 OmenQSpazzPremium
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Continuum | reply to Nightfall
Re: Patching Servers using WSUS I use WSUS on all my servers (~50, all VM guests) with no issues.
I manually apply updates to the physical hosts still.
I have everything from Server 2008R2 down to Server 2000.
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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
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Grand Rapids, MI
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| said by OmenQ:I use WSUS on all my servers (~50, all VM guests) with no issues.
I manually apply updates to the physical hosts still.
I have everything from Server 2008R2 down to Server 2000.
Have you had any issues with these updates killing servers or services? I know it depends on the software in your organization. Still, that would be my biggest fear, but I haven't had an issue with patching on servers since the Windows 2000 days.
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InsderThere never was a second I in my namePremium
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Salem, MA | said by Nightfall:said by OmenQ:I use WSUS on all my servers (~50, all VM guests) with no issues.
I manually apply updates to the physical hosts still.
I have everything from Server 2008R2 down to Server 2000.
Have you had any issues with these updates killing servers or services? I know it depends on the software in your organization. Still, that would be my biggest fear, but I haven't had an issue with patching on servers since the Windows 2000 days. Once a year (literally), I get an alert on my phone that the SQL Server is down, and I have to go in and manually restart the service due to an update. Most SQL updates will wait for a reboot to finish installing, but some of them will install right at that second, and sometimes the SQL Server process won't start back up. Hasn't been an issue since I catch it at 6/7AM and none of our users are in until 8AM.
Used to have constant issues with patching Exchange 2003 and I went to manual patching, but after we upgraded to Exchange 2010, I allowed it to start auto-patching and I haven't had any issues yet. I have all updates for any server install at 3AM, so that there is enough time for the backups to run and if the SQL/Exchange Services don't come up, I can get them back up in the early AM.
I still keep a close eye on every Patch Tuesday and read for any patches that apply to SQL/Exchange, though.
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OmenQSpazzPremium
join:2003-03-21
Continuum | reply to Nightfall
I still do manual approval on everything except anti-virus definitions. So if I set a deadline, it's generally for a Sunday morning when I know I'll be available to clean up any issues that arise while no one's using the systems.
I have one or two servers that occasionally won't come back up properly (Application service hangs) but that's why I schedule them for Sunday morning. There was an issue for a while with Exchange 2010 SP2 services not auto-starting, but eventually a patch fixed that.
Having the building closed on Sundays sure is nice.
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NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
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Grand Rapids, MI Reviews:
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| said by OmenQ:I still do manual approval on everything except anti-virus definitions. So if I set a deadline, it's generally for a Sunday morning when I know I'll be available to clean up any issues that arise while no one's using the systems.
I have one or two servers that occasionally won't come back up properly (Application service hangs) but that's why I schedule them for Sunday morning. There was an issue for a while with Exchange 2010 SP2 services not auto-starting, but eventually a patch fixed that.
Having the building closed on Sundays sure is nice.
This is what our network admin wants to do. We are closed on the weekends, and if he is able to make this work, then all power to him. I will support him in his endeavor. He is going to be testing this next week when patch tuesday hits.
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