Hi All,
Currently using vRealize configuration manager to roll patches to Windows servers and have been for a long time, since before it was a VMware product. I know that Microsoft is embracing a new single rollup per month patch. Despite online pros and cons for my environment this is a welcome change since keeping all of our systems up to the latest patching levels for security bulletins and non security updates is a nightmare so it will be nice to have a single cumulative monthly patch to roll out.
I did however find this KB article.
The line that says 'VMware does not support monthly cumulative roll-ups for Microsoft updates. ' has me worried as it seems like it won't support this. In addition if it doesn't I didn't think it was possible to get the patches outside of the rollup the only options were the single file containing security only or the single file containing the security and non security patches.
Does anyone else use vRealize for patching windows systems and if so do you know any additional information about the change? We primarily use this tool for patching and if we can no longer patch I need to figure out the short term of unforuntely using something like WSUS before we move to a product that supports the rollups.