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.
Batch files and scripts are crucial tools for Windows Systems Administrators. Think of the last time that you needed to touch multiple systems in your Windows infrastructure. If you were lucky it involved running a script pulling workstation names from a text file–worse, it could have involved visits to individual systems. Here lies the problem, [...]
From time to time you need a method to create and test for the existence of a zero byte file in your scripting. I use these files as flags, so that I know if an earlier prerequisite process completed successfully.
Creating the zero byte file is a simple process:
@echo off
echo.
echo – Check to see if the 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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