SCCM Curent Branch - Software Updates File CleanUp

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Hello ITPros!

I have a question regarding SCCM. My knowledge of it was based on many research, trial and error and LAB, lot's of LAB!

I have up and running but I have a doubt regarding updates. I had configured the updates to clean up after syncs, supersed, expire, etc., and I think they are running OK. Also used the clean up tool that is provided on the install directory, and it cleans up the SCCM library. But what about the download folder, the source that is downloaded and then distributed to the DPs?

SCCM doesn't touch there, because I think it doesn't know nothing about it, so how can we clean up that folder? With the IDs there is not easy to manually delete the non update members. After some research I didn't find concise information about it, so I hope someones can give me some light about this.

Thank you in advance!

Fabio,

Great question !! Let's see what we can do to help you out:

There are A LOT of things floating around regarding SCCM WSUS maintenance and how to do it effectively. The problem is that many of them are confusing to follow and are not always accurate and correct. :(

Take a look at this blog post, as it is a very good overview and has great guidance on what to do, in what order, and how to do it correctly:

https://www.anoopcnair.com/sccm-wsus-maintenance-cleanup-tasks/

IN addition, if you want a complete overview and end to end documentation as well as great version specific issue guidance and differences in behavior, then read the following together:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/sum/deploy-use/software-updates-maintenance

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4490644/complete-guide-to-microsoft-wsus-and-configuration-manager-sup-maint

Please take a look at then let me know if you have any additional questions.

Good Luck !!

Cheers,

Adam

I Adam! Sorry for the late response! I was busy the last weeks and didn't have the opportunity to come by here. Thank you for the links. They will help with this, I'm sure :)

As always everyone @ITProTV is very helpful!

Fabio,

:) Always glad to help out. Give me an update once you have it all sorted, or if you run into anymore issues.

Cheers,

Adam