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SCCM 2012 | Inventory & Application Server Patching RRS feed

  • Question

  • I am using SCCM 2012, We have many Application Servers (Dev/TEST/ACC/PROD) environments, with different production Applications running.

    Information i do not have:
    1. List of Application Names, there are many.. we do not have an inventory of application used
    2. How to Patch these application servers

    My objective is:
    1. Create an inventory of Production Applications and Servers used for each of this application
    2. MS Update Patching Application Servers:
    a) First Patch the TEST environment Servers of ONE Application
    b) Application owner will test the performance - approve Prod Patching
    c) Patch all the Production servers of same application

    My Question:
    1. How to create Application Inventory (Application name, Version, Server Name) - Can i make use of any thing from Assets and Compliance ?
    2. What is the best practice followed by others, to patch production application servers ? is practice correct ? or is there a easy way to do it ?


    Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:12 PM

Answers

  • #1: ConfigMgr inventories Add/Remove Programs by default. Doesn't that help?
    #2: there's no one-fits-all reply IMHO, but maintenance windows are always a good idea when it comes to managing servers. 

    Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

    • Proposed as answer by Garth JonesMVP Saturday, October 24, 2015 2:28 PM
    • Marked as answer by Joyce L Tuesday, November 3, 2015 9:03 AM
    Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:27 PM

All replies

  • #1: ConfigMgr inventories Add/Remove Programs by default. Doesn't that help?
    #2: there's no one-fits-all reply IMHO, but maintenance windows are always a good idea when it comes to managing servers. 

    Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

    • Proposed as answer by Garth JonesMVP Saturday, October 24, 2015 2:28 PM
    • Marked as answer by Joyce L Tuesday, November 3, 2015 9:03 AM
    Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:27 PM
  • But Add/Remove Programs will generate a big list of applications listed..sorting would be a challenge. Are there other ways to have Application Inventory using SCCM 2012 ?
    Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:47 PM
  • How would you look that up manually? Which criteria would you use?

    Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

    Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:57 PM