Learn more here: www.solarwinds.com Patching on-line virtual machines is not much different from patching physical machines. Patching off-line virtual machines is more tricky
3rd party pre-tested, pre-built patches: How to integrate with System Center Configuration Manager
Visit here to learn more: www.solarwinds.com This short interview with Lawrence Garvin, WSUS MVP, describes the additional value a third party patch management solution can bring to a System Center Configuration Manager environment.
WSUS Issues? Check out these best practice tips from Lawrence Garvin, WSUS MVP
Learn more here: www.solarwinds.com In this short interview, Lawrence Garvin, WSUS MVP, discusses where to find resources and free tools to help old and new WSUS users configure and troubleshoot WSUS. Here are a couple of the resource links he discussed: www.slideshare.net www.slideshare.net
Patch Rollbacks: What are your options?
Visit here to learn more: www.solarwinds.com In this short interview with Lawrence Garvin, WSUS MVP, he discusses why testing is such a critical task in patching – because WSUS does not provide an automated way to do roll back. He describes the alternatives for rolling back patches to include un-installing the patch via WMI, or using scripts to roll back patches for MSI and MSP services.
FREE Diagnostic Tool for the WSUS Agent from SolarWinds
For more info, visit: www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/diagnostic-tool-for-WSUS-agent.aspx FREE Diagnostic Tool for the WSUS Agent from Solarwinds provides you with a quick and easy way to run configurations and perform sanity checks on a Windows Update Agent on 32 or 64-bit systems.
Using SolarWinds® Patch Manager Download Assistant for Adobe® Flash Updates
For more information on Patch Manager, visit: www.eminentware.com This video guides you through one of the steps necessary to ready Adobe® Flash® packages for deployment to your client systems; obtaining binary content for the packages so that they may be published to your WSUS Server or SCCM Software Update Point using Solarwinds® Patch Manager.