Lenovo ThinkServer RS110- Manuals

Chapter 2. Installation This chapter provides you with installation instructions for EasyUpdate and Update Retriever. This chapter will also provide you with installation requirements, components and considerations. You can download EasyUpdate and Update Retriever from the following Lenovo Support W...

Chapter 3. Configurations This chapter provides you with conceptual information and procedures to configure connectivity settings, repository locations and the user interface. Connection configurations EasyUpdate and Update Retriever support three types of connectivity configuration: direct connecti...

Table 9. User Settings\Connection (continued) Configurable item Description Value Action Password The password to use for the connection. Default value: None This element is used only for a connection type of Proxy (HTTP proxy) when the proxy server requires authentication. EasyUpdate will connect t...

Table 10. User Settings\General (continued) Configurable item Description Value Action RepositoryLocation1 Use this setting to indicate the repository folder path. The key value name should be “Repository Location%N%”, where %N% is a number between (include) 1 and 20. Default value: SUPPORTCENTER Ea...

Table 11. User Settings\Scheduler (continued) Configurable item Description Value Action Frequency The interval in which the scheduler is set to run: Weekly or Monthly. Default value: MONTHLY This setting along with the SchedulerRunEvery are used to set how often EasyUpdate must be run. If the value...

\\Server_X\TSEU_repository\ 3. Extract the files from the SSClientCommon.zip file to your repository folder. For example: \\Server_X\TSEU_repository\SSClientCommon\ 4. Install EasyUpdate on the client system. Note: This version control function is compatible with EasyUpdate 1.0 and future releases. ...

v Computer policies v Computer preferences As described previously, computer and user policies are defined by the administrator. These settings can be initialized through the start.reg file or through a Group Policy in Active Directory. Computer preferences are set by the end user on the client comp...

7. Click OK . 8. Deploy these settings to client systems. Note: EasyUpdate version control is compatible with EasyUpdate 1.0 and future releases. Configuring EasyUpdate with the start.reg file Configurable items will initially be set when EasyUpdate starts. The start.reg file is used to update the W...

HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\TSEUAPPLICATION\User= <encrypted username> HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\TSEUAPPLICATION\Pwd= <encrypted password> Working with license agreements Upon searching for update packages, EasyUpdate will provide update packages to download and install. Up...

– Memory upgrades – Printer recommendations – Warranty recommendations Scheduling the search for updates You have the option to manually initiate the search for new updates or schedule an automatic search for new updates at a specified time interval. When you enable the automatic search for updates,...

Automatic search for new updates with download You can configure EasyUpdate to automatically search for and download new updates available to your system on a specified schedule. If new updates are found, those updates are automatically downloaded to the local cache of deferred updates and you are n...

Chapter 5. Working with Update Retriever This chapter provides information about setting up, upgrading, and using Update Retriever. About Update Retriever Update Retriever enables you to download update packages from the Lenovo Help Center Web site to a network share repository folder. Your reposito...

Attention: If you find duplicate update packages in the network share repository, these packages have different package contents. Select all packages with corresponding names for a given machine type when you are managing the contents of the network share repository. Note: If you install Update Retr...

v Reports with version history v Minimum installation requirements v Steps to install and uninstall v Reports change from one version to the next v Issues that need to be communicated to the end user Note: If a readme file does not exist in the update package, the update cannot be imported with Upda...

Chapter 6. Working with Mini-EasyUpdate This chapter provides information about using theMini-EasyUpdate program, the download instructions, and how this program can be configured to fit your needs. About Mini-EasyUpdate Mini-EasyUpdate is a smaller version of EasyUpdate, which is used as a standalo...

Table 17. Command line scripts (continued) Scripts Description %ANYPATH%\MiniEasyUpdate.exe /CM –search C –action INSTALL –repository "C:\MyRepository" –log "C:\MyLogFolder\MyLogFile.txt" Searches a repository for critical update packages and installs those that do not contain a lice...

Table 19. Description of configurable items (continued) Configurable item Description Value Action DebugEnable Specifies whether Mini-EasyUpdate creates the log file named ApplicabilityRulesTrace.txt Default value: NO v If YES, Mini-EasyUpdate will create the log file. v If NO, Mini-EasyUpdate will ...

When EasyUpdate is performing an automatic search through a proxy server with authentication and no user name or password have been saved, no dialogs will be displayed to the end user. An error will be logged to the EasyUpdate logging file and EasyUpdate is shutdown. If the user name and password ha...

Table 24. Notification parameter (continued) Parameter Description -repository <path> If you use a repository folder to store update packages, you must specify the folder's path. To specify the folder's path, use this parameter and EasyUpdate will search for update packages stored in the folde...

Any performance data contained herein was determined in a controlled environment. Therefore, the result in other operating environments may vary significantly. Some measurements may have been made on development-level systems and there is no guarantee that these measurements will be the same on gene...