Re: Applying patches on Windows 2000 servers

From: Björn Johansson (bjornN0$p@M@johansson.gs)
Date: 08/04/02 

From: "Björn Johansson" <bjornN0$p@M@johansson.gs>
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 09:42:53 +0200

Thank you all for your advices. I've been receiving recommendation on vmware
from several sources and I'll have look :)

/Björn

"Mr. Schnibitz" <schnibitz@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:#rn1O3iOCHA.1952@tkmsftngp13...
> www.vmware.com
>
> Very cost effective way to test these things out.
>
> schnibitz
> "Björn Johansson" <bjornN0$p@M@johansson.gs> wrote in message
> news:eCmJyghOCHA.1060@tkmsftngp11...
> > Hi!
> >
> > According to guides on patch deployment all updates should be evaluated
> and
> > tested in lab environment before deployed to a server. This is for
> checking
> > that the update is not affecting the system or the applications running
on
> > the server.
> >
> > My problem is that we have at lease 40 third part applications (many of
> them
> > critical) running on NT/W2K servers managed by one administrator.
> > Unfortunaly I will never get fundings to buy extra servers (in my case I
> > would say 3 servers as minimum) and the time that it costs for
consultants
> > to set up a our third part applications in a lab environment. Any
> > suggestions? Or should I trust that uninstalling an update will restore
> the
> > function of the system/application?
> >
> > Please advice.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > /Björn Johansson, Sweden
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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