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Proper Patching Technique
Proper Patching Technique
New installation up and functioning. I have three images that I deploy to about 30 computers. I have walked through the patching technique and am wondering a few things. When you patch an existing image I noticed it creates a delta file? Mine was a bout 2GB. Does this delta file ever get absorbed back into the original image? Assuming you don't want to roll back.. What happens when you want to patch again at some later date? Do you now have 2 delta files? Is it easier to copy the VHD file and just treat it like a new image and deploy patched copy to device groups or clients when finished?
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June 4th, 2015 07:00
The "Patch OS Image" Process becomes most usefull if you have multiple servers and a WAN scenario, becuase then only the delta is transfered over the wire.
Using a full copy of the OS Image works for a single server or if all your servers are in the same LAN and you don't mind copying the full image across the network.
There's also a mechanism built in to clean retired images and patches - you'll find it on the systems setings page.