Hello, and welcome to today's video presentation on Patching Windows Instances with OS Management.
So let us get started.
This video expects that you are familiar or have completed the Getting Started portions
of the OS Management documentation.
In the Cloud Console, using the hamburger menu in the upper left corner, navigate to
Compute, and then Instances.
Select a Windows instance.
Scroll down to the Resources panel on the left side and click OS Management.
The OS Management section displays the available updates for the Windows instance.
The available updates get categorized as Security, Bug Fixes, Enhancement, and Other.
Each of these categories aligns with Windows Update categories.
For example, the Security category within OS Management relates to Definition and Security
updates from Microsoft.
The OS Management documentation provides additional details on how these categories map to Microsoft
Windows Update categories.
To install updates, click the three-dot menu to the right in the OS Management section.
The menu lists three options: View OS Management Details, Install Security Updates, or Install
All Updates.
Selecting Install Security Updates will open a window displaying a message confirming you
want to install the updates.
Click the Install Updates button to proceed with installing the patches or cancel.
To see a list of the individual updates available, select the View OS Management Details option.
This option directs you to the Managed Instance Details page.
The Available Updates section displays by default at the bottom of the page.
In the Available Updates section, click the checkboxes to the left of the name and click
the Install Updates button to apply them.
The Install Updates confirmation window will appear, asking to confirm you want to install
the updates and asking to select an install schedule.
Select the INSTALL NOW radio button to create a work request to install the updates now.
Next, click the Install Updates button at the bottom of the window.
Making this choice will redirect to the OS Management Work Requests page.
This page displays a listing of all Work Requests.
The listing on the screen shows a previous successful update install.
To view more details about the Work Request item, click the three-dot menu to the right.
On the resulting page, Error Messages, if any exist, appear for the specific Work Request.
Instead of installing the update now, OS Management also lets you schedule the patch install.
Navigate back to your Windows Instance and View OS Management Details.
Click a checkbox for an individual patch as before and click the Install Updates button.
Select the CUSTOM SCHEDULE radio button in the Install Updates confirmation window.
Selecting CUSTOM SCHEDULE will prompt for additional information to create a Scheduled
Job.
Provide the JOB NAME, and pick a TIME AND DATE.
Using the calendar icon at the end of the TIME AND DATE field will provide a calendar
and time picker.
Next, click the Install Updates button to create the Scheduled Job.
The Install Updates page will close and redirect to the OS Management Scheduled Jobs page.
Clicking a job from the list lets you View Details about the job.
To cancel the job, click the box next to the job name and click the Delete button.
Clicking the Delete button provides a confirmation window to confirm this choice.
Navigating back to Managed Instance Details, some of the Windows updates require a reboot.
This information displays under the Reboot Required column in the Available Updates list.
If installing a patch requiring a reboot, OS Management will display a warning message
that the update requires a reboot of the Windows instance.
After installing the patch, a reminder message appears on the Instance Details OS Management
and Managed Instance Details page, indicating a reboot is required.
Our last example shows installing patches across multiple Windows Instances.
This task is possible by including instances of the same os platform and os family in Managed
Instance Groups.
Navigate to OS Management, then Managed Instance Groups.
In the group shown, there are two Windows 2019 Server Instances.
Click the three-dot menu to the far right of the group name.
From the list of options, selecting Install Update provides an Install Update page with
a menu to choose individual updates to install now or schedule later.
Back in the group's three-dot menu, selecting the Install All Updates option provides an
Install All Updates page with a menu to choose All patches or choose all of the Security,
all of the Bug Fix, or all of the Enhancement patches.
The Install All Updates option also can be installed now or scheduled later.
I hope you found this information helpful and thank you for watching this video.
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