Monthly Archives: January 2017

Advanced Multi-Row Queue Sequence – Video Tutorial

This video tutorial demonstrates how to use the Advanced Multi Row Queue Sequence in BatchPatch. For written tutorials, please see the following links: Advanced Multi-Row Queue Sequence – Written Tutorial 1 Advanced Multi-Row Queue Sequence – Written Tutorial 2 Advanced Multi-Row Queue Sequence – Video Tutorial:  

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Virtual Machine – Create Snapshot, Apply Windows Updates, Reboot, Remove Snapshot (Basic Multi-Row Queue Sequence Example)

Recently we were asked if BatchPatch can be used to automate a process to snapshot a virtual machine, apply Windows Updates to the virtual machine, reboot it, verify the VM is back online after reboot, and then finally remove the snapshot. Something like this is actually very doable with BatchPatch. The key thing to keep […]

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Perform Update and Reboot Actions Sequentially Across Numerous Hosts

One of the more powerful features that BatchPatch offers is the ability to automate basic or advanced sequences of actions across multiple target computers. For example, if you have a group of computers that have certain online/offline dependencies, such that they cannot all be rebooted at the same time, or maybe they have to be […]

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Deploying a Script with Relative Instead of Absolute Paths

In order for a custom deployment to be successful, you might not be able to use absolute paths inside of a script where those paths point to a location on a remote server. This is dependent upon the particular situation, but if you’re having problems successfully deploying a script that makes calls to other scripts […]

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