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8 Replies Last post: Aug 15, 2005 1:58 PM by sbeaver

VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems

Aug 15, 2005 1:12 PM

Click to view Cynomus's profile Novice Cynomus 28 posts since
Jul 8, 2005
Has anyone run into any problems patching W2K VM servers with the MS05-039 patch?
Re: VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems Aug 15, 2005 1:14 PM
Click to view sbeaver's profile Guru sbeaver 7,666 posts since
Nov 1, 2004 Moderator
What kind of problems are you having?
Re: VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems Aug 15, 2005 1:19 PM
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Click to view MR-T's profile Champion MR-T 4,136 posts since
Apr 19, 2005 Moderator
We've been applying this patch like mad all day, and I've not seen any issues yet.
Re: VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems Aug 15, 2005 1:21 PM
Click to view waynegrow's profile Master waynegrow 832 posts since
Feb 2, 2005
No but I did run into a problem with the first release of the W2K post SP4 Roll-up patch. It blue screened a couple of my servers, but it was not VMware related.
Re: VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems Aug 15, 2005 1:25 PM
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Click to view boydd's profile Champion boydd 5,707 posts since
Jun 15, 2004 Moderator
I haven't seen many problems yet with any of the patches. Like above - had some problems with citrix and the 2K rollup (Really should have been SP5). The rollup SP4 patch also has a problem with dynamic disk on W2K servers (thanks to basic disks on vm's - no problem).

DB
Re: VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems Aug 15, 2005 1:39 PM
Click to view dpomeroy's profile Virtuoso dpomeroy 3,901 posts since
Apr 12, 2004 Moderator
We rolled this patch out to 40 Windows 2000 VMs and over 200 physical servers on Friday, no problems reported as of yet. I would be interested in what you are seeing.

If you havent patched yet you better do it ASAP.
Re: VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems Aug 15, 2005 1:50 PM
Click to view Cynomus's profile Novice Cynomus 28 posts since
Jul 8, 2005
Apparently some of the VMs need to be power cycled, otherwise they blue-screen. One VM has blue-screened, even with a power cycling.
Re: VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems Aug 15, 2005 1:58 PM
Click to view Cynomus's profile Novice Cynomus 28 posts since
Jul 8, 2005
BTW if you want to patch tons of servers in batch here is a link to a script I wrote to facilitate it. It's menu driven.

http://www.luv2frag.com/Downloads/Script%20to%20Manage%20Server%20Autoupdate%20Operation%20v2.3c.zip

It uses either an internal or external (MS) Sus server, and the script has TONS of documentation built in.
Re: VMware MS05-039 patch 899588 causing problems Aug 15, 2005 1:56 PM
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Click to view sbeaver's profile Guru sbeaver 7,666 posts since
Nov 1, 2004 Moderator
Cynomus,

Excellent!!! Thanks for sharing.
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