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Install Windows Updates Only If Sufficient Space Is Detected On Target C: Drive – Custom Scripting in BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: April 4, 2017

Today I’m going to demonstrate an ‘advanced’ concept in BatchPatch. We will use a combination of features, including the Job Queue, the Deployment feature, and bit of custom scripting to achieve the desired effect. The goal here is to illustrate how you can use BatchPatch to accomplish something that might not be directly built-in to […]

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Install Patches with Multiple Automated Reboots

By Scott | Published: March 15, 2017

Today I want to take a few minutes to go over one of the core automation options that BatchPatch provides for Windows Updates. Anyone who has ever been responsible for applying Windows Updates across a network of computers has encountered the rather annoying and often frustrating situation where installing updates and then rebooting target computers […]

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Virtual Machine – Create Snapshot, Apply Windows Updates, Reboot, Remove Snapshot (Basic Multi-Row Queue Sequence Example)

By Scott | Published: January 18, 2017

Recently we were asked if BatchPatch can be used to automate a process to snapshot a virtual machine, apply Windows Updates to the virtual machine, reboot it, verify the VM is back online after reboot, and then finally remove the snapshot. Something like this is actually very doable with BatchPatch. The key thing to keep […]

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Using the Job Queue in BatchPatch for Multi-Step Execution

By Scott | Published: September 8, 2015

The ‘Job Queue’ feature lets you line up a sequence of multiple actions to execute on a target host. There are many different situations where you might want to execute a sequence of actions on a given host (or set of hosts). For example, maybe you want to string together multiple software deployments into a […]

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Advanced Script Integration with BatchPatch

By Scott | Published: April 27, 2015

In BatchPatch we’ve tried to integrate numerous features to help an administrator perform his/her duties. However, no matter how much we provide out-of-the-box, there will always be unique situations in every environment, and it might be the case that you want BatchPatch to do something that it doesn’t already do. Of course in these instances […]

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Advanced Multi-Row Queue Sequence

By Scott | Published: March 16, 2015

In the most recent release of BatchPatch we added a cool new feature that we’re really excited about. It’s called the Advanced Multi-Row Queue Sequence. This new automation feature really ties together some of the other functionality in the application, so that you can now create much more advanced, automated sequences. Essentially it allows you […]

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Multi-Step Execution Using the Job Queue

By Scott | Published: December 18, 2014

Last week we published an update to the BatchPatch Job Queue that adds some nice new features, and I thought I’d take some time to show you what you can do with it. In the new Job Queue interface you’ll find the following items that weren’t previously available: Wait for host to go offline and […]

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