Re: installing security patches on a Windows database server (was "Oracle 10g for Windows")

From: Thomas Day <tday6_at_csc.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:17:32 -0500
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Schedule the security patches for a maintenance window.

                                                                                                                                       
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I'm sure that with proper management etc. a Windows database server can = be reliable. But one thing that puzzles me - when you install a = Microsoft security patch, the dialog box at the end (almost) always says = "Reboot the machine now." I religiously do that since all of my Windows = databases can be brought down (they're used for development.) What do = people do with a production database server?

> -----Original Message-----
> Mercadante, Thomas F

>=20

> ...

>=20

> I have windows databases that have been running for 3 years=20
> now. *Never*
> does the machine crash. And *never* do we reboot "just=20
> because we should".

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