Hi Everyone,
I am sure I am not the only person/company that want to test there patches fore they are deployed into there live environment.
We are using Shavlik Protect to patch our desktops and servers, however there is a need to delay patches to our servers. Here is what I am trying to achieve:
Microsoft release updates on patch Tuesday (Week 1)
I deploy my updates to our testing environment and start testing applications (Week 1-4)
Microsoft release updates on patch Tuesday (This is now Week 5 in my schedule but back to Week 1 for the 4 weekly)
Week 5 is my Patching week. Any patches Microsoft have released before there next patch Tuesday have been included. I now want to patch my servers but I do not want to include any patches that would have downloaded from the 2nd patch Tuesday as I havent yet tested any of these updates.
I need to know if there is a way I can make this happen. I have been looking at smart filters and the possibility of using a filter which says "Patch Release Date" "Is Greater then" "x" where X would be the days in question.
Has anyone else got a similar setup or another way in which they delay patches for servers but not for desktops?
Everyone's help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Scott