RE: Server Updates

2009-07-01 Thread Randal, Phil
Just remember that malware doesn't have to ask your boss for permission and doesn't give a hoot about your internal policies or whether it should have administrative rights or not. Too much bureaucracy aids the malware purveyors. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Cou

RE: Server Updates

2009-07-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Not sure how WSUS is the issue here. Set it to download only, then manually install and manually reboot. Or download, auto install and disable automatic reboot and just do the reboot manually. Unless I am reading your question wrong that gets you where you want to be? > -Original Message--

RE: Server Updates

2009-07-01 Thread Jason Gurtz
> How you do you prefer to handle server OS updates? > [snip]Lovely Bureaucracy[/snip] We use WSUS...it's just the best free way. You could use Config mgr or shavlik but $ Here's how we do it: There's a scheduled maintenance window after hours (a maintenance window is a must, keep pushing