Error message when you try to start the Windows Server Update Services WSUSAdmin application: "Server Error in '/WSUSAdmin' Application, There is not enough space on the disk" (920344)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Server Update Services

SYMPTOMS

When you try to start the Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) WSUSAdmin Web application, you receive the following error message:
Server Error in '/WSUSAdmin' Application
There is not enough space on the disk
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request.

Exception Details:
System.IO.IOException: There is not enough space on the disk.
The stack tracker had the following line in it [HttpException (0x80004005):
Failed to create temporary files directory 'C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\Temporary ASP.NET Files\wsusadmin\ebf3efo7
You receive this error message even when sufficient disk space is available.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:
  • Disk quotas are configured on the volume on which WSUS is installed.
  • The NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE account is affected by these disk quotas.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, remove the quota limit from the NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE account. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Start Windows Explorer, right-click the volume on which disk quotas are configured, and then click Properties.
  2. Click the Quota tab, and then click Quota Entries.
  3. In the Quota Entries for Local Disk (driveLetter:) dialog box, double-click NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE.
  4. In the Quota Settings for NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE dialog box, click Do not limit disk usage, and then click OK.
  5. On the Quota menu, click Close.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about WSUS or to obtain the latest service pack for WSUS, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/9/2006
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