Best practice for managing SAGE 50 updates across multiple VMs

Posted by TheKingOfSpite@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 4 comments

We run an RDS Virtual Shared Session Host environment where a couple of clients run SAGE. One example would be 4 vms, each with SAGE installed, and currently our method for updating the machines is to log on manually, update each machine, reconnect the accounts, etc which is a mad time sink If anyone has any methods they currently use then I'm all ears, maybe there's something out there already that I've missed as in my prior job I only ever had to manage a couple of installations

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Electrical_Arm7411@reddit

Sage 50 updates are the least of my problems in my accounting environment. They release them quarterly, and yes I’m manually install them on all 14 of my AVD hosts. QB on the other hand… fuck that application in a multiuser environment. Seriously, what ever auto updates you have configured never work and it’s an even slower crawl to get the app updated and updates are quite frequent at 1-2 times per month it seems

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Adam_Kearn@reddit

In the past I’ve had a script that we could push out using our RMM tool that just runs the EXE for sage in silent mode. I also made the RMM have a way where I could type in the hostname of the server that was running the data set so it would install the “service” only if the hostname matched. I could then just schedule it to happen over night. Next morning I would always check but I don’t think it ever failed. At my new job there isn’t many session hosts so it just gets done when most people take their lunch and force sign out uses from RDS. (Email warning before hand)

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CPAtech@reddit

You're already more efficient using RDS instead of local installs on all your PC's. Updating Intuit/Sage, etc. is a pain in the ass regardless.

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marco7532@reddit

When you update it on one rds, it asks you to update the dataset after selecting the company and then it’s done. Surely the others who login after will then see the correct data? So you only have to do it 4 times? Doesn’t really sound like a mad time sync to me. Takes about 20 minutes usually with the exe from the website