Windows Server 2012 R2 Doesn’t Show Up In WSUS

We had a problem whereby new Windows Server 2012 R2 servers would not show up in WSUS, which by the way is on a disconnected network. The issue had to do with the deployment of a VMware OVA template for new Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machines. What we discovered was the SusClientId registry entry was the same for each system. Therefore, all virtual machines created from this template shared the same authorization ID. This caused a situation whereby each new server would overwrite the other, such that the last…
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