Any known issues applying OS support packages for Windows 2003 server?

[ThomasKjelsrud]

Hi.

Our SAP ECC 6.0 systems are running on servers with Windows 2003 x64 SP2 and MS SQL 2005 SP2, and they are due for an OS upgrade with patches and fixes via Windows Update. My question is; Are there any known issues the impact the smooth operation of the SAP systems and/ or database?

I have been searching for notes about this on Service Marketplace, Google and these forums, but there seems to be little information about this out there (at least to my knowledge).

Can anyone shed som light on this issue?

Regards,

Thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Only apply security patches to your O/S and DB, never functional patches unless you have thoroughly tested them. Here inhouse we only apply security patches, we are running Win2003 Ent SP2 X64 and SQL2005 SP2 X64.

When you run windows update, use the custom button. Deselect all the non-security patches.