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RidgeWalker
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10/26/2015 6:22 PM

    We're looking for guidance, or "best practices", for applying OS patches to our Windows servers that host Lawson.  The main concern is that some OS patches require a reboot.

    Can you point us to any documents  or blogs on the topic?

    Do you bring Lawson down before applying OS patches?  What do you do about running jobs?

    Do you have scripts that bring Lawson down?

    Do you apply OS patches on a monthly (since Microsoft releases them monthly)?

    Thank you!

    RidgeWalker
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    2/17/2016 9:58 PM
      No replies so we built what we think will work for us. If you'd like to see what we did contact me.
      We have powershell scripts that stop and start Lawson related services across our 3 windows 2012 servers. And another script that installs OS patches monthly ( we use http://www.shavlik.com/ software to scan and deliver the patches to the servers ).
      Our scheduled/unattended process:
      1) powershell script stops Lawson across all servers
      2) backups run
      3) powershell script runs OS patches ( if it is the selected day of the month )
      4) powershell script starts Lawson across all servers