RE: Still trying to decide - Implementing a PM system

["Michael O'Coners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

Title: Still trying to decide - Implementing a PM system

Rich,

 

I have installed HFNetChk in about 20+ environments and have never required scripts or anything more complicated than running from the HFNetChk GUI. The only problem I occasionally run into is related to patches not working properly with applications on test machines. From my experience HFNetChk is by far one of the easiest and most cost effective solutions for managing patches. The GUI is excellent and the built-in help can get a new user up and running quickly - its all point and click. Don't let the simplicity fool you with any product. Always plan your roll-out strategy and policies before you actually implement them and always remember to roll-out patches on test machines or isolated machines first. Then perform a larger scale roll-out.

 

By the way - I have no affiliation with Shavlik Technologies so my opinions are only biased on my personal experience :-)

 

Thanks,

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Marsh, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:10 AM
To: Patch Management Mailing List
Subject: Still trying to decide - Implementing a PM system

Several months back, I mentioned my greenness and the overwhelming feeling all the choices (regarding patch management) gave me.  I did some research and read a lot more posts.  Currently, we do all patching manually and there is no budget for a patch management solution, which means my suggestion must be cheap.  Norton's ghost seems cheap enough (we would only need 1 license) though hfnetcheck pro sounded reasonable as well.  I did see that I would need to write scripts for the Ghost to do updates, that isn't really a task I'm ready to take on.  Is hfnetcheckpro the same, will I inevitably need to learn how to script?  Still confused but learning...Thanks as always.

Sincerely,
 
Rich Marsh
 
"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than
anything else, will affect its successful outcome."

William James
1842-1910
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james/ 
 

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