[Orchestrator] Integrating Cluster Aware Updating with Operations Manager Maintenance Mode – Pre and Post Update Scripts ( #SCOM #Orchestrator )

Neil Peterson has published on June the 17th 2013 a step-by-step post to demonstrating how to use the Cluster Aware Updating Pre and Post-Update Script execution feature to place each node of the target cluster into Operations Manager maintenance mode before the cluster aware updating process is executed. This exercise can be extended to any pre or post activates that you would like to perform on you cluster nodes at maintenance time.

Direct link to Neil's Article

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[Orchestrator 2012] Patching Orchestrator Runbook Servers while Maintaining High-Availability

Balancing server patching with maintaining the availability of the services that run on these servers can be a difficult task for an IT Pro, with lots of repetitive, time-consuming, and error-prone steps. Luckily, Orchestrator has emerged as an effective automation tool to help IT Pros manage the patching process. But what about when the Orchestrator service itself needs to be patched? How can an IT Pro ensure their enterprise automation continues to function despite the patching of the servers running Orchestrator components?

Joe Levy has published an interesting post to expose all steps to follow to be able to maintain high availability when patching Runbook Servers.

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