exe file (wacserver2013-kb2760445-fullfile-圆4-glb.exe) and just follow the instructions accept license agreement etc. To patch the machine start the downloaded. All our end-user requests are now going to the remaining server(s) in the WAC farm. Once this is done the server is no longer receiving requests and it’s no longer a part of the WAC farm and we can start patching this machine. NOTE: You MUST remove the machines from the old farm before patching and then later create a new WAC farm (follow the instructions thoroughly). Get-NlbClusterNode -NodeName $env:COMPUTERNAME | Stop-NlbClusterNode -Drain WAC Servers should only be patched with the binaries installed, not when they are participating in a WAC farm. Next thing to do is just remove the WAC server from the WAC farm – that is also a one-line PowerShell command. In my case I’m using Microsoft NLB and using PowerShell this is an easy task. First of all we need to take one of the servers out of rotation in the WAC farm. We would like to do this without the users even noticing it. Patching the first WAC ServerĪfter downloading the patch and copying it to our WAC machines we can start the patching process. Ok, you do not have to install KB2760486, you only need the KB2760445 one. ![]() If you don’t have time to read it – I’ll show you some of them at the end of this post. The KB article does not reveal much of what has changed, but if you take a look at an earlier patch KB2760486 (March 5th) you’ll notice some really cool things. You can find it at Microsoft Download center and it is called “ Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 (KB2760445)”. On order to update our WAC farm we need to download the March 2013 patch for Office Web Apps 2013. The WAC farm is load balanced using NLB, like illustrated on the right. ![]() Background and preparationsįor this sample I will have a SharePoint 2013 (RTM) farm connected to a WAC 2013 (RTM) farm. If you follow my instructions you will have zero downtime (except for a brief moment where Excel stuff will not be accessible). In this post we’ll take a look at the first Office Web Apps 2013 (WAC) update – specifically we’re looking at how to patch your WAC farm to minimize the downtime. There’s some really important fixes and some very interesting fixes that I’ve been waiting for. I’m really glad to see some patches being rolled out for Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 and Office Web Apps 2013.
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