CreateDirectory Failed error when publishing updates to WSUS

10/26/2018 8:50 PM

10/26/2018 8:50 PM

The following error message appears when trying to publish packages:

Package: yourPackage
Status: Failure
Message: Failed to publish yourPackage. CreateDirectory failed

Patch Manager

This issue can occur if you move or recreate the UpdateServicesPackages and WSUSContent folders after installing Patch Manager, or explicitly remove the share:

• The permissions on the UpdateServicesPackages and WSUSContent folders are not set correctly.
• The UpdateServicesPackages and WSUSContent folders are not shared at all.
• Post Install tasks were not completed on the WSUS server in question

On your WSUS servers, the WSUSContent and UpdateServicesPackage folders do not have a default location. Typically, it is C:\WSUS or D:\WSUS but is manually specified when the WSUS server is set up.

 

1. Set the security permissions for WSUSContent and UpdateServicesPackages as follows:

   SETTING	PERMISSION
   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM	Full Control
   NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE	Write Read Synchronize
   Builtin\administrators	Full Control
   Hostname\Wsus Administrators	FullControl

2. Set the share permissions for WSUSContent and UpdateServicesPackages as follows:

   SETTING	PERMISSION
   Builtin\Administrators	Full
   Everyone	Read
   NT Authority\Network Service	Full
   Hostname\WSUS Administrators	Full

3. (Optional) Run the following PowerShell command on the WSUS server to read all the permissions at the same time.

   Get-SmbShareAccess -Name UpdateServicesPackages|ft; Get-SmbShareAccess -Name WsusContent|ft;$acl=Get-Acl "\\localhost\WsusContent";$acl|ft AccessToString -Wrap; $acl2=Get-Acl "\\localhost\UpdateServicesPackages";$acl |ft AccessToString -Wrap