Windows Update

The Challenge
IT administrators must ensure systems, specifically servers, stay online and available 24X7 365 days a year. This requires constant system updates, driver updates and other configuration changes. Any configuration changes must improve 24X7X365 coverage, must improve system reliability and must require little management after the changes are applied.

Problems can occur if these updates and configuration changes are not thoroughly tested before they are rolled out to production servers and PCs. One significant challenge, how do you test new software, apply system updates or new drivers with confidence that it won’t cause
system corruption and downtime?

The Solution
By placing PCs or servers in ShadowMode, IT administrators or users can install software applications, updates, drivers and test them without making changes to the disk.

The IT administrator or user can test to ensure all files were properly installed and there are no conflicts with existing software or drivers. Once it is determined the system is running properly, those changes can be commited to disk with the comfort of knowing the PC or server will function the way it should. When a system doesn’t react well to an update or new application install, the changes can simply be discarded when the ShadowMode session is ended. 

            | Spyware | Viruses | Computer Privacy | Server and PC Downtime | Windows Update | Web Servers | ShadowMode |
                                                                    | ShadowServer | ShadowUser | ShadowSurfer |