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Managing Win updates remotely?

  • 20-08-2011 2:11am
    #1
    meglome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,980 ✭✭✭


    So working with a guy who has a number of PC's running XP and Win 7 at different remote locations but all with internet connections. Right now he has windows updates turned off on these computers as there is way real way for him to manage it. Is there a way to do this simply that won't cost the earth? Has anyone used such a system?

    He does have Teamviewer installed for generally checking in.

    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I accidentally all over this sentence.

    could you rephrase the problem, please?


  • #3
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    I fail to see the problem. Why can't he just turn windows updates on?


  • #4
    meglome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,980 ✭✭✭meglome


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    I fail to see the problem. Why can't he just turn windows updates on?

    Good point. He's running specific software on each of these computers. The worry would be that is he turns on the auto updates that the updates might break something. What would be good if the updates could be set to download once every month for example and only updates from the previous month. The hope being any problems would have been ironed out by the time they are downloaded.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
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    meglome wrote: »
    The hope being any problems would have been ironed out by the time they are downloaded.
    set updates to download and not install so they are there in the background

    connect with teamviewer
    right click on the icon and choose which updates to install , based on ones he has tested


    unless you get a management tool like hfnetcheck you will have to approve or deny manually. you could write a script but then you've to look at stuff like qchain to stop it waning to reboot between patches


  • #6
    meglome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,980 ✭✭✭meglome


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    set updates to download and not install so they are there in the background

    connect with teamviewer
    right click on the icon and choose which updates to install , based on ones he has tested

    Certainly doable but with more than 100 computers and growing a real nightmare to do this way.


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    you said a "number of PC's"


    wsus and vpn's you can approve packages according to groups


  • #8
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    meglome wrote: »
    Certainly doable but with more than 100 computers and growing a real nightmare to do this way.

    Are they centrally managed with a sevrer or just standalone units?


  • #9
    meglome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,980 ✭✭✭meglome


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    you said a "number of PC's"

    I did sorry.
    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    Are they centrally managed with a sevrer or just standalone units?

    They are currently just standalone units in remote locations, all with internet access though. He supplies the PC's with his software to the locations. This obviously makes monitoring updates etc a problem.

    Someone suggested nsclient++ for windows to me, it works with nagios on linux.


  • #10
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭testicle


    Use a WSUS, or SCCM if you like pain.


  • #11
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,107 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    meglome wrote: »
    Certainly doable but with more than 100 computers and growing a real nightmare to do this way.

    With 100+ machines across several sites, you'd be best off with a domain, WSUS, standard configurations at both hardware and software levels, and test systems for each configuration. All of which takes time and by extension money, which in turn assumes that The Powers that Be appreciate the issues involved in having these machines networked and online.


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