============================================================================= Run Date: JUL 27, 2009 Designation: VBEC*1*2 Package : VBEC - VBECS Priority: Mandatory Version : 1 SEQ #2 Status: Released Compliance Date: AUG 03, 2009 ============================================================================= Subject: VBECS UPDATES REMINDER Category: - Informational Description: ============ This patch serves as a reminder to VA facilities using the Vista Blood Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) that Microsoft Windows Updates are available for immediate installation. Sites who have not installed VBECS have no action to take with this informational patch. This patch is released with a 7 day compliance because the updates address security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Failure to comply with the installation of Windows Updates could expose the VBECS servers and software to security threats. These Microsoft Windows Update patches were released on 7/14/09 and must be installed on the VBECS servers: KB973346 KB971633 KB961371 KB890830 Windows Updates =============== If your servers are maintained at a data center, ignore this section since data center personnel will install updates. The VBECS development team must test every Microsoft Windows update. Once the development team is satisfied that the update causes no adverse effects, Clinical Product Support (CPS) will give the sites permission to apply the update by releasing this informational patch. Updates are approved with Windows Server Update Service. Approved updates will be downloaded to your servers automatically. However, a server administrator must install the updates locally. Windows Update instructions: ============================ 1) Since most updates require a reboot, coordinate a time with the Blood Bank manager to apply the updates. All Blood Bank users must be logged off the VBECS server before updates can begin. 2) At the agreed upon down time, log on to the VBECS cluster server. 3) Use the Cluster Administrator Tool to verify which node is active (Windows Updates should not be installed on an active node): a. Click on START, CONTROL PANEL, ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS, CLUSTER ADMINISTRATOR. b. If the OPEN CONNECTION TO CLUSTER window appears, enter the VBECS cluster name and click OK. c. When Cluster Administrator has opened click on the folder titled "Groups". d. The server name listed on the right side under the Owner column is the "Active" node. e. Record the server name listed under Owner, this is the active node. The other server in the VBECS cluster is the passive node. 4) Log on to the passive node of the VBECS cluster as a user with server administrator privileges. 5) Verify all users are off the VBECS server (do not proceed until all Users are logged off): a. Click on START, CONTROL PANEL, ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS, double click On TERMINAL SERVICE MANAGER. b. Click on THIS COMPUTER. The users who are logged on to the server will be displayed in the window pane on the right hand side under the Users tab. c. Right click on each user's name and click on SEND MESSAGE to send a message to the user asking them to log off the system. d. Close Terminal Service Manager. 6) A yellow shield shaped icon will appear in the System Tray (lower right corner of desktop) indicating updates are ready for installation. Click on the shield icon in the System Tray. 7) Leave Express Install selected. Click INSTALL. 8) When the update process is complete, you may be prompted to reboot. Reboot the server at this time. 9) Log on to the passive node that is now fully patched. Open the Cluster Administrator tool and do the following: a. Expand the Groups folder. Right click on CLUSTER GROUP, select MOVE GROUP and wait until all the listed resources are Online, this may take up to one minute. b. Right click on GROUP 0, select MOVE GROUP and wait until all the listed resources are Online, this may take up to one minute. c. Right Click on GROUP 1, select MOVE GROUP and wait until all the listed resources are Online. d. Close Cluster Administrator. 10) Log off the patched server which is now the active node. 11) Log on to the other server and repeat steps 6-8. ======================================================================== NOTE: Do not change the system! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies this software as a medical device. Unauthorized modifications will render this device an adulterated medical device under Section 501 of the Medical Device Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Acquiring and implementing this software through the Freedom of Information Act require the implementer to assume total responsibility for the software and become a registered manufacturer of a medical device, subject to FDA regulations. Adding to or updating VBECS software without permission is prohibited. =========================== BLOOD BANK CLEARANCE: EFFECT ON BLOOD BANK FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Patch VBEC*1.0*2 contains changes to a package referenced in VHA OI SEPG SOP 192-023 Review of VISTA Patches for Effects on VISTA Blood Bank Software. This patch does not alter or modify any VistA Blood Bank software design safeguards or safety critical elements functions. RISK ANALYSIS: Changes made by patch VBEC*1.0*2 have no effect on Blood Bank software functionality, therefore RISK is none. Routine Information: ==================== No routines included. ============================================================================= User Information: Entered By : HARRIS,JAMES C Date Entered : AUG 07, 2008 Completed By: CASTLE,JOHN Date Completed: JUL 24, 2009 Released By : SAUNDERS,TOM Date Released : JUL 27, 2009 ============================================================================= Packman Mail Message: ===================== No routines included