[sims] Deploying/updating SIMS and FMS using PowerShell

[FishCustard]

Hi all,

 

Some of you know of my scripts that allow you to update and deploy SIMS/FMS using PowerShell rather than SOLUS 3.

 

I've written a proper guide to setting them up (it's not hard - just editing the script variables to suit your environment and staging some files).

 

Have a read, let me know what you think: Deploying and updating SIMS and FMS using PowerShell | Serenity for Sysadmins

[FishCustard]

@Shaun_Dark_Lord , @Garacesh - I believe you were interested in this?

[mrwoberts]

I really enjoy seeing solutions like this, it's how I learn :-)

 

Just a thought...

 

How does does this respond if SIMS was open, or even opened during the update?

- A suggestion for the above scenario could be to rename the pulsar file prior to the update?

- Potentially check for a running pulsar process before the update?? and kill the process if appropriate??

[FishCustard]

I really enjoy seeing solutions like this, it's how I learn :-)

 

Just a thought...

 

How does does this respond if SIMS was open, or even opened during the update?

- A suggestion for the above scenario could be to rename the pulsar file prior to the update?

- Potentially check for a running pulsar process before the update?? and kill the process if appropriate??

 

The script is only really designed to run during startup, at which point obviously SIMS wouldn't be running. If you want to adapt it to push updates at other times then yes, you could have some mechanism to work around this. However, if the server has been updated no SIMS clients will work beyond the login screen so I doubt it'd be a major issue.