SOLVED: How to Move Update Services WSUS Content Files
If you need to move your WSUS content files to a new hard drive on the same server do the following:
On the new drive create a folder named WSUS and a subfolder named WSUSContent
Launch a CMD window as an Administrator
CD to C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools\
Type wsusutil.exe movecontent %content path% %logfile% Example: wsusutil.exe movecontent f:\WSUS\WSUSContent f:\WSUS\wsus.log In my case it took about 30 mins to move 60+GB. Note that MOVECONTENT does not move it only copies, so you need to delete the originals if you want the space back (see steps 5-9 below!)
Rename your old content source to something like C:\WSUS\OLD-WsusContent
Start (or restart) the UPDATE SERVICES service
Start the UPDATE SERVICS
Make sure your WSUS Management Console and play around to confirm it is functional
OPTIONAL: Delete the original content folder that you renamed in step 5
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Worked on Server 2016. Good article.
Glad to hear it. Thanks John!
Thank you very much!!!
Good hints . . .
Thank you for instruction. Works good!
Good Article.. did it on Windows 2008 R2, worked fine
Thank you for this article, it was very helpful.