Event ID - 12032

Event Id	12032
Source	Windows Server Update Services
Description	The Server Synchronization Web Service is not working.
Event Information	Accrding to Microsoft : Explanation: The Server Synchronization Service provides server-to-server synchronization. User Action : Server Synchronization Service Configuration Server synchronization service is not working correctly. This may be because of configuration issues. Possible resolutions include: Troubleshoot any issues with SQL Server before proceeding Troubleshoot any general issues with IIS. Check permissions. 1.Open a command window. 2.Type cd \WebServices\ServerSyncWebService 3.Type cacls The following ACEs should be set: i.NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE:(OI)(CI)R ii.BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)R iii.NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(OI)(CI)R iv.BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)Fiv.NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F 4.Check the IIS configuration of the reporting Web service using the IIS script adsutil.vbs (or use the IIS Administration UI Tool). 1.Open a command window. 2.Locate the adsutil.vbs tool, which is typically in \AdminScripts. 3.Locate WSUS virtual directories on the IIS server: type \AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs find path 4.Find the path of the ServerSyncWebService (it will look like W3SVC//ROOT/ServerSyncWebService) 5.Get the properties of the Web service: type \AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs enum W3SVC//ROOT/ServerSyncWebService 6.Compare the output with typical values below (this is a partial list): KeyType:"IIsWebVirtualDir" AppRoot:"/LM/W3SVC//ROOT/ServerSyncWebService" AppFriendlyName:"ServerSyncWebService" AppIsolated:2 Path:"\WebServices\ServerSyncWebService" AccessFlags:513 AccessExecute:False AccessSource:False AccessRead:True AccessWrite:False AccessScript:True AccessNoRemoteExecute:False AccessNoRemoteRead:False AccessNoRemoteWrite:False AccessNoRemoteScript:False AccessNoPhysicalDir:False AspScriptErrorSentToBrowser: alse AspEnableParentPaths:False AuthFlags:1 AuthBasic:False AuthAnonymous:True AuthNTL:False AuthMD5:False AuthPassport:False AppPoolId:"WsusPool" 7.Type \AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs enum W3SVC/1 8. Compare the output with typical values below (this is a partial list). KeyType:"IIsWebServer" ServerState:2 ServerComment:"Default Website" ServerSize:1 ServerBindings:":80:" SecureBindings:":443:" ConnectionTimeout:180 DefaultDoc:"Default.htm,Default.asp,index.htm,iisstart.htm" AspBufferingOn:False LogPluginClsid:"{FF160663-DE82-11CF-BC0A-00AA006111E0}" Win32Error:0 AppPoolId:"DefaultAppPool" 9.Type \AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs enum W3SVC 10. 10. Compare output with typical values below. This is a partial listing. For more information, see "Appendix C: IIS Settings for Web Services" in the WSUS 3.0 Operations Guide at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81072� KeyType:"IIsWebService" MaxConnections:4294967295 AnonymousUserName:"IUSR_" AuthFlags:1 AuthBasic:False AuthAnonymous:True AuthNTLM:False AuthMD5:False AuthPassport:False AppPoolId:"DefaultAppPool" IIs5IsolationModeEnabled:False Verify Look for the corresponding error event. a.Open a command window. b.Type cd <\Tools c.Type wsusutil checkhealth d.Type eventvwr e.Review the Application log for the most recent events from source Windows Server Update Services.
Reference Links	Event ID 12032 cfrom Source Windows Server Update Services

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