Lenovo SystemUpdateSolution User Manual

SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixB “Notices”onpage85

SixthEdition(June2014)

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration “GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.

Contents

Preface................iii

Chapter1.Overview...........1

SystemUpdate...............1

UpdateRetriever...............1

ThinInstaller................1

Managingtheupdateprocess.........1

SystemUpdate.............2

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever.....2

UsingSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieveron

non-Lenovosystems.............5

Chapter2.Installation..........7

Installationrequirements............7

.Net..................8

Installationcomponents............8

SystemUpdatelanguages.........8

UpdateRetrieverlanguages........10

Installationconsiderations..........10

Installationproceduresandcommand-line

parameters..............11

AscenarioofinstallingSystemUpdateandUpdate

Retrieverinanenterpriseenvironment.....13

Uninstall.................13

SilentuninstallonWindowsVistaorWindows

7operatingsystems...........14

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations.......15

Connectionconﬁgurations..........15

ConﬁguringSystemUpdate.........15

ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththeregistry.16 ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewithActive

Directory...............29

ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththestart.reg

ﬁle..................36

Chapter4.WorkingwithSystem

Update.................39

AboutSystemUpdate............39

Extrastab...............39

SystemUpdatebillboard.........39

Workingwithupdatepackages........39

Downloadingandinstallingupdates....40

Workingwithlicenseagreements.....41

UsingSystemUpdate............41

Schedulingthesearchforupdates.....42

Viewingthedownloadandinstallation

history................43

Hidingandrestoringhiddenupdates....43

Workingwithupdatesthatforceareboot..43

Keyboardshortcuts.............43

Chapter5.WorkingwithUpdate

Retriever...............45

AboutUpdateRetriever...........45

Aboutupdatepackages...........45

UpdateRetrieverﬁrsttimesetup.......46

UsingUpdateRetriever...........47

Manualsearchingfornewupdates.....47

Schedulingthesearchforupdates.....48

Managingtherepository.........49

Modifyingsettings...........51

Viewinghistory.............51

Hidingupdates.............52

Exportingupdates...........52

Keyboardshortcuts.............53

Chapter6.WorkingwithThin

Installer................55

AboutThinInstaller.............55

ConﬁguringThinInstaller..........55

UsingThinInstaller.............58

Returnerrorcodes...........61

Logs.................61

WindowsVistaandWindows7

considerations.............62

Webserverconﬁguration.........62

Bestpractices...............62

UninstallingThinInstaller..........62

Chapter7.Bestpractices.......63

Scenario1-Managingtheupdateprocess...63

Step1-Installingtheprograms......63

Step2-Customizingtheprograms.....64

Step3-Workingwiththeprograms....64

Scenario2-Deployingspeciﬁcupdatepackages.65

Creatingrepositoryfolders........65

ConﬁguringSystemUpdateonclient

computers..............65

WorkingwithUpdateRetriever......65

Deployingthepackages.........66

Scenario3-Deployingtonon-Lenovosystems..66 Scenario4-DisablingtheWebupgradeforSystem

Update..................67

Scenario5-Installingspeciﬁcupdatepackages

withtheMSDOSprompt...........67

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014

Scenario6-Deployingupdatepackagestoclient

computerrepositories............68

Step1-Settinguptheadministratorsystem.68 Step2-ConﬁguringSystemUpdateonclient

computers..............68

Scenario7-Workingwithﬁrewallsandthe

schedulerfunction.............68

Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller.....69

DeployingthepackagesusingUSB,CD,or

DVDmedia..............69

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusinga

networksharerepository.........69

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusinga

systemmanagementtool.........69

IntegratingThinInstallerwiththeImageUltra

Builderprogram............69

IntegratingThinInstallerwithaSysprep

Image................70

AppendixA.Commandline

parameters..............71

Automaticsearch.............71

Commandlinescripts............71

Searchmodes...............78

Notiﬁcationparameters...........79

MapDrvutility...............81

Commandlineinterface.........81

UsingtheMapDrvutility.........82

AppendixB.Notices..........85

Trademarks................86

iiSystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Preface

InformationpresentedinthisguideistosupportcomputersworkedwiththeThinkVantage program(hereafterrefertoasSystemUpdate),theUpdateRetrieverprogram(hereafterrefertoasUpdate Retriever),ortheThinInstallerprogram(hereafterrefertoasThinInstaller).

SystemUpdateisaprogramthatyoucanusetohelpkeepyoursystemup-to-date.UpdateRetrieverisan administrativeprogramthatyoucanusetocustomizetheupdateprocessforyourenterprise.ThinInstaller isalighterversionofSystemUpdate,anditdoesnotrequireinstallation,doesnotcreateanyregistry keys,anddoesnothaveanyservices.

ThisguideisintendedforITadministratorsorthosewhoareresponsiblefordeployingupdatesoncomputers intheirorganizations.Ifyouhavesuggestionsorcomments,communicatewithyourLenovo®authorized representative.Thisguideisupdatedperiodically,andyoucancheckthelatestpublicationontheLenovo Websiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage

SystemUpdate

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014

iii

ivSystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Chapter1.Overview

TheprogramsdocumentedinthisdeploymentguideareSystemUpdate,UpdateRetriever,andThinInstaller. Thisdeploymentguidedeﬁneseachprogram,explainstheupdateprocess,andexplainshoweachprogram canbeconﬁguredtoﬁtyourneeds.Inthisdeploymentguide,youalsowillﬁndinstallationprocedures, applicationconﬁgurations,andbestpracticesonhowtousetheseprogramsindifferentenvironments.

SystemUpdate

SystemUpdateisaprogramthathelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyoursystemup-to-date.UsingSystem Update,theupdatepackagesthatarestoredonLenovoserverscanbedownloadedfromtheLenovo HelpCenterWebsite.Updatepackagescanbeapplications,devicedrivers,BIOSﬂashes,andsoftware updates.WhenSystemUpdateconnectstotherepositoryfolder,SystemUpdateautomaticallyrecognizes yourcomputermachinetype,modelnumber,andothersysteminformationtodeterminewhetheryour systemneedstheavailableupdates.SystemUpdatewilldisplayapicklistofupdatepackageswhereyou canselectupdatepackagestodownloadandinstall.SystemUpdatecanbeconﬁguredtoinstallpackages eithermanuallyorautomatically.SystemUpdatealsoprovidesamethodtodefertheinstallationofupdate packages.SystemUpdatecanbeconﬁguredtosearchforanddownloadupdatepackagesfromany combinationofthefollowinglocations:

•TheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite

•TheRepositoryfolderonalocalsystem

•TheRepositoryfolderonanetworkshare

UpdateRetriever

UpdateRetrieverisaprogramthatenablesyoutosearchforanddownloadupdatesfromtheLenovoHelp CenterWebsitetoarepositoryfolderonanetworkshare.YoucanconﬁgureSystemUpdatetosearchfor updatepackagesfromarepositoryfolderonanetworkshareinsteadofsearchingtheLenovoHelpCenter Website.UpdateRetrievercanhelpyouwiththefollowing:

•DownloadingupdatesforspeciﬁcLenovosystemsaccordingtomachinetypes,languages,andoperating systems

•Downloadingupdatepackagesformorethanonemachinetype

•Importingupdatepackages

ThinInstaller

ThinInstallerisalighterversionofSystemUpdate.UnlikeSystemUpdate,ThinInstallerdoesnotrequire installation,doesnotcreateanyregistrykeys,anddoesnothaveanyservices.ThinInstallercansearchfor updatepackagesfromtherepositoryfolderonalocalharddiskdrive,anetworkshare,aWebshare,or externalmediasuchasaCD,DVD,orUSBharddiskdrive.

Managingtheupdateprocess

Theupdateprocessisamethodtoobtain,conﬁgure,andinstallupdatepackages.

Tocompletetheupdateprocess,useoneofthefollowingoptions:

•SystemUpdate

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014

IfyouuseonlySystemUpdate,SystemUpdatewillconnecttotheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitethrough

Internet

Client system

Lenovo

Help Center

System Update

anInternetconnection,searchforupdatepackages,andgeneratealistofupdatepackagesforfurther installation.

•SystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever

IfyouuseSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverinanenterpriseenvironment,UpdateRetrieverwill searchtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteforupdatepackages,downloadthosepackagestothenetwork sharefolder,andenableyoutocustomizetheupdatecontentrelevanttoyourenterprise;SystemUpdate canbeconﬁguredtoobtainupdatesfromthesharedfolderandcompletetheinstallationofupdates onaclientcomputer.

•ThinInstallerandUpdateRetriever

IfyouuseThinInstallerandUpdateRetrieverinanenterpriseenvironment,UpdateRetrieverwillsearch theLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteforupdatepackages,downloadthosepackagestothenetworkshare folder,andenableyoutocustomizetheupdatecontentrelevanttoyourenterprise;ThinInstallerwill searchforupdatesonthesharedfolderandcompletetheinstallationofupdatesonaclientcomputer.

SystemUpdate

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthecommunicationpathofupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCenter toaclientcomputerusingonlySystemUpdate.

Figure1.UpdateprocessusingonlySystemUpdate

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever

Inanenterpriseenvironmentwithmultiplesystems,youcanuseUpdateRetrieveronanadministrative systemtodownloadupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCentertoarepositoryfolderonyournetwork shareoralocalsystem.SystemUpdateonaclientcomputercanbeconﬁguredtoobtainupdatesfromthe repositoryfolderonanetworkshareoralocalsystem.Therepositoryfolderprovidesthestorageforupdate packages.Thisprovidesgreatercontroloftheupdatesthatareavailableoveryournetwork.

Downloadingupdatepackagestotheadministratorsystem

ThefollowingillustrationprovidesthecommunicationpathofupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCenter toyouradministratorsystemusingUpdateRetriever.

2SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Figure2.CommunicationpathbetweenLenovoHelpCenterandtheadministratorsystem

Obtainingupdatesfromtherepositoryfolderonanetworkshare

Thefollowingillustrationprovidesthecommunicationpathofupdatepackagesfromanadministratorsystem withUpdateRetrievertoclientcomputerswithSystemUpdate:

Figure3.Communicationpathofupdatepackagesonalocalareanetwork

Formoreinformationonconﬁguringrepositorylocationsforpackagestorage,seeChapter3“Conﬁgurations” onpage15

Deployingupdatepackagestoclientcomputers

Insteadofusinganetworkshareonalocalareanetwork(LAN),youcanusealocalsystemsuchasthe administratorsystemtostoreupdatepackages.Onceyouhavecreatedarepositoryfolder,youcandeploy thefoldertoclientcomputers.ThedeploymentofrepositoryfolderenablesyoutouseUpdateRetriever onanadministratorsystemtodownloadupdatepackagestoarepositoryfolderanddeploythefolder containingtheupdatepackagestoclientcomputers.WhentheclientcomputerrunsSystemUpdate, SystemUpdatewillobtainupdatesdirectlyfromthefolderyoudeployedtotheclientcomputer.

Thefollowingillustrationprovidesthecommunicationpathofupdatepackagesfromanadministrator systemtoclientcomputers.

Chapter1.Overview3

Figure4.Communicationpathofupdatepackagesfromtherepositoryfoldertoclientcomputers

Customizingupdatepackagesforclientcomputers

Forenterprisesthatneedtocreatecustomupdatepackagesforclientcomputers,usebothSystemUpdate andUpdateRetrievertomanagetheupdateprocess.Asanadministrator,youcanuseUpdateRetrieverto downloadselectedupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCentertoarepositoryfolderonanetworkshare. YoucanuseUpdateRetrievertoeditanexistingpackageorcreateanewpackageintherepositoryfolder. UpdateRetrieverusesanXMLdescriptorﬁletodeﬁnewhenanupdatepackageisrelevantandhowtoinstall theupdatepackage.Forexample,youcancreateanXMLdescriptorﬁlethatenablesaspeciﬁcupdate tobedownloadedandinstalledonaclientcomputerdependingontheversionofthesoftwarealready installedorexistinghardwaredevicesfoundinthesystem.AfterusingUpdateRetrievertocustomizeupdate packagestoﬁttheneedsofyourenterprise,importtheupdatepackagesintotherepositoryfolderonthe networkshareusingUpdateRetriever.

Onclientcomputers,useSystemUpdatetosearchthenetworksharerepositoryfolderforupdatepackages. SystemUpdatecanthendownloadandinstallrelevantpackagesfromthenetworksharerepositoryfolderto clientcomputers.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthecommunicationpathamongtheLenovoHelpCenter,SystemUpdate, andUpdateRetrieverwhenusingUpdateRetrievertomanagetheupdateprocess:

4SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Figure5.UpdateprocessforclientcomputersmanagedbyadministratorsusingUpdateRetriever

UsingSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieveronnon-Lenovosystems

Bydesign,SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrievercanbeleveragedwithnon-Lenovosystems.Non-Lenovo systemsarenotconﬁguredtoutilizetheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitetodownloadandinstallpackages.If youareusinganon-LenovosystemwithSystemUpdateinstalled,useUpdateRetrievertodownload updatepackagestoarepositoryfolderonyournetworkoryourlocalsystem,anduseSystemUpdateto searchforupdatepackagesfromyournetwork.

Chapter1.Overview5

6SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Chapter2.Installation

Thischapterprovidestheinstallationinstructions,installationrequirements,components,andconsiderations forSystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever.YoucandownloadSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverfromthe followingWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

YoucanalsodownloadThinInstallerfromtheLenovoSupportWebsiteandthenuseitdirectly.Itrequires noinstallation.ForinformationaboutThinInstaller,seeChapter6“WorkingwithThinInstaller”onpage55

Installationrequirements

SystemUpdate5.xissupportedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:

•Microsoft

Windows

•Windows7Business

•Windows7HomeBasic

•Windows7HomePremium

•Windows7Ultimate

•Windows7Enterprise

•Windows7Professional

•Windows8

•Windows8.1

7Starter

SystemUpdate3.xissupportedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:

•WindowsVista

•WindowsXPProfessionalwithServicePack2orlater

•Windows2000ProfessionalwithServicePack4

Note:SystemUpdatesupportssystemswiththeWindows2003operatingsysteminstalledonlyifupdate packagesarestoredinarepositoryonyourlocalnetwork.ConnectiontotheLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteis notsupportedontheWindows2003operatingsystem.

UpdateRetrieverissupportedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:

•Windows7Starter

•Windows7Business

•Windows7HomeBasic

•Windows7HomePremium

•Windows7Ultimate

•Windows7Enterprise

•Windows7Professional

•WindowsVista

•WindowsXPProfessional(32-bitonly)

•WindowsXPHome(32-bitonly)

•WindowsServer

2003StandardEdition

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014

•WindowsServer2003EnterpriseEdition

•WindowsSmallBusinessServer2003StandardEdition(32-bitonly)

•WindowsSmallBusinessServer2003PremiumEdition

•WindowsServer2003R2Standard

•WindowsServer2003R2Enterprise

•WindowsServer2008StandardEdition

•WindowsServer2008StandardwithoutHyper-V

•WindowsServer2008Enterprise

•WindowsServer2008EnterprisewithoutHyper-V

•WindowsServer2008DataCenter

•WindowsServer2008DataCenterwithoutHyper-V

•WindowsWebServer2008

•Windows8

•Windows8.1

Note:Unlessotherwisestated,thesupportedoperatingsystemsrefertoboththe32-bitversionandthe 64-bitversion.

.Net

SystemUpdaterequiresMicrosoft.NETFramework4.0oralaterversion.UpdateRetrieverrequires Microsoft.NETFramework3.5oralaterversion.Youcandownloadacompatibleversionof.NETFramework fromthefollowingMicrosoftWebsite: http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate

Note:WhenperformingasilentinstallationofUpdateRetrieveronasystemwithoutMicrosoft.Net Framework3.5oralaterversion,thefollowingmessagewillbewrittentothe%temp%\tvursetup.logﬁle: “BeforeinstallingUpdateRetrieversilently,youneedtodownloadandinstallMicrosoft.NetFramework3.5 oralaterversion.T odownloadandmanuallyinstallMicrosoft.NetFramework3.5oralaterversion,goto theMicrosoftWebsiteathttp://www.microsoft.com/net/download.aspx. ”

Installationcomponents

ThissectionprovidesinformationoninstallationcomponentsforSystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever. TheseprogramsareinstalledwiththeInstallShieldsoftwaretool.

SystemUpdatelanguages

ThefollowingtablepresentsthelanguagesandthecorrespondinglanguageoverridecodesforSystem Update.

Table1.SystemUpdatelanguagecodes

LanguageIdentiﬁerLanguageoverridecode

Danish1030DA

Dutch(Standard)

English1033EN

Finnish1035FI

French1036FR

1043NL

8SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table1.SystemUpdatelanguagecodes(continued)

LanguageIdentiﬁerLanguageoverridecode

German

Italian1040IT

Japanese1041JP

Korean1042

Norwegian(Bokmal)

Portuguese(Brazilian)

Spanish

Swedish

SimpliﬁedChinese

TraditionalChinese

1031DE

1044

1046PT

1034

1053

2052

1028

CHS

CHT

SystemUpdatesupportsallNLS(NationalLanguageSupport)languagepacks.Innormalcases,System UpdateloadsthelanguagepacksetintheLanguageOverrideﬁeld.Thatis,atstartup,SystemUpdate checkstheWindowsregistryforavalidlanguageoverridecodeintheLanguageOverrideﬁeld.Ifthe languageoverridecodeintheLanguageOverrideﬁeldisvalidandthelanguagepackisavailableonthe system,SystemUpdatewillloadthelanguagepackcorrespondingtothelanguageoverridecodespeciﬁed intheLanguageOverrideﬁeld,anddisplaytherestofthesessioninthatlanguage.

TheregistrylocationfortheLanguageOverrideﬁeldis:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\LanguageOverride

ThefollowingarescenariosinwhichSystemUpdatewillloadthesubstituteNLSlanguagepack.

•LoadingthelanguagepacksetintheWindowsRegionalandLanguageOptionssettings:

IftheLanguageOverrideﬁeldisemptyorwithaninvalidvalue,orthevaluespeciﬁedinthe LanguageOverrideﬁeldisnotinstalledonthesystem,SystemUpdatewillgetthelanguageoverride codeoftheoperatingsystemsetintheRegionalandLanguageOptionssettings.IfSystemUpdate successfullyloadsthelanguagepackcorrespondingtothelanguagesetintheRegionalandLanguage Optionssettings,SystemUpdatewilldisplaytherestofthesessioninthatlanguage.

•LoadingthelanguagepacksetintheDefaultLanguageﬁeld:

IfthelanguagepackcorrespondingtothelanguagesetintheRegionalandLanguageOptionssettings isnotavailableonthesystem,SystemUpdatewillattempttogetthedefaultlanguagethathasbeen setintheDefaultLanguageﬁeldwhentheenduserusedtheSystemUpdateinstallerandselecteda languageduringtheinstallation.SystemUpdatewillloadthelanguagepackcorrespondingtothedefault languagesetintheDefaultLanguageﬁeld,anddisplaytherestofthesessioninthatlanguage.Ifthe languagepackcorrespondingtothedefaultlanguagesetintheDefaultLanguageﬁeldisonthesystem, SystemUpdatewillloadthedefaultlanguagepackanddisplaytherestofthesession.

TheregistrylocationfortheDefaultLanguageﬁeldis:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Def aultLanguage

•LoadingtheUSEnglishlanguagepack:

IftheDefaultLanguageﬁeldisemptyorwithaninvalidvalue,orifthelanguagepackcorrespondingto thedefaultlanguagesetintheDefaultLanguageﬁeldisnotonthesystem,thedefaultlanguagewillnot beused.SystemUpdatewillattempttoloadtheUSEnglishlanguagepack.IftheUSEnglishlanguage packisnotonthesystem,anerrormessagewillbedisplayed,saying"SystemUpdatehasfoundacritical problemandmustclose."ThiserrormessageisintheUSEnglishlanguage.

Chapter2.Installation9

UpdateRetrieverlanguages

ThefollowingtablepresentsthelanguagesandthecorrespondinglanguageoverridecodesforUpdate Retriever.

Table2.UpdateRetrieverlanguagecodes

LanguageIdentiﬁerLanguageoverridecode

English1033EN

French1036FR

German

Japanese1041JP

SimpliﬁedChinese

1031DE

2052

CHS

TheregistrylocationfortheLanguageOverrideﬁeldis:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\UpdateRetriever\LanguageOverride

Installationconsiderations

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverareinstalledasstandaloneapplicationsanddeployedwithdefault preferencesforallconﬁgurationoptions.Theinstallationscenarioslistedbelowaresupported:

•Cleaninstallation:SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverareinstalledwithdefaultpreferencesfor theirrespectiveconﬁgurableoptions.

•Upgradeorover-installation(currentversionalreadyexists):TheWindowsInstallerwillremovethe oldversionofSystemUpdateorUpdateRetrieverandinstallthenewversion.Y ournetworkshare repositoryfolderandcontentswillbepreserved.

Duringinstallation,ashortcutisaddedtothefollowingStartmenufolderonThinkPad

StartMenu\Programs\ThinkVantage

systems:

ForLenovosystems,thefollowingshortcutisaddedtotheStartmenufolder:

StartMenu\Programs\LenovoCare

PreferencesarestoredassettingsinthefollowingWindowsregistrykeys:

•ForSystemUpdate:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

•ForUpdateRetriever:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\UpdateRetriever

Thedefaultfolderswhereapplicationﬁlesareinstalledarethefollowing:

•ForSystemUpdate:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

10SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

•ForUpdateRetriever:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\UpdateRetriever

Installationproceduresandcommand-lineparameters

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrievercanusethesamecommandlineparametersforinstallation.The followingexamplestartsanon-silentcommandlineinstallationforSystemUpdateorUpdateRetriever.

c:\>[SystemUpdateinstallationlename].exe

Todoasilentcommandlineextractionfollowedbyaninstallation,usethe/VERYSIELNTparameter.The extractdefaultstotheWindowsT empfolder,forexample:

c:\>[SystemUpdateinstallationlename].exe/VERYSILENT/NORESTART

Tosilentlyextracttoaspeciﬁcfolderfollowedbyaninstallation,usetheDIRparameter,forexample:

[SystemUpdateinstallationlename].exe/VERYSILENT/NORESTART/DIR="C:\TVT\tvsut"

The/DIRparametercausestheﬁlestobeextractedtothec:\tvt\tvsutfolder.

Youcanusethe-eparametertoextractthecontentsoftheinstallationﬁle.IfyouwanttheUpdateRetriever installationﬁletostarttheexecutable,specifytheﬁlenameafterthe–eparameter,forexample:

-e[UpdateRetrieverinstallationlename]

Thefollowingtableprovidesexampleswheretheﬁlenameisnotspeciﬁed.

Table3.Extractcommandscripts

Product

UpdateRetriever

CommandlineComment

UpdateRetriever-setup.exe

-fc:\tvt\tvurfolder-e

ExtractsUpdateRetriever toc:\tvt\tvurfolder

c:\tvt\tvurf older\setup.exe

Extractionfolder

Listofparameters

Theapplicationispackagedasaself-extractinginstallationﬁle.Therefore,theUpdateRetrieverinstallation ﬁlespeciﬁestheexecutabletostartaftertheextraction.Ifyouusethe-aparameter,thenanyparameter followingthe-awillbepassedtotheinstallationﬁleexecutable,andthenpromptstheexecutiontostart aftertheextraction,forexample:

c:\>[UpdateRetrieverinstallationlename].exe–s–fc:\tvt\tvsut–a [listofparameters]

Thefollowingtableprovidestheparametersusedwiththe-aparameter.

Chapter2.Installation11

Table4.Listofparameterswith-a

ParameterDescriptionExample

Thisparameterisusedforsilentmode. Itsuppressestheinitializationwindow deﬁnedintheinstallationﬁletoexecute aftertheextraction.

Thisparameterpassesthecommandline switchesandvaluesofpublicproperties totheMSIﬁleincludedintheinstallation ﬁle.Thisparameterisusedtosuppress theMSIﬁleuserinterface.Y ouwould usethisparameterinconjunctionwith otherparametersandtheexecutable ﬁlethattheinstallationﬁlewillstart aftertheextractionwhenyouwantto doasilentinstallation.Y oucanpass informationtotheMSIﬁleusingthe commandlinetoexecutetheinstallation ﬁle.Allparameterswithinthedouble quotemarks("")afterthe/vparameter arepassedtotheMSIﬁle.

Thisparameterspeciﬁesthelanguage usedbyamulti-languageinstallation programandrequiresadecimallanguage ID.AdecimallanguageIDcorresponds toanidentiﬁerinthetable.SeeSystem Updatelanguagecodes.

Thisparameterforcestheexecutable deﬁnedintheinstallationﬁletoexecute aftertheextractionandtowaituntilthe installationiscompletebeforeexiting.

[UpdateRetrieverinstallation lename].exe-s-a/s

[UpdateRetrieverinstallation lename].exe-s-a/s/v"/qn

[UpdateRetrieverinstallation lename].exe-s-a/s/v" /qn"/L1033

TheabovecommandlinewilluseEnglish.

[UpdateRetrieverinstallation lename].exe-a/w

Ifyouextracttheinstallationﬁlecontentsﬁrst,and wanttousethe/wparameterwiththeexecutable, theinstallationﬁlewillpointtothefolderwhereﬁle contentsareextractedandthenstarttheexecutable ﬁlespeciﬁedintheinstallationﬁleastheexecutable ﬁletostartaftertheextraction,forexample:

Setup.exe/w

reboot=r"

Thisparametersuppressesthereboot requestduringtheprocessofclean installation,upgradingorover-installation.

[UpdateRetrieverinstallation lename].exe-s-a/s/v" /qnreboot=r"

Installationlogﬁle

Theinstallationlogﬁlecontainsinformationthatcanbeusedtodebuginstallationproblems.ForSystem Update,thelogﬁlenameistvsusetup.log;forUpdateRetriever,thelogﬁlenameistvursetup.log.

Ifyouinstalltheprogrambydouble-clickingthesetup.exeﬁle,thelogﬁlewillbeautomaticallygeneratedand storedinthe%temp%directory.

Ifyouwanttoinstalltheprogramsilentlyandgenerateinstallationlogﬁles,usethefollowingcommands:

•ForSystemUpdate:

[SystemUpdateinstallationlename].exe/VERYSILENT/NORESTART/L OG=c:\tvsu.log

Tospecifythedetailedlogdirectory,usethe/LOGcommand.

•ForUpdateRetriever:

12SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

-s-a/s/v"/qnREBOOT=R/L*v%temp%\tvursetup.log"

where%temp%isthedirectorythatyoucanspecifyforstoringthelogﬁle.Y oudonotneedtorestartthe systemafterthesilentinstallationcompletes.

WindowsVistaandWindows7considerations

WithconsiderationsforWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,theSystemUpdatesilent installationpromptsaUserAccountControl(UAC)message.Youcanﬁndinformationondisablingand enablingtheUserAccountControlmessageonthefollowingWebsite: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library /0d75f774-8514-4c9e-ac08-4c21f5c6c2d91033.mspx?mfr=true

Note:IftheUACisactive,asilentuninstallwillnotworkwithWindowsVistaandWindows7operating systems.

AscenarioofinstallingSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverinan enterpriseenvironment

CompletethefollowingstepstoinstallSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverusingasilentcommand:

1.DownloadUpdateRetrievertoanadministratorsystemfromthefollowingLenovoWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

2.DownloadSystemUpdatetoclientcomputersfromthefollowingLenovoWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

3.PerformasilentinstallationofSystemUpdateonclientcomputersbyusingthefollowingcommandat thecommandprompt:

setup.exe/VERYSILENT/NORESTART

Thefollowingexampleprovidestheinstallcommandwithapipesymbolthatrepresentseachspacein thecommand.Foreachpipesymbol,replacewithaspace:

setup.exe│-s│-a│/s│/v"/qn"│/L1033

L1033isthelanguagecodeforEnglish.Forinformationaboutusingotherlanguagecodes,see“System Updatelanguages”onpage8

Note:AfteryouinstallSystemUpdateorUpdateRetriever,restartyoursystemtosettheScheduler functionforeitherprogram.IfyouarenotgoingtousetheSchedulerfunctionofSystemUpdateor UpdateRetriever,arestartisnotneeded.

Uninstall

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrievercanbeuninstalledbyusingtheAddorRemoveProgramsappletin Windowsoperatingsystems.Aftertheuninstalliscomplete,allprogramﬁlesandsettingsaredeleted.

Alternatively,youcanusecommandlinestoperformasilentuninstall.

TosilentlyuninstallSystemUpdateorUpdateRetriever,dothefollowing:

•ForSystemUpdate,usethefollowingcommand:

MsiExec.exe/X{8675339C-128C-44DD-83BF-0A5D6ABD8297}/qn

•ForUpdateRetriever,usethefollowingcommand:

Chapter2.Installation13

siExec.exe/X{F25C538D-3F57-4AF4-80DD-B1DD1558F038}/qn

SilentuninstallonWindowsVistaorWindows7operatingsystems

TheUserAccountControl(UAC)functiononWindowsVistaorWindows7operatingsystemsisturnedonby defaulttopreventunauthorizedchangestothecomputer.Y ouneedtodisabletheUACfunctionbefore performingasilentuninstall.

ToperformasilentuninstallofSystemUpdatefromaWindowsVistaorWindows7operatingsystem, dothefollowing:

1.FromtheStartmenu,openControlPanel,anddouble-clicktheUserAccountsoption.

2.ClickTurnUserAccountControlonoroff.

3.ClickContinueintheWindowspermissiondialogbox.

4.DeselecttheUseUserAccountControl(UAC)tohelpprotectyourcomputeroption,andclickOK.

5.Restartthecomputer.

6.ClickStart,andtypethefollowingcommandlineintheStartSearchbox:

MsiExec.exe/X{8675339C-128C-44DD-83BF-0A5D6ABD8297}/qn

7.PressEnter.SystemUpdatewillbeuninstalled.

14SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations

Thischapterprovidesyouwithconceptualinformationandprocedurestoconﬁgureconnectivitysettings, repositorylocations,andtheuserinterface.

Connectionconﬁgurations

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieversupportthreetypesofconnectivityconﬁguration:directconnection, staticproxyconnection,andautomaticconﬁgurationscript.

•Directconnection ThistypeofconﬁgurationisusedwhennoproxyisrequiredtoconnecttotheInternet.Itmeansthe applicationcanconnectdirectlytotheLenovoHelpCenterservers.

•Staticproxyconnection SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieversupporttwotypesofproxies,HTTP(HypertextTransferProtocol) proxyandSOCKS(SocketSecurity)proxy.

ConnectionthroughHTTPproxy

–

Inthistypeofconﬁguration,SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverconnecttoanHTTPproxyserverto accesstheInternet.TheproxyserverconnectstotheLenovoHelpCenter.

Note:HTTPbasicandNTLM(NTLANManager)authenticationsaresupported.

Thefollowingelementsareobtainedfromthesystemconﬁguration:

–ProxyservernameorIPaddress

–Proxyserverport

Theproxyservermightrequiretoauthenticateeachclientbeforeitcanbegrantedaccesstothe Internet.Inthatcase,theendusermustadditionallyprovideausernameandpassword.Theuser nameandpasswordvaluescanbesetfortheenduserbytheadministrator.

TheHTTPproxyauthenticator,anintegratedcomponentinSystemUpdate,displaysalogondialog wheneverSystemUpdatedetectsthattheHTTPproxyserverneedstheendusertoprovideauser nameandpasswordinordertosuccessfullyconnecttotheproxyserve.Afterprovidingthecorrect usernameandpassword,theenduserwillbeauthenticatedtoconnecttotheHTTPproxyserver. SOCKSauthenticationisnotsupported.

–ConnectionthroughaSOCKSproxy

Inthistypeofconﬁguration,SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverconnecttoaSOCKSserverand thentheSOCKSserverconnectstotheLenovoHelpCenter.

Thefollowingelementsmustbeconﬁgured:

–ServernameorIPaddress

–Serverport

Note:OnlySOCKS4withoutauthenticationissupported.

•Automaticconﬁgurationscript ByenablingUseautomaticconﬁgurationscriptintheInternetExplorer®Webbrowser,SystemUpdate andUpdateRetrievercanaccesstheInternetaccordingtotheautomaticconﬁgurationscriptﬁle.

ConﬁguringSystemUpdate

ConﬁgurationsforSystemUpdatecanbedonethroughtheregistry,ActiveDirectory®,orthestart.reg ﬁle.Ifyouareconﬁguringjustonesystem,youcanusetheregistrytoconﬁgureSystemUpdate.Ifyou

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014

areconﬁguringmultiplesystems,youcanuseActiveDirectorