Re: Sun Patches timetable

From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group (Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca)
Date: 10/23/01 

Message-Id: <200110231305.f9ND5l375980@cwsys.cwsent.com>
From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To: SecLists <lists@secure.stargate.net>
Subject: Re: Sun Patches timetable 
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 06:05:46 -0700

In message <Pine.BSO.4.40.0110221353080.13904-100000@secure.stargate.net
>, SecL
ists writes:
> hello all...
>
> I am just wondering if any of you have a decent system / timetable for
> installing the latest patch clusters from Sun. They seem to be updated
> twice a month but I don't think it is necessarily possible to down all of
> our production boxes twice a month... not to mention the number of boxes
> we have... we would finish and then have to start all over again...

My team applies patches each quarter. As patches can only be applied
Sunday mornings, the process does take a couple of months before we're
done, starting with less critical systems and completing with the most
mission critical systems, so by the time the most critical systems have
patches applied, they've been fully tested on less critical systems.

Why each quarter? It's something I'd been doing for 19 years on the
mainframe environment, so when I came over the the UNIX environment 9
years ago, it seemed second nature to continue the schedule. IMO this
strategy has saved many days or even weeks that would have been spent
performing forensic analysis.

Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD
Ministry of Management Services
Province of BC

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