MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues
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@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
Can't you do snapshots on them before you update so you don't have to do a full reinstall?
On the PCs?
The full reinstall has to be done on the Windows 10 clients.
Right. I snapshot our root partitions before I update. That way if something is borked I can just merge the snapshot and reboot the workstation.
I don't run VDI, so I don't have a snapshot mechanism. Sure I could run clonezilla or Veeam EndPoint Protection, but on 110 devices, before deploying updates? yeah I think not.
Huh? Doesn't MS's dynamic disks or whatever that crap is called do snapshots?
I'm talking about snapshots on the physical machine.
Not that I know of. As Scott said, there is VSS, which on the client side is mainly around your My Documents directory. But then there is System Restore Points. But that's still a pretty huge hassle compared to what you do on a server.
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@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
Can't you do snapshots on them before you update so you don't have to do a full reinstall?
On the PCs?
The full reinstall has to be done on the Windows 10 clients.
Right. I snapshot our root partitions before I update. That way if something is borked I can just merge the snapshot and reboot the workstation.
I don't run VDI, so I don't have a snapshot mechanism. Sure I could run clonezilla or Veeam EndPoint Protection, but on 110 devices, before deploying updates? yeah I think not.
Huh? Doesn't MS's dynamic disks or whatever that crap is called do snapshots?
I'm talking about snapshots on the physical machine.
Yes, it's from the VSS subsystem. Introduced around 2003.
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@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@scottalanmiller said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
Can't you do snapshots on them before you update so you don't have to do a full reinstall?
On the PCs?
The full reinstall has to be done on the Windows 10 clients.
Right. I snapshot our root partitions before I update. That way if something is borked I can just merge the snapshot and reboot the workstation.
I don't run VDI, so I don't have a snapshot mechanism. Sure I could run clonezilla or Veeam EndPoint Protection, but on 110 devices, before deploying updates? yeah I think not.
VSS?
Interesting - I suppose you could kick off a system restore point every time you do updates, which is practically daily now with MS. Then if it's broken, you could roll back. Still talk about a huge hassle. I don't know if it's possible to roll a system back remotely (I mean via scripting, etc)
That's been their recommended process for over a decade now
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@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
Can't you do snapshots on them before you update so you don't have to do a full reinstall?
On the PCs?
The full reinstall has to be done on the Windows 10 clients.
Right. I snapshot our root partitions before I update. That way if something is borked I can just merge the snapshot and reboot the workstation.
I don't run VDI, so I don't have a snapshot mechanism. Sure I could run clonezilla or Veeam EndPoint Protection, but on 110 devices, before deploying updates? yeah I think not.
Huh? Doesn't MS's dynamic disks or whatever that crap is called do snapshots?
I'm talking about snapshots on the physical machine.
Does Windows Server have a built in Snap Shot ability not considering Hyper-V (or any hypervisor)?
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@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
Can't you do snapshots on them before you update so you don't have to do a full reinstall?
On the PCs?
The full reinstall has to be done on the Windows 10 clients.
Right. I snapshot our root partitions before I update. That way if something is borked I can just merge the snapshot and reboot the workstation.
I don't run VDI, so I don't have a snapshot mechanism. Sure I could run clonezilla or Veeam EndPoint Protection, but on 110 devices, before deploying updates? yeah I think not.
Huh? Doesn't MS's dynamic disks or whatever that crap is called do snapshots?
I'm talking about snapshots on the physical machine.
Not that I know of. As Scott said, there is VSS, which on the client side is mainly around your My Documents directory. But then there is System Restore Points. But that's still a pretty huge hassle compared to what you do on a server.
VSS isn't around anything specific. It's the LVM snapshot mechanism.
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@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@Dashrender said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
@stacksofplates said in MS - you're killing me. WSUS issues:
Can't you do snapshots on them before you update so you don't have to do a full reinstall?
On the PCs?
The full reinstall has to be done on the Windows 10 clients.
Right. I snapshot our root partitions before I update. That way if something is borked I can just merge the snapshot and reboot the workstation.
I don't run VDI, so I don't have a snapshot mechanism. Sure I could run clonezilla or Veeam EndPoint Protection, but on 110 devices, before deploying updates? yeah I think not.
Huh? Doesn't MS's dynamic disks or whatever that crap is called do snapshots?
I'm talking about snapshots on the physical machine.
Does Windows Server have a built in Snap Shot ability not considering Hyper-V (or any hypervisor)?
VSS. Same one as in Windows Desktop. Started with Server 2003, I believe. 2000 did not have it and the Linux community continuously mocked Windows Admins for living in the dark ages.
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OK - feel free to enlighten me then.
How would you engage VSS on a workstation before installing updates?
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But that's still a pretty huge hassle compared to what you do on a server.
Oh I just run a playbook with Ansible and it merges it back in and reboots the machines.
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I took a look in System Properties > System Protection > System Restore (Button) and found several points I could roll back to.
https://i.imgur.com/Ig2mDA1.pngI suppose it's worth a try. If I find myself with a bricked install (I only have 4 1607 installs currently) I'll try this.
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There you go, that's how VSS is supposed to work. Get one taken right before patching and another right after. Then you have lots of options.
