I pretty much do the same here. Auto download, manual reboot. However, it's a hospital so I arrange downtime with all the departments (since the clinical software will be off-line during the downtime). For desktops, I use Shavlik which allows me to patch non-MS products.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:47:03 -0400 > Subject: RE: Patch Management - again > > On the server side that won't change much....I don't think you want download > and install automatically as a server option. I have my servers set to > download but not install. Then I hit each one and tell it to install, so you > skip the step of downloading on each server that is already done..... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:18 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Patch Management - again > > I currently have 67 boxes that I patch manually each month, ranging from XP > to 2k8R2. It's actually kind of nice, at the moment, as I do it at night > from home, through a VPN back to the office. > > >>> Phil Brutsche <[email protected]> 6/10/2010 9:15 AM >>> > +1 > > I get nightmares thinking about what it was like before. > > On 6/10/2010 10:29 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What are you guys using for automating patch management for your servers? > > > > WSUS. > > -- > > Phil Brutsche > [email protected] > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
