SUS patch installs & required reboots

From: Keith Langmead (klangmead_at_nospam.kms.co.uk)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:44:57 +0100

We've got SUS installed on our Win2k AD domain, and that's working fine,
however one thing has been concerning me for a while now.

Since the servers are all part of a live web platform, we don't want the
servers rebooting themselves once the updates have installed, since we found
they tended to do so during working hours at times, which is obviously
unacceptable, however as with all MS updates, I'm assuming that until the
server is actually rebooted, the patches won't in many cases be active.

How do other people handle this, and ensure that the servers are rebooted
after the patches have been installed by SUS, while maintaining maximum
possible uptime, and preventing any downtime during working hours?

Thanks
Keith

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