Hello -
We recently picked up Shavlik Protect to patch our Windows Servers, and I had a question that I don't seem to be able to find a quick answer for:
Schedule reboot | If you elect to reboot the machines, you can specify when the reboot should occur. You can:
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If I schedule updates to begin at 11PM, and I have a “must be available” timeline of 3AM (server must be available again in terms of maintenance window). If I schedule a reboot at specific time of 2:30 AM and the patching is still occurring will this interrupt/halt the patching (and notify me?), or will it continue patching AFTER the reboot and then reboot again down the road? I really want to ensure that if patching takes longer than expected I wont be an situation of a reboot occurring post 3AM (if I pick reboot immediately after install), but I also don’t want to cause issues with the patching because we rebooted in the middle of patching?
Also how does it handle several patches that trip the reboot flag? Does it apply all the patches in the group and then reboot, or is intelligent enough to apply patch, reboot and then continue patching?
Thanks!