Fair enough. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 14:43, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, business hours are 7am to 8pm this time of year, and Saturdays and > Sundays are often quite busy with a Director or two in the office working. > And that can be almost anytime, so I have to schedule my downtime events > carefully. > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What's the risk in having WSUS do it during non-business hours? Assume >> that business hours end at 17:00. Say you log into WSUS at 16:45 and >> approve your updates with a deadline of 18:00? >> >> Aren't the consequences of a bad patch happening during business hours >> worse than the consequences of it happening at 18:00? >> >> Or is there something else going on that I don't know about? >> >> Kurt >> >> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:11, Kennedy, Jim >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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 >> >>> >> >>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:24, Kennedy, Jim >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > I am all done! Neeener neener. :) >> >>> > >> >>> > -----Original Message----- >> >>> > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> >>> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:24 AM >> >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> >>> > Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management >> >>> list... >> >>> > >> >>> > Yeah, I'm pushing this out as fast as I can - I'll be patching >> >>> > servers >> >>> tonight, and the rest of the workstations next week. >> >>> > >> >>> > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:14, James Rankin <[email protected]> >> >>> > wrote: >> >>> >> ...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-RDP-Vulnerability-Exploi >> >>> >> t >> >>> >> -Co >> >>> >> de-Confirmed-259060.shtml >> >>> >> >> >>> > >> >>> > ~ 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 >> >>> > >> >>> > ~ 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 >> >>> >> >>> ~ 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 >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> ~ 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ 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 >> > >> > ~ 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 >> > >> > >> > ~ 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 >> >> ~ 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 >> > > ~ 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
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