BackUp & Restore WSUS

Saw another thread in these forums where it was mentioned that you should know how to BU and restore WSUS. I have 3 books and none of them talks about how to do this. So I did some checking on my own.
Basically you BU and restore through the backup utility on an 03 server.
- Backup or restore the following for WSUS Database - %sysdrive%\wsus\mssql$wsus – data folder, log folder
- Backup and restore the Folder with update files - %sysdrive%\wsus\wsuscontent (default)
(Dont BU if updates kept on Microsoft's site)
I feel as though there is more to it. Am I missing anything?
Basically you BU and restore through the backup utility on an 03 server.
- Backup or restore the following for WSUS Database - %sysdrive%\wsus\mssql$wsus – data folder, log folder
- Backup and restore the Folder with update files - %sysdrive%\wsus\wsuscontent (default)
(Dont BU if updates kept on Microsoft's site)
I feel as though there is more to it. Am I missing anything?
Comments
You may learn something!
System state includes IIS.
Typically from the study requirements point of view it was...
-db
-updates folder where they are typically stored
-folder containing the website files
-iis metabase
Thats shootin from the hip but I am pretty sure thats all. YMMV
It includes the meta-database but you should really grab the other data from IIS as well.
I'm sure we are going far beyond microsoft so I would just make sure to read the books to understand what microsoft says you need to backup. I remember reading WSUS backup section so it should be in your press books.
You may learn something!
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/0f0b7103-052e-481e-9efb-be7ab06fbd181033.mspx?mfr=true
I found that quite easily based on your link for 3.0, so I can't take credit for finding it.
Summary for backing up WSUS 2.0:
1. The WSUS database - Under %systemdrive%\WSUS\MSSQL$WSUS\, select the Data and LOG folders.
and
2. The folder where the update files are stored - by default under %systemdrive%\WSUS\WSUSContent.
Odd they don't include IIS/System State. In the real world I would certainly include those.