Problem:
Exception occurred during publishing: CreateDirectory Failed
Cause:
"C:\WSUS\UpdateServicesPackages" is not shared for System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP).
Resolution:
Navigate to "C:\WSUS\UpdateServicesPackages" then Share the directory and set permissions to:
- Admin's Group Full access
- Network Service Full access
- Everyone Read access
- WSUS Administrators Group Full access.
Set NTFS permissions to:
- Administrators Group Full access
- Network Service Full access
- System Full access
- Users Group Read
- List Folder Read & Execute
- WSUS Admins Group Full access.