Salakhetdinov Shamil
mcp2004 at mail.ru
Thu Nov 17 15:58:48 CST 2011
Hi Jim, Windows Management Instrumentation based solution could work for you I suppose - here is a bunch of URLs: C#/WMI: How to remotely check if Windows has updates ready to be installed? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3615895/c-wmi-how-to-remotely-check-if-windows-has-updates-ready-to-be-installed How to monitor Windows Update Status via WMI? http://www.paessler.com/knowledgebase/en/topic/3453-how-to-monitor-windows-update-status-via-wmi WMI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Management_Instrumentation WBEM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web-Based_Enterprise_Management CIM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Information_Model_(computing) WMI Explorer http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/wmi/index.htm LINQ to WMI http://linq2wmi.codeplex.com/ .. Thank you. -- Shamil 18 ноября 2011, 00:31 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: > Hi Gustav: > > I would like to see a feature accompanying the update process that will > email me when an urgent issue requires user intervention... > > Is there such a product out there or some hidden feature in the MS OS? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 1:07 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] How to configure WUA (was: New SQL Server license > scheme ...) > > Hi Hans > > Yes, that is strange. Or does a category "Extremely urgent updates that > overrules setting for later install" for updates exist? > > /gustav > > >>> hans.andersen at phulse.com 17-11-2011 09:09 >>> > Hej Gustav, > > Believe me. I've had a look at Jims server in the past. It was configured to > download but choose when to install them. Strange isn't it? > > Best regards, > Hans-Christian Andersen > > On 16 Nov 2011, at 23:51, "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > > > Hi Jim et al > > > > Well well, relax ... don't blame MSFT, blame he/she who has configured for > Important Updates "How Windows can install updates" to: > > > > "Install updates automatically (recommended)" > > > > instead of picking the setting appropriate for a managed high-priority > server expected to run 24/7: > > > > "Download updates but let me choose whether to install them" > > > > /gustav > > > > > >>>> accessd at shaw.ca 16-11-2011 23:18 >>> > > Hi John: > > > > One example, last weekend that particularly annoyed me was that my Server > > 2008 rebooted without asking. It had been set that upgrades were manual > but > > through some MS Update that setting was modified. > > > > I am sure the server was prompting me with a reboot, in ten minutes type > > request, but I was not there to observe it so the server rebooted. I have > a > > MSSQL running on the box and it of course disconnected from my web server. > > It was not until a client and friend called saying he could not see his > data > > that I knew anything was wrong. > > > > From my perspective, unless that box is on fire it should not reboot...and > > it had better not install updates without my explicit agreement. > > > > Jim > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >