Host: Windows 10 Pro x64
I have a number of Windows VMs. Most of them at Windows 10. Some are as old as Windows XP.
Right now the way I keep them up to date is to start each one and update it. Is there anyway to automate the process? That is to have something that will start each VM say once a month and apply Windows Updates.
Using a Windows server as a host would be acceptable.
Maintaining Windows VMs
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mpack
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Re: Maintaining Windows VMs
There is no feature in VirtualBox for keeping guests up to date. VirtualBox really has very little idea what's inside each VM, and certainly has no idea what "up to date" would mean.
There are however ways to start VMs under script control, so you could then treat it like you were a business network admin pushing updates to connected PCs.
p.s. I don't quite see what this question has to do with "Windows Hosts". The subject matter of the title seems to say "Windows Guests", so I'll move it there.
There are however ways to start VMs under script control, so you could then treat it like you were a business network admin pushing updates to connected PCs.
p.s. I don't quite see what this question has to do with "Windows Hosts". The subject matter of the title seems to say "Windows Guests", so I'll move it there.