Hi all,
I would like to know if any of you have experience with stringing multiple Windows updates together in a single scripted installation, without rebooting inbetween updates.
Personally I have had no problems for instance stringing Windows 2000 SP4 together with other updates... I have been using a script that actually does the following:
- Install Windows Installer 3.1
- Install Windows 2000 SP4
- Install Windows 2000 Update Rollup 1 for SP4
- Install Security Update MS05-039
- Install latest MUAU client
- Install Citrix Metaframe XP Service Pack 4 for Feature release 3 (MSP)
But the final install I wanted to string refuses to install correctly without a reboot, and that is Hotfix Rollup Pack XE104W2KR01 - For MetaFrame XP (MSP)
Other than that last one, the first group of updates seem to install well without a reboot. I use Windows Installer 3.1 switches to suppress reboots and other things. I have run the above sequence about 20 times already, and only 1 or 2 servers have given me grief over it.
I was wondering what your experiences where in doing this kind of thing?
The reason I want some feedback on this, is because I have been unable to convince my manager that this is a safe way of pushing updates, even though I have often done it this way, without too much difficulty. If I read though some of the MS documentation on how the Windows Installer works, it seems to confirm that this should work oke in theory.
I would like to know if any of you have experience with stringing multiple Windows updates together in a single scripted installation, without rebooting inbetween updates.
Personally I have had no problems for instance stringing Windows 2000 SP4 together with other updates... I have been using a script that actually does the following:
- Install Windows Installer 3.1
- Install Windows 2000 SP4
- Install Windows 2000 Update Rollup 1 for SP4
- Install Security Update MS05-039
- Install latest MUAU client
- Install Citrix Metaframe XP Service Pack 4 for Feature release 3 (MSP)
But the final install I wanted to string refuses to install correctly without a reboot, and that is Hotfix Rollup Pack XE104W2KR01 - For MetaFrame XP (MSP)
Other than that last one, the first group of updates seem to install well without a reboot. I use Windows Installer 3.1 switches to suppress reboots and other things. I have run the above sequence about 20 times already, and only 1 or 2 servers have given me grief over it.
I was wondering what your experiences where in doing this kind of thing?
The reason I want some feedback on this, is because I have been unable to convince my manager that this is a safe way of pushing updates, even though I have often done it this way, without too much difficulty. If I read though some of the MS documentation on how the Windows Installer works, it seems to confirm that this should work oke in theory.
