... I hate to mention it, but there are third party software vendors (you know, little outfits like Computer Associates, for example) which don't automatically support every patch which comes out of the gate. I've encountered some patches which break third party software, and if the patch can not be uninstalled, the only choice is to restore from backup!
On large production systems, I still have a little of the pucker factor, even when (or should I say especially when) the systems are in a cluster.
Keeping systems patched and virus free is useless if they can't run the primary software for which they were acquired. *sigh*
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... I hate to mention it, but there are third party software vendors (you know, little outfits like Computer Associates, for example) which don't automatically support every patch which comes out of the gate. I've encountered some patches which break third party software, and if the patch can not be uninstalled, the only choice is to restore from backup! On large production systems, I still have a little of the pucker factor, even when (or should I say especially when) the systems are in a cluster. Keeping systems patched and virus free is useless if they can't run the primary software for which they were acquired. *sigh*