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[Veritas-bu] patching process and Windows clients

2005-04-27 14:17:52
Subject: [Veritas-bu] patching process and Windows clients
From: pkeating AT bank-banque-canada DOT ca (Paul Keating)
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:17:52 -0400
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I'm prepping to push out 5.0 MP4 to the windows clients in my env.
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Reading the readme, it appears that the clients only need to be rebooted
IF one of the files being replaced as part of the patch are inuse at the
time of the patch.
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So....assuming no backups are running when the patch is pushed, then in
theory, none of the machines "really" need to be rebooted.....
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In any case that requires a reboot, the words "in use" will appear in
the log, referring to the "in use" file.
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Comments?
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Also, what process do most of you use to patch, with respect to testing
before the rollout.
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Here we are testing backup and restore of every platform (Solaris, 2000,
2003, etc) in the configuration with our NBU test server at the new
release and test clients at the old release, then again with client and
server at new release, then repeating these tests on any applications
that differ from the standard OS + data (Oracle, Exchange, MSCS, SCS,
etc, etc)
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Paul

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<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm =
prepping to push=20
out 5.0 MP4 to the windows clients in my env.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Reading the readme,=20
it appears that the clients only need to be rebooted IF one of the files =
being=20
replaced as part of the patch are inuse at the time of the=20
patch.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>So....assuming no=20
backups are running when the patch is pushed, then in theory, none of =
the=20
machines "really" need to be rebooted.....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In any =
case that=20
requires a reboot, the words "in use" will appear in the log, referring =
to the=20
"in use" file.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Comments?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also, =
what process=20
do most of you use to patch, with respect to testing before the=20
rollout.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here =
we are testing=20
backup and restore of every platform (Solaris, 2000, 2003, etc) in the=20
configuration with our NBU test server at the new release and test =
clients at=20
the old release, then again with client and server at new release, then=20
repeating these tests on any applications that differ from the standard =
OS +=20
data (Oracle, Exchange, MSCS, SCS, etc, etc)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D027061218-27042005><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Paul</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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