We are planning to upgrade Exchange 2010 to SP3 with latest rollup updates. We have 3 HUB/CAS servers and 3 mailbox servers in a DAG. We are not quite confident if we can install Rollup updates right after applying SP3 to all servers. We think we probably wait a few days after applying SP3 to identify any potential issues before move on to the rollup updates . However SP3 is quite buggy and it requires patching as soon as possible. What's your best practices and experience? Thanks in advan
Can I Install Rollup updates right after applying Exchange 2010 SP3 ?
February 9th, 2015 9:28am
I usually wait to apply updates a month or two after they come out. That being said, I guess it really depends on how your environment is configured. If you already have Exchange Servers deployed at SP3 RU(X) then I would defintiely deploy
RU(X) after SP3 since the current environment has already vetted it and I like to have all my servers at the same patch level where ever possible. If not, I wouldn't think installing RU6/RU7 right after installing Sp3 would be a huge deal RU6/RU7
has been out for a while so it's probably pretty stable.
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February 9th, 2015 9:39am
I would patch the Update Rollup as soon as possible as we would have higher risk of known bugs with SP3 compare to SP3 + Latest update rollups... :)
February 9th, 2015 9:40am
Thank you for your reply. To minimize the impact to users, we will do upgrade after hours. We are not quite sure if we can finish the upgrade and patching in one night so we are thinking to do the HUB/CAS and mailbox servers in two separate night. Dose following plan sound good to you?
Night 1- Install SP3+ Rollup8 v2 on three HUB/CAS servers
Night 2 - Install SP3+ Rollup8 v2 on three HUB/CAS servers
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February 9th, 2015 1:03pm
You could do that. You really only have to do the first server by itself. So I would probably do HUBCAS1, then HUBCAS2 + MBX1, HUBCAS3 + MBX2, MBX3 and then you could get it all done in one night. If you dont want to that ,then doing all HUBCAS Servers one night and then all Mailbox Servers the next night is an ok way to go.
February 9th, 2015 2:07pm
I found SP3 didn't prompt a reboot after the installation when I installed in the lab. Should I reboot the server after applying SP3 and then start patching it with Rollup updates? or I can do the reboot after complete both SP3 and Rollup
updates installation ?
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February 9th, 2015 2:38pm
I almost always reboot a server after I apply patches to it
February 9th, 2015 2:47pm
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