have all of the older synched files for Windows XP + others. So I figured it would be a good time to reinstall WSUS for a nice clean start.
I first documented the structure of how we have it setup. Then removed the service through control panel. I attempted to reinstall the program and all was fine until the prompt asking to "use the existing IIS default Web Site (recommended)" or "Create a Microsoft Windows Server Update Services Web site". I opted for the default as expected but it would immediately encounter an error, want to close and check for possible resolutions online.
I tried a couple times with similar results. I figured I'd reboot for good measure in case there were some temp files needing cleared out after uninstalling. After booting back up, I tried again with no luck, it had the same problem. So I instead chose the second option (versus the recommended option). This time, the install went fine. It has synchronized with MS, I've created the groups like they were before, but so far no PCs are populating in the folders. This is the same server as before, all names are the same with the exception of it's not the default site now.
I'm assuming there's a problem with the IIS install of the website, or maybe a matter of pointing our GPO to a new site? Currently it's just set at "http://servername". The WSUS site is now named "WSUS Administration" and the pool name is "WsusPool". Would I need to modify the GPO setting to say "http://servername/WsusPool" for it to work?
Thanks for the help!