[THIN] Re: M$ Patching...

  • From: "Schneider, Chad M" <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:53:51 -0500

So my servers and applications would be unavailable for @ 2 hours
(5:30PM-7:15PM)....that will not fly. 

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jeff Pitsch
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:49 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: M$ Patching...

So script it.  At xPM, disable logins, send messages about servers going
down, kick users out, schedule the patch download/install at 5:30.  By 7pm
your all set.  Use SUS (Free as in beer) so you can pick which patches get
applied.

Jeff

On 8/23/05, Schneider, Chad M <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, we reboot all 70, minus a handful in other time zones, @ 7PM on Sun.
> nights.
> What we had done the last 4 years, is install the patches, during the 
> week, and wait for the servers to reboot on Sun. night.  Worked fine for
years.
> 
> I manually install the patches, so to try to manually install the 
> patches, on 70 servers, notifying users, kicking users out, disabling 
> servers, etc, takes a great deal of time.  In the midst of all of 
> that....any server I patch, until the reboot, will get the prompt for each
user's session.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Jeff Pitsch
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:31 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: M$ Patching...
> 
> So how do you do it now?  You must have a rolling schedule for the 
> updates, correct?  I highly doubt your rebooting all 70 servers at the 
> same time.  It doesn't take that much more time to schedule the 
> downloads around the reboot times for the servers.  What if the 
> updates require an update to HKCU?  how do you take care of that?
> 
> Jeff Pitsch
> 
> On 8/23/05, Schneider, Chad M <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 24x7 shop, 250+ applications, 70 servers....I would have to schedule 
> > weeks of time, off hours, to disable servers/applications, install 
> > patches, reboot servers, install CTX patches for the installed M$ 
> > patches, reboot again, enable servers....would take weeks to 
> > complete, if I did nothing else, during my evneings/off hours, and 
> > M$ patches are released so frequently, that would be my only job.....
> >
> > We do weekly reboots.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > On Behalf Of Jeff Pitsch
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:18 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: M$ Patching...
> >
> > Don't do updates until you can reboot the servers?  Don't do updates 
> > while users are on the servers?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On 8/23/05, Tasita Ebacher <tebacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Jim, I don't think ANY of those GP options solve this issue!
> > >
> > > I've been trying to solve this issue for months now!  All my 
> > > Terminal Services uses get the "Updating your computer is almost 
> > > complete. You must restart your computer for the updates to take 
> > > effect.  Restart now, Restart Later" pop-up with the buttons 
> > > grayed out so they can't even close the window!
> > >
> > > I don't even have "Computer Configuration\Administrative 
> > > Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update - Do not display 
> > > Install and Shutdown" in my GP... (isn't this for XP SP2?)
> > >
> > > I have "Computer Configuration\Admin Templates\Windows 
> > > Components\Windows Update - Allow non-administrators to receive 
> > > update notifications" set to Disabled. This only prevents users 
> > > from receiving the actual prompts to update windows, not the restart
prompts.
> > >
> > > I have "Computer Configuration\Admin Templates\Windows 
> > > Components\Windows Update - No auto-restart for scheduled 
> > > Automatic Updates installations" set to Enabled, which will just 
> > > cause the computer to ask the user to restart rather than just 
> > > rebooting on it's own.
> > >
> > > And, after all this, my users STILL get the reboot-prompt pop-up.
> > > So, is there actually a way to prevent this?
> > >
> > > Tasita Ebacher
> > > 702 Communications
> > > Data Systems Engineer
> > > CCNA
> > >
> > >
> > > On 23/08/05, Jim Kenzig Kenzig.com <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Aaaargh is it here?:
> > > >
> > > >  The policies are accessed in the Computer 
> > > > Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows 
> > > > Components\Windows Update node of Group Policy Object Editor.Do 
> > > > not display Install and
> > > Shutdown option.
> > > >
> > > > here?:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Computer, Admin Templates, Windows Components, Windows Update.
> > > >
> > > > In particular, "Allow non-administrators to receive update
> > > notifications"
> > > >
> > > > or here?
> > > > Computer Config-> Admin Templates-> Windows Components-> Windows 
> > > > Update
> > > >
> > > > Set "No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations"
> > > > to
> > >
> > > > Enabled
> > > >
> > > > Group policy is such a pain in th butt!
> > > > JK
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  ________________________________
> > > >
> > > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig Kenzig.com
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:50 AM
> > > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [THIN] Re: M$ Patching...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Where is this specifically?...I'd like to write an FAQ item on 
> > > > this
> > > one.
> > > > We've had the same problem since we went to Windows 2003 Server.
> > > > So we
> > >
> > > > can't be alone.
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > > Dogers <dogers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You'll want to have a look at the GP options for the update 
> > > > service
> > > > - you can force the reboot message not to show for users
> > > >
> > > > >
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