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SYMPTOMS

Replica WSUS servers may not be able to synchronize from a master server if the replica and masters are in different timezones.

ERROR

Windows Server Update Services encountered an error.

There was an unknown error.

Details
InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (1, 1589). --->
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Ticks must be between
DateTime.MinValue.Ticks and DateTime.MaxValue.Ticks.
Parameter name: ticks
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader,
String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader
xmlReader, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader
xmlReader)
at
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClient
Message message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean
asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String
methodName, Object[] parameters)
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.ServerSyncWebServices.ServerSync.ServerSyncProxy.Ge
tDeployments(Cookie cookie, String deploymentAnchor, String syncAnchor)
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.ServerSync.CatalogSyncAgentCore.InternetGetUssDeplo
yements(String anchorMin, String anchorMax)
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.ServerSync.CatalogSyncAgentCore.CatalogSyncThreadPr
ocessReal(Boolean allowRedirect)

CAUSE

This is a due to a bug in the RC release that prevents replica WSUS servers from syncing from a master server if they are in different timezones.

WORKAROUND

1. Please extract the contents of the attached cab and run the updatewsus.cmd batch file.
2. This has to be done on both the master and replica WSUS servers.
3. Note that the batch file stops and starts IIS.
4. Start Synchronization on your replica WSUS server(s).

MORE INFORMATION

This is fixed in the RTM version of WSUS 2.0 release in June 2005