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10-17-2008
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| | Windows Update I'm curious about how you guys deal with Windows Update on your host servers. Some of the updates that come down the pipe require a reboot in order for the update to be completely installed. This means that all VMs must be shut down, the host rebooted, and the VMs restarted. In a production environment, this can be deadly. Do you not allow updates to the host? Do you have defined maintenance periods/cycles during which you apply updates? Or what? Tom -- ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU 4800+ 4GB RAM nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Video 250 GB SATA II hard drive Pinnacle PCTV 7010iX TV Tuner |
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10-17-2008
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| | Re: Windows Update Defined maintenance windows definitely, but I'd highly recommend using Failover Clustering and making your VMs highly available. Makes patching the physical servers a breeze... -- Ryan Sokolowski MVP - Clustering MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x7, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP "Tom Mason" <masonth@xxxxxx> wrote in message news  7EA20F5-2661-43BB-A85D-6634ECEDCC30@xxxxxxQuote: > I'm curious about how you guys deal with Windows Update on your host > servers. Some of the updates that come down the pipe require a reboot in > order for the update to be completely installed. This means that all VMs > must be shut down, the host rebooted, and the VMs restarted. In a > production environment, this can be deadly. > > Do you not allow updates to the host? > > Do you have defined maintenance periods/cycles during which you apply > updates? > > Or what? > > Tom > > -- > ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB > AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU 4800+ > 4GB RAM > nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Video > 250 GB SATA II hard drive > Pinnacle PCTV 7010iX TV Tuner |
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