Managing Os Updates

[JORGEMAL]

As all of you know, Windows Server 2008 (as any other kind of Windows OS) needs to be updated with fixes, patches, etc. This process often requires to reboot the server which means that access to it will be denied until it is up and running again. This is not good if the server runs a web site that is visited by users 24 hours a day (for example) because the site will be inaccessible during the time the server takes to restart.

What can be done to ensure that a Windows Server 2008 will be always accessible and, at the same time, to perform the required updates ???

Respectfully,
Jorge Maldonado

 

[tomazzzi]

Hi,

I m afraid there is no way to update a server without rebooting it.
This is why web sites have maintenance and are sometimes offline for a bit.

Hope this helps.

Bye

 

[ICTCity]

As all of you know, Windows Server 2008 (as any other kind of Windows OS) needs to be updated with fixes, patches, etc. This process often requires to reboot the server which means that access to it will be denied until it is up and running again. This is not good if the server runs a web site that is visited by users 24 hours a day (for example) because the site will be inaccessible during the time the server takes to restart.

What can be done to ensure that a Windows Server 2008 will be always accessible and, at the same time, to perform the required updates ???

Respectfully,
Jorge Maldonado

You can create a cluster of webserver with a proxy. Once you need to reboot a server, your proxy forwards all the requests to the only alive server.

Usually a proxy is made with linux and it doesn't need so much updates.