How can I set up maintenance schedule for the weekend following Microsoft patch Tuesday?
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08-17-2024 02:54 PM
ServiceNow span entries give me some control over when the schedule will run - e.g. every first Tuesday of the month but I need a way to set it for x days after the 2nd Tuesday each month because we patch over the 2nd weekend after the microsoft patch Tuesday - which is every second Tuesday
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10-11-2024 01:28 PM
I'm trying to figure out something similar. Our folks have a spreadsheet that looks at the Patch Tuesday and schedules everything. They're wanting this to be automated. I've figured out how to utilize a flow to create standard changes for each CI that has a certain maintenance scheduled assigned to it. The issue is how to make it run appropriately. I have even got it to gather the current date and add to it to populate the planned start and end times. Is there an easier way? If they are working off of a spreadsheet, is there a way to import that monthly and use it to create changes? I'm at a loss.
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11-19-2024 08:47 AM
Any updates on this solution? I've been thinking that I'll just need to generate a schedule entry for every month that's based off that months patch Tuesday date. so for example I'll have a schedule called "Non-Prod Wed-Thursday 1900+3H" which will create schedule entries for Jan '25, Feb '25 etc.. with appropriate schedule entry weeks
