I have my servers set to d/l updates but let me decide when to install. I work in a hospital so it's not a case of do whenever it seems slow. The software on the servers is so inter-connected it can bring some jobs to a halt, or crash, if one server is rebooted even if it doesn't appear to have a database related to the job in question. Plus with meaningful use, we are beginning to upload data to provider's offices. So, adding 'em up, I've got about 40 servers that all have to be done at the same time which is usually 3:30 in the morning.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:11:32 +0000 > > I can do many of them during normal business hours, in fact I can get it from > 40 down to 5 by paying attention to what is going on here and sneaking them > in. But when I can sneak them in is a moving target.......so having them on > another screen RDP while I multitask works well for me. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:09 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... > > Same question I asked for Jim - why not let WSUS handle this? > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 09:23, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> > wrote: > > WSUS. Set to download but not install. Then I RDP and hit install. Saves > > quite a bit of time since they are already downloaded. An improvement over > > what you are doing, but still not perfect of course. But I am in full > > control that way. We are smaller than many people here. About 40 servers. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:21 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... > > > > What do you guys use to patch servers? I'm still in the "RDP to the server > > and run Windows Update" camp. I'd love a free solution to do this en-mass, > > if somebody knows one. > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > Ephrata School District > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Kurt Buff > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 > > 08:03:50 -0700 > > Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list... > > > > > >> Unfortunately, I can't move quite that fast. We're pretty much a 24x5 > >> shop, with offices overseas, and I have to give more notice than > >> "patching now, please log off". At least I have most weekends to do > >> this kind of thing... > >> > >> Kurt > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
