Lenovo System Update Solution (Deployment Guide)- User Manual

Chapter 1. Overview The programs documented in this deployment guide are System Update, UpdateRetriever and Thin Installer. This deployment guide explains the update process,defines each program, and how each program can be configured to fit your needs.In this deployment guide, you also will find in...

For more information on configuring repository locations for package storage, seeChapter 3, “Configurations,” on page 13. Deploying updates/packages to client systems Instead of using a network share on a LAN, you can use a local system such as theadministrator system for package storage. Once you h...

Chapter 2. Installation This chapter provides you with installation instructions for System Update andUpdate Retriever. This chapter will also provide you with installationrequirements, components and considerations. You can download System Updateand Update Retriever from the following Web site: htt...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\LanguageOverride If the LanguageOverride is empty, has an invalid value or the NLS language packspecified in the LanguageOverride field is not installed on the computer, thenSystem Update gets the language code from the operating system regional setti...

Table 4. List of parameters with -a (continued) Parameter Description Example /w This parameter forces theexecutable defined in theinstallation file to execute afterthe extraction and to waituntil the installation iscomplete before exiting. [System Update installation filename].exe -a /w If you extr...

The uninstall command for System Update is: MsiExec.exe /X{8675339C-128C-44DD-83BF-0A5D6ABD8297} /qn The uninstall command for Update Retriever is: MsiExec.exe /X{F25C538D-3F57-4AF4-80DD-B1DD1558F038} /qn Silent uninstall for Windows Vista To silently uninstall System Update that has been installed ...

Chapter 3. Configurations This chapter provides you with conceptual information and procedures toconfigure connectivity settings, repository locations and the user interface. Connection configurations System Update and Update Retriever support three types of connectivityconfiguration: direct connect...

Configuring System Update Configurations for System Update can be done through the registry, ActiveDirectory ® , or the start.reg file. If you are configuring just one system, you can use the registry to configure System Update. If you are configuring multiple systems,you can use Active Directory to...

Table 5. Registry locations (continued) Setting Registry location DisplayLicenseNotice , see “User Settings\General configurations” on page 18. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Preferences\UserSettings\General DisplayLicenseNoticeSU , see “User Settings\General configurations” on page 18. HKLM\SOFT...

Table 6. UC Settings\General Configurable item Description Value Action Billboard\LiveFeed You can use thissetting to disablethe live feed to theSystem Updatebillboard. Default: Lenovo LiveFeed v Default - Displaysthe live feed imageon the SystemUpdate userinterface. v Blank - Displays thedefault bi...

Table 7. \UC Settings\HTTPSHelloSettings (continued) Configurable item Description Value Action ServerName This setting willdisable the SystemUpdate applicationupgrade function(Update Thyself). The default value ispre-configured toconnect to theLenovo Help CenterWeb site. System Update checksthe Len...

Note: The RetryLimit and RetryWaitTime for the HTTPSPackageSettings are values that control the connection between System Update and the server used to searchfor update packages. Proxy server configurations The following table and example provides the configurable items for the proxyserver connectio...

Table 10. User Settings\General (continued) Configurable item Description Value Action RepositoryLocation1 Use this settingto indicate therepository folderpath. The keyvalue nameshould be“RepositoryLocation%N%”,where %N% is anumber between(include) 1 and20. Default value:SUPPORTCENTER System Update ...

Note: To edit registry configurations, close the System Update application. If System Update is running while changes are made in the registry, the old registryentries will be recovered. Repository configurations The default for System Update is to obtain update packages from the Lenovo HelpCenter W...

3. Set the access permissions of the new repository folder to read only access forend users. Administrator functions will require read and write access. 4. On client systems, navigate to the following registry entry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General\RepositoryLocat...

v RepositoryLocation1 - Lenovo Help Center Web site v RepositoryLocation2 - Local system v RepositoryLocation3 - Network share Creating and configuring multiple repositories with the registry: To create and configure multiple repository locations, complete the following steps: 1. Create a new folder...

If you want to control the version of System Update available to your users, youcan use your network repository to store specific versions of System Update.Storing packages locally will enable the System Update application to search forupgrades within your network repository. This version control fu...

