We had an SBS box which died after patching this month. Dell PE2800, perc controller, failed to reboot. Had to do the usual install sbs, patch to SP2, restore backups, fix exchange, test a single patch watch it crash again, install sbs, install sp2, restore backups, fix exchange, watch MS PSS overwrite all emails received during the outage, spend 2 hours trying to get those emails back, inform client that only a few emails have been lost, wait a week, try again, watch as machine fails to reboot, come in on Sunday, reinstall sbs, patch to sp2, restore backups, fix corrupt driver, reboot, watch it fail to restart, reinstall sbs, install sp2, restore backup, everything fine except all networking services on server have stopped, escalate to PSS, watch them scratch their heads, refuse to let them reboot, take full images of system, reboot, machine now works and it's Monday afternoon, get some sleep, Microsoft release some more patches.
Do you think I should install them on this server? Mike From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 24 June 2010 15:46 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 4th Tuesday Some SBS people are reporting issues. Those are the only ones I've seen so far. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday I've installed it on several test systems and my desktops/laptops, and I haven't seen any issues. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Stefan Jafs <stefan.j...@gmail.com<mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com>> wrote: And how about the .NET v4, did anyone install yet? Anything to worry about will it break something? Stefan On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org<mailto:david....@nwea.org>> wrote: "Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is when Microsoft usually releases non-security updates" http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061 Uh no, not until today....please tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
