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Hotpatching: Improving server security and productivity

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When it comes to installing securing updates, organizations are often concerned about the potential for business disruption and reduced system availability. This is a thing of the past with Hotpatchi...
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Updated Dec 27, 2024
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Daniel Moses
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Mar 27, 2024
What about if the box gets rebooted after the hot patch is applied? Would it need to be applied again? and would this 'break' the chain and would have to wait until the next baseline to start hot patching again?
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    tidrey
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    Mar 27, 2024

    No, the behavior is the same as any other Windows patch: once it's applied it's applied. Reboots have no affect on the installation status.

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    VishalBajaj
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    Mar 27, 2024
    If you reboot the machine for any reason after installing a Hotpatch, the Hotpatches do not get uninstalled. They remain effective even after the reboot.
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