WSUS Can not start

[ojosh]

Hi All,

Several hours after synchronizing security updates from Microsoft site, I discover from my application events log that WSUS can not start. Bellow is the detail of the log.

(Connection to database failed. Reason=SQL Server does not exist or access denied. Connection String: Data Source=servername\wsus;Initial catalog=susdb;Connection timeout=60;Application Name=WSUS SQL connection;Trusted connection=yes;pooling='true';Max pool.)

I checked t system service and confirmed that SQLAGENT$WSUS could not start. When I tried to start it, it gave this error message. (Could not start the SQLAGENT$WSUS Service on Local Computer. Error 1075: The depedency service does not exiost or has been marked for deletion.)

Please, what can I do to get MY WSUS running.

Thanks

 

[Callahan]

Have you checked the dependencies tab to see which services it depends on? Then you can check if they are running. That would be the first thing I'd do.