WSUS Automated Maintenance©
WSUS Automated Maintenance (WAM) © is a software solution that automates the maintenance required for WSUS. WAM was created by Adam J. Marshall and is licensed on a yearly subscription through AJ Tek.
Features of WAM
Indexes the WSUS Database
Add WSUS Index Optimization to the database to increase the speed of many database operations in WSUS by approximately 1000-1500 times faster.
Remove Drivers
Remove all Drivers from the WSUS Database and keeps them clean (Default; Optional).
Decline Multiple Types of Updates
Shrink your WSUS Content folder’s size by declining multiple types of updates including by default any superseded updates, preview updates, expired updates, and more.
Remove Declined Updates
Remove declined updates from the WSUS Database.
Clean Synchronization Logs
Clean out all the synchronization logs that have built up over time (configurable, with the default keeping the last 14 days of logs).
Computer Object Cleanup
Computer Object Cleanup (configurable, with the default of deleting computer objects that have not synced within 30 days).
Super Easy Installation
Guided installer for a simple installation experience. It also comes with an unattended installation procedure for easy deployment to multiple systems, or for server core installs.
Support Included
Support is included for active subscriptions on the latest version of the software.
Backup the WSUS Database
Backs up the WSUS database (WID or Local SQL Server). Remote SQL Servers should have an alternative method like an enterprise backup solution already so WAM will not back them up.
How to Justify a WAM Subscription?
As an IT professional, your employer pays for your knowledge and expertise so it’s important to spend your time wisely.
While keeping up with WSUS maintenance is crucial, it can eat up a lot of your time. For many companies, a subscription to WAM is actually the most cost-effective method to automate WSUS maintenance.
How to Install WAM
So you're looking to improve your server's overall performance by downloading and installing WAM for the first time! Here's our step-by-step guide to installing WAM onto your server.
WAM is Always Being Updated and We Offer Prompt Online Support
At AJ Tek, we believe it’s important to constantly evolve our software and be available to our customers should there be any questions or issues.
WSUS vs ConfigMgr/SCCM
WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) and Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr/SCCM) are both Microsoft products. While they’re often discussed together, especially in relation to updates, they are two distinct products.
What Our Clients Say
We’ve now got WAM installed and working and – WOW – does it work!
I have been throwing RAM and HDD space at this server for years, reinstalled, adjusted parameters and done manual repairs of the database and what not to keep it running stable. Lastly the SQL server started chewing constantly on some never ending task. But before wiping, we decided to get the latest WAM. Two runs, some adjustments according to the tips in the reports and WSUS is better than new. Even the SQL server seems to have lazy days now and the hardware got rid of about 1TB of unnecessary trash.
Thanks again, WAM was well spent money!
I have been fighting WSUS for years at various businesses I work with. I almost cringe when setting up WSUS because I know it will only work for a short time before becoming a slow crashing mess. After I installed the AJ TEK WSUS tool everything is working great. I save over 250GB of disk space on one of my internal WSUS servers. My WSUS server is snappy again and I have one less headache to deal with.
I have been working with WSUS for over 10 years. WAM is absolutely fantastic. It simplifies the maintenance of the WSUS server, it’s like magic.
The Update Service Management Console is now lightning fast and never comes up with the ‘reset’ option.
Support, if needed, is fantastic. This software really does what it claims to do. I would recommend it to all WSUS administrators.
I want to say your product fixed my WSUS server when it would not even load. I thought I was seriously going to have to re-build it. The fact that it cleans up my WSUS daily and sends me the reports is a huge relief. I never worry about the clean up anymore.
Thanks for such an amazing product that everyone who runs WSUS should just have. We are happy customers.
Thanks for the personal support. It is rare to get support from the owner of the company these days. Appreciate it so much.
After installing WSUS with a little initial success, I made the mistake of turning on the Drivers category. After waiting for a couple of synchronizations, it started failing to load so I googled an answer and increased the memory pool. Didn’t help running the app, but then, I started getting complaints from users that other services had stopped working. The larger memory pool was bringing down Remote Gateway so our remote workers all lost their connections. Other services stopped working too. After reverting the memory pool and getting everything restarted, I was in a catch-22. I couldn’t remove the driver updates, but couldn’t run the program with them there.
After spending many hours beating my head against the wall, I decided to spring for WAM and I’m so glad I did. It churned away and repaired all the problems and now WSUS is working fine. So worth it!
I am sending this email to support only because it’s the address I have. I have no issues with your product; rather, I wanted to let you know how much I love it. It just works. It keeps my WSUS server slim and efficient and does it all in the background.
Thank you for a fine product!