Guest Barkley Bees Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 For our patch testing process we install our internally approved patches to the lab environment systems (servers and clients). We then follow a basic checklist to see if any post install errors/issues arise - such as application problems and basic functionality. We also verify the all the event logs to for any issues. If no problems are found we then approve these pathes for production deployment. For our servers, we take backup images, using True Image (during our monthly maintenance window), applying any patches so we are able to roll back if any issues arise. I imagine many of you follow a similar process but would like to know what you folks use for your checklist criteria when doing patch testing as I believe ours is somewhat lacking and needs to be revised and improved. Appreciate any feedback. Thank you. *note: We use WSUS for security updates but these testing procedures and criteria are also applicable for application updates and hotfixes we advertise via SMS.
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