a question about patch backup files
this one bothers the crap out of me.
i understand the importance of patch backup files. if given a choice, i always allow them to be created for the added insurance if something goes wrong with a patch.
but why does ms insist on having them created at the root of the windows directory?
invariably what happens is…
as each new patch backup is created, it gets added on to the backup list automagically. which makes the backup grow slowly over time, at a minimum.
heck, the patch backup after a big service pack can be a pretty large slice.
why doesn’t ms instead create the backups under a subfolder off the root of windows? that way, we could exclude just that one subfolder & they wouldn’t artificially impact the backup.
plus, it would make it a heckuva lot easier to script a periodic cleanup routine to delete those patch backups for systems with system partitions running low on space.
just delete the subfolder, then recreate. easy peasy.
anyone else have any thoughts on this?
