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.
So ya need to see what patches are applied to a few remote systems? Here’s a quick method using a VB script to do just that. The first batch file is just to get Script Zombie to execute the VBScript using cscript.
runPatchHist.cmd
@echo off
echo.
echo -Patch History for (%1)
echo.
cscript scripts\helpers\patchHistory.vbs %1
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:
Current Version: 0.85
Release Date: 01.21.2009
Licensing: Freeware (Guaranteed Spyware/adware free)
System Requirements: Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, 2003, or Vista.
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