Software Update server 10.8

Hi All,
I have a seriously borked 10.8 SUS running on an xserve that I would like to return to default setting if possible
I have tried various attempts to delete data/catalogs, change swup.plist etc but not having a lot of luck.
I was poining the SUS to another volume but the downloads were stopping as it was reporting that there wasn't enough free space even though there was over 700GB. I played with the volume reserve setting in the swupd.plist but it still wouldn't resume downloading.
I have finallly had enough and would like to restore it back to default but not sure how to go about it as there is not a lot of documentation concerning this.
Any advice would be more than appreciated.
Thanks
LM

I haven't encounter any sequences that can clear a sufficiently tangled SUS. Given the sorts of changes you've likely made here (been there, too), you're likely headed for a wipe and install of OS X Server, or you could shut down SUS and load Reposado freeware (if that meets your needs). I ended up retargeting local DNS to a SUS server running to another OS X Server, until I could nuke and pave the server I was having problems with.

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