Greetings All,
What have you found to work well with monitoring for failed Windows updates in real time?
We currently have a unique setup in our environment, but the way we decided to monitor updates in real time is as follows.
NPM has an alert that monitors for Windows server reboots during the specific patch time frame. A custom SQL reaches in to the database and pulls when that alert fires, and coordinates that to the appropriate server (ignoring the potential false firings with the next portion).
SAM has an component monitor that watches for when the Windows Update Service goes up/down during the specific patch time frame. A separate custom SQL reaches in and grabs when this alert fires and coordinates it into a column with the aforementioned alert.
This then is taken and provided to the primary support for the servers and either texted / emailed to them in real-time depending upon the critically designated by the patch cycle. Example- mission critical devices will receive the alert real time and are expected to review, verify server/application functionality, and document that it is functioning.
What we currently do not have, is any way with Solarwinds to verify when an server has failed an update, or it needs to reboot but something happened and it hasn't. The higher parties are wanting this to be done in real time.
Any thoughts or tips as to how this can be achieved?
