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    • JaredBusch
      JaredBusch @scottalanmiller last edited by JaredBusch

      @scottalanmiller I reboot on the weekend a week after patch Tuesdays. Makes life easy. I apply all the Windows updates, and reboot those, run any Linux updates, shut those down, then update the hypervisors and reboot those.

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      • scottalanmiller
        scottalanmiller last edited by

        I directly only deal with the UNIX side. I schedule those to update themselves and then reboot when done updating; or we do auto updates during the week and then just reboot on the schedule.

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        • wirestyle22
          wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller last edited by

          @scottalanmiller said in Reboot your servers:

          I directly only deal with the UNIX side. I schedule those to update themselves and then reboot when done updating; or we do auto updates during the week and then just reboot on the schedule.

          Zabbix monitoring is super convenient for my weekly reboots. If something doesn't come back I will receive an e-mail but I also remote into it to verify everything is up and running too

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller @wirestyle22 last edited by

            @wirestyle22 said in Reboot your servers:

            Zabbix monitoring is super convenient for my weekly reboots. If something doesn't come back I will receive an e-mail but I also remote into it to verify everything is up and running too

            We use this...

            for i in $(cat server_list); do echo $i $(ssh $i uptime); done
            

            Produces a nice list of the uptimes for every system.

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            • coliver
              coliver last edited by

              We reboot the second Wednesday after patch Tuesday at 3am.

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              • gjacobse
                gjacobse last edited by

                we have a pair that are on a schedule to reboot,... one is a SAP server that has print issues if running for two or three weeks without reboot. It's weird,.. but hey,... it's SAP.

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                • StrongBad
                  StrongBad @gjacobse last edited by

                  @gjacobse said in Reboot your servers:

                  we have a pair that are on a schedule to reboot,... one is a SAP server that has print issues if running for two or three weeks without reboot. It's weird,.. but hey,... it's SAP.

                  Weird that it has managed to keep working for two weeks?

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                  • gjacobse
                    gjacobse @StrongBad last edited by

                    @StrongBad said in Reboot your servers:

                    @gjacobse said in Reboot your servers:

                    we have a pair that are on a schedule to reboot,... one is a SAP server that has print issues if running for two or three weeks without reboot. It's weird,.. but hey,... it's SAP.

                    Weird that it has managed to keep working for two weeks?

                    weird that printing quits..

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                    • Romo
                      Romo @scottalanmiller last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in Reboot your servers:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Reboot your servers:

                      Zabbix monitoring is super convenient for my weekly reboots. If something doesn't come back I will receive an e-mail but I also remote into it to verify everything is up and running too

                      We use this...

                      for i in $(cat server_list); do echo $i $(ssh $i uptime); done
                      

                      Produces a nice list of the uptimes for every system.

                      I now do:

                      ansible all -a "uptime"
                      
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                      • Texkonc
                        Texkonc @gjacobse last edited by

                        @gjacobse said in Reboot your servers:

                        we have a pair that are on a schedule to reboot,... one is a SAP server that has print issues if running for two or three weeks without reboot. It's weird,.. but hey,... it's SAP.

                        Hey my brother in law sells their stuff.

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                        • Texkonc
                          Texkonc last edited by

                          At work: every Friday for Workstations, if it is needed, and Every Sunday for Servers if it is needed.
                          Home: Autoreboot after they are installed on my laptop, cause I dont care, most my crap is web based. Home Lab: Every Sunday at 11AM.
                          My 1 rule, don't suck at patching.

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                          • scottalanmiller
                            scottalanmiller @Texkonc last edited by

                            @Texkonc said in Reboot your servers:

                            At work: every Friday for Workstations, if it is needed, and Every Sunday for Servers if it is needed.
                            Home: Autoreboot after they are installed on my laptop, cause I dont care, most my crap is web based. Home Lab: Every Sunday at 11AM.
                            My 1 rule, don't suck at patching.

                            What does "if it is needed" mean?

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                            • DustinB3403
                              DustinB3403 last edited by

                              I'm updating and rebooting my servers right now.

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                              • Texkonc
                                Texkonc @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in Reboot your servers:

                                @Texkonc said in Reboot your servers:

                                At work: every Friday for Workstations, if it is needed, and Every Sunday for Servers if it is needed.
                                Home: Autoreboot after they are installed on my laptop, cause I dont care, most my crap is web based. Home Lab: Every Sunday at 11AM.
                                My 1 rule, don't suck at patching.

                                What does "if it is needed" mean?

                                When patches are released, because you very well know, patching is the last thing customers think about. Although this is one thing I would like to audit as one of my other projects. New guy, fresh set of eyes.

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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller @Texkonc last edited by

                                  @Texkonc said in Reboot your servers:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Reboot your servers:

                                  @Texkonc said in Reboot your servers:

                                  At work: every Friday for Workstations, if it is needed, and Every Sunday for Servers if it is needed.
                                  Home: Autoreboot after they are installed on my laptop, cause I dont care, most my crap is web based. Home Lab: Every Sunday at 11AM.
                                  My 1 rule, don't suck at patching.

                                  What does "if it is needed" mean?

                                  When patches are released, because you very well know, patching is the last thing customers think about. Although this is one thing I would like to audit as one of my other projects. New guy, fresh set of eyes.

                                  Why not call "updating for updating's sake" "needed" and then update every week 🙂

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