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The comments cover the extremes between patching approaches: JFDI versus extreme caution. The long-winded approach worked for me in a change-resistant organisation with mission critical systems, but can be cut down and/or accelerated as needed to adapt to your circumstances.
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The comments cover the extremes between patching approaches: JFDI versus extreme caution. The long-winded approach worked for me in a change-resistant organisation with mission critical systems, but can be cut down and/or accelerated as needed to adapt to your circumstances.

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I am working a plan to create a best practice schedule for patching my environments. I know everyone has a different opinion on this but I am looking for a Positive way to move forward on this topic. I have 3 environments Test, dev test and Prod. Just looking for a push start if anyone has went through this some example schedules would be appreciated. Thanks
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I am working a plan to create a best practice schedule for patching my environments. I know everyone has a different opinion on this but I am looking for a Positive way to move forward on this topic. I have 3 environments Test, dev test and Prod. Just looking for a push start if anyone has went through this some example schedules would be appreciated. Thanks

Trying to cultivate a best practice plan for patching RHEL/SLES Environments

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