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once updates are deployed , its up to you whether Group policy settings force the server restart or let you do that,, i recommend once updates are installed as per scheduled plan restart the servers...
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once updates are deployed , its up to you whether Group policy settings force the server restart or let you do that,, i recommend once updates are installed as per scheduled plan restart the servers...

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I understand, that's the setting we normally use, just install and reboot at 3 o'clock at night, but the question is: Is there a failover system, so that the 4 servers do not reboot all together?
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I understand, that's the setting we normally use, just install and reboot at 3 o'clock at night, but the question is: Is there a failover system, so that the 4 servers do not reboot all together?

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just change that setting and don't let the server restart,, when ever you want each one of them for any maintenance purpose restart it one by one, don't force automatic restart from GPO...
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just change that setting and don't let the server restart,, when ever you want each one of them for any maintenance purpose restart it one by one, don't force automatic restart from GPO...

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Is there no other solution?<br />
I'm maintaining up to 380 servers, that's a fulltime job, to reboot all servers...
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Is there no other solution?
I'm maintaining up to 380 servers, that's a fulltime job, to reboot all servers...

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The answers are fine, but it's just not working for me. Thanks anyway
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The answers are fine, but it's just not working for me. Thanks anyway

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Hi,<br />
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We're setting up 4 exchange servers in a DAG.<br />
By group policy these servers are subjective to the wsus server, and updates will be installed.<br />
Is there a built-in failover system, that queries the DAG before rebooting a server, after updates ? Or do we have to update the Exchange servers manually?<br />
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Any ideas/ Tips/ Tricks are also welcome! 
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Hi,

We're setting up 4 exchange servers in a DAG.
By group policy these servers are subjective to the wsus server, and updates will be installed.
Is there a built-in failover system, that queries the DAG before rebooting a server, after updates ? Or do we have to update the Exchange servers manually?

Any ideas/ Tips/ Tricks are also welcome! 

Exchange 2010 DAG - WSUS, reboot

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.