I have finally installed a new instance of patch manager with sql 2008r2 express with my custom packages recreated (not as bad as I thought it would be).
wsus is installed with its internal database, sorry if I confused you.
Going forward is there anything a can do from patch manager in the way of maintenance to keep the database as small as possible?
I also have another questions about 3rd party updates. If I just approve the update, will the update download itself like a wsus update or do I always have to set a task to download it to the clients?