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Update Retriever Group Policy settings The following tables provide policy settings for the Computer Configuration forSystem Update. User Settings: This table provides policies for the user settings of System Update: Table 12. Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates&g...

Table 12. Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>User Settings (continued) Policy Setting Description MappedNetworkDrive UNC UNC location for the mapped network drive(format \\server\share). Default: none User Use the mapdrv.exe /view command to createa...

Managing network share repositories with Active Directory ® This section provides a description of the policy settings for the network sharerepository. Setting these policies will prompt an end user for a user name andpassword when the System Update end user interface is launched or when ascheduled ...

Setting policies for multiple repositories: Use the following example to set the policies in Group Policy when using multiple repositories: 1. After adding the Administrative Template for System Update, navigate GroupPolicy Object Editor to the following location: Computer Configuration\Administrati...

Attention: The start.reg file will be deleted after the first execution of System Update. To make the start.reg settings the default settings that are restored in theevent the registry settings ever get corrupted, rename the start.reg file todefault.reg and save it into the following path: c:\Progra...

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings]"RetryLimit"="0""RetryWaitTime"="0""ServerName"=" \\\\Server_X\\TVSU_repository\\ " "BlockSize"="4096""Domains"=hex(7):2e,00,6c,00,65,00...

Chapter 4. Working with System Update This chapter provides information on working with update packages, using theSystem Update program, and the Web upgrade for System Update. About System Update When you search for updates using System Update, the request goes to arepository or the Lenovo Help Cent...

Working with update packages An update package is made by bundling several files together. Updates packagesconsist of a self-extracting installer program, an XML Descriptor file that definesthe update, and one or more NLS translated readme files. An update may alsooptionally include one or more NLS ...

Note: The user name and password properties can be managed by Active Directory. Since the user name and password must be encrypted when used as anapplication property, an administrator can use a Lenovo supplied utility calledMapDrv to generate encrypted strings for the user name and password using a...

– A video driver that corrects an issue that may cause blue screen.– BIOS update that contains minor fixes that may impact a small set of customers. – A power management driver that will allow a mobile system to get the most out of its battery life. v Optional packages will improve your computing ex...

v Notification: You can choose to be notified when new updates are found and have the choiceto either download the update or defer the download until another time. Forcritical updates only, additional options are available to automatically downloador download and install all new updates and get noti...

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

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

Table 16. The status of updates Option Possible Value Default Value Severity v Default v Critical v Recommended v Optional Default License v Default v Display v No display Default Status v Test v Active Test v Repositories You can customize the location of the repository folder. If a network share i...

Show updates in a repository You can view updates in the repository by choosing Manage repository and then selecting Update view . You can view updates in the repository by filtering by operating system, language,machine type, severity, and status. In the Update view , you can sort the list of updat...

10. From the Update view panel, click the drop down menu for Operating System File . 11. Change the setting to Unassigned . This gives you a list of unassigned triplets. 12. Select the check box for the update package and click Assign Systems . 13. Select the check box or for the applicable triplets...

– Manual installation details– Uninstall details v Define the files that make up the update package:– Installer file– External file– Readme file– License file and other system specific files Creating an update package You can create an update package by choosing Manage repository , selecting Update ...

Chapter 6. Working with Thin Installer This chapter provides information about using theThin Installer program, thedownload instructions, and how this program can be configured to fit your needs. About Thin Installer Thin Installer is a smaller version of System Update, which is used as a standalone...

Using Thin Installer This section provides information about using Thin Installer. There are two modes to run Thin Installer: v GUI mode– If you execute the Thininstaller.exe file directly, Thin Installer searches for the update packages from the default repository in the folder where the ThinInstal...

Table 18. Command line scripts (continued) Scripts Description %ANYPATH%\ThinInstaller.exe /CM –search C–action INSTALL –repository C:\MyRepository–log "C:\MyLogFolder\MyLogFile.txt" Searches a repository for critical updatepackages and installs those that do notcontain a license agreement. ...

Table 19. How to create a log file Running mode Has a writableaccess to currentdirectory Description of log file GUI mode: executeThinInstaller.exe directly. YES Log file name:Update_log_YYMMDDHHMMSS.txtPath: Current directory\logs\ GUI mode: executeThinInstaller.exe directly. NO No log file. GUI mo...

