Sample plan: Microsoft Windows 2008 Cluster - OS patching
This sample Automation Plan automates Microsoft® Windows® cluster patching. As well as managing the cluster as it is patched, the automation flow runs all of the Baselines contained is a site against the nodes in the cluster. Add the Baselines to a custom site before running this plan. All sample plans are read-only. To use a sample plan, you must copy it, re-name it, and then update the placeholder Fixlets with Fixlets, Tasks, or Baselines as per your requirements.
About this task
Before running this plan, create a custom site and add all of the Baselines that you want to execute to the custom site. Then when you are running the plan, you select the site containing the Baselines to patch the nodes in the cluster. This plan works in two identical phases, steps 1 to 5 patch the first node or set of nodes in the cluster, and steps 6 to 10 patch the second node or set of nodes in the cluster. So for steps 1 to 5, you target the first node or set of nodes, and for steps 6 to 10 you target the second node or set of nodes.
For more information about running Baselines from sites, see Running baselines from a site. For important information about automating patching of Microsoft Windows clusters, see Automating patching of operating systems in Microsoft Windows clusters. The Windows cluster control scripts must be installed on the target nodes in the cluster. You can install these scripts by running the 110 Install Windows Cluster Control Application Fixlet.
Complete the following steps to run the sample Automation Plan.