As promised here is a quick write up on how I am doing security patches for our servers now. Basically I am able to run the script during normal work hours and schedule the patching for the evening. At night when the patching starts I get email notifications with success/fail information for each server. I have been using this process for 3 or 4 months now and it’s working great.

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One common tool I need in scripts is the ability to time/date stamp a file.  The example below shows a simple method for adding time and/or date information to the end of a log file:

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