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Are you uncomfortable using Automatic Update for your Microsoft production server hotfixes? Or are you unable to use it due to firewall rules and security? Then testing your updates in QA before deploying to production servers is always a wise idea.
With this process you can insure all your servers are running your last release of hotfixes within 30 minutes per server with only one reboot. This process will save you critical downtime -- and that's always a big plus with management!
First, log into the server you are going to apply all the hotfixes to and then locate your batch file on your network and execute. The batch file below speaks for itself.
REM This batch file copies hotfixes from a software share mapped to S:
REM Every month I update the directory in S:OS2k_patchesHotfixes"month""with_current_hotfixes"
REM Hotfixes obtained from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/defa
ult.asp?url=/technet/security/current.asp
REM will only work with the log file name format from Microsoft -- i.e. Windows2000-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe
REM long file name is format is due to the -z -m options when running the
hotfixes
REM Restart.vbs obtain from ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win20000/
REM More reading on qchain.exe at http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&qu=qchain.exe&view=en-us
REM Map network drive
net use s: machine_nameserver_share
REM changes directory to;
pushd S:OS2k_patchesHotfixes2003-july
REM copy current hotfixes to;
xcopy *.* C:temphotfixes2003-july*.* /S/E/I/H/C/R/Y
popd
REM executes hotfixes in directory
pushd C:temphotfixes2003-july
if not exist runfixes me runfixes
for %%F in (*.exe) do (
%%F -z -m
move %%F runfixes
)
popd
REM Qchain organizes the hotfixes for the latest version of files
xcopy s:OS2k_patchesHotfixesqchain.exe C:temphotfixes*.* /Y
pushd C:temphotfixes
REM Executes qchain and creates log in know dir
qchain.exe c:hotfixes.log
REM automatic restart, can remove and perform the restart manually
xcopy s:OS2k_patchesrestart.vbs C:temp*.* /Y
cscript c:temprestart.vbs /S localhost /R /F
popd
REM Cleans up dirs
rmdir /S/Q c:temphotfixes