Return codes Thin Installer returns codes in both the GUI and command line modes. If one ofthe following errors occur when using Thin Installer, Thin Installer returns code 1.Otherwise, Thin Installer returns code 0. v The XML schema validation fails for the update package. v The CRC validation fail...

Table 20. Description of configurable items (continued) Configurable item Description Value Action ContentMode Specifies which updatepackages Thin Installerwill search for. Default value:Active v If Active, ThinInstaller willsearch theUpdate Retrieverrepository forthe updatepackages inactive status....

Chapter 7. Best practices This chapter provides step-oriented scenarios to help you understand the updateprocess. The scenarios provided in this chapter are: “Scenario 1 - Managing the update process” “Scenario 2 - Deploying specific packages” on page 65 “Scenario 3 - Deploy onto non-Lenovo systems”...

Note: After you install Update Retriever, restart your system to set the Scheduler function. If you are not using the Scheduler function of UpdateRetriever, a restart is not needed. 6. Download System Update from the following Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndoc...

a. Type the applicable machine type. You can find the machine type on thebottom of a laptop or on the rear of a desktop machine. b. Select the applicable operating system from the drop down menu. c. Select the applicable language from the drop down menu. d. Click Add and then click Save . 5. On the ...

7. Create a packages for the non-Lenovo systems using Update Retriever. Note: Add the Supported Systems method in the dependencies section of the XML descriptor file to apply the updates to a particular model. 8. Save the XML descriptor. 9. Import the packages to the Update Retriever managed reposit...

tvsu.exe /package "C:\installtxt\ installList.txt" 7. Press Enter. Scenario 6 - Deploying packages to client system repositories An alternate to using a network shared drive repository, is to deploy packages toclient system repositories. Complete the following steps to deploy packages toclie...

Scenario 8 - Working with Thin Installer Thin Installer always first checks for the database.xml file in the repository folder.If you have created a repository using Update Retriever, the database.xml file iscreated in the same folder. The Database.xml file associates each Machine Type,Operating Sys...

Integrating Thin Installer with ImageUltra Builder (IUB) This is the ideal way to deploy common drivers and applications during an imagerollout. The system administrator maintains one central repository and one imagefor different types of systems. To learn more about ImageUltra Builder, go to thefol...

Appendix A. Command line parameters This chapter provides information about command line parameters, search modes,notification parameters, and the Map Drive utility. Automatic search This function will perform an automatic search for new updates from a repositoryfolder or the Lenovo Help Center. Tab...

When System Update is performing an automatic search through a proxy serverwith authentication and no user name or password have been saved, no dialogswill be displayed to the end user. An error will be logged to the System Updatelogging file and System Update is shutdown. If the user name and passw...

Notification parameters The notification parameter used on the command line specifies the way SystemUpdate handles update packages and then notifies you when packages have beenprocessed. The following table provides the parameters and descriptions for each: Table 25. Notification parameter Parameter...

The following list provides a description of the search mode and notificationmethods used: v -search A - enables System Update to search for critical, recommended and optional packages. v -action INSTALL - installs the packages. v -IncludeRebootPackages 1,3,4 - enables System Update to download and ...

Table 26. The MapDrv settings and values (continued) Value Description NetPath Value output from the MapDrv utility to indicatethe actual connection path (may be IP dottedformat if the nameserver is not working). Theactual connection path may not be the same as thestored UNC value. The MapDrv utilit...

app id: TVSUAPPLICATIONuser: temppwd: password This command captures the encrypted user name and password to setup therepository with UNC path with authentication. Storing network share information for a TVT This function stores the network share information in the registry using the <tvt> to ...

Appendix B. Notices Lenovo may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in thisdocument in all countries. Consult your local Lenovo representative forinformation on the products and services currently available in your area. Anyreference to an Lenovo product, program, or service is no...

Any performance data contained herein was determined in a controlledenvironment. Therefore, the result in other operating environments may varysignificantly. Some measurements may have been made on development-levelsystems and there is no guarantee that these measurements will be the same ongenerall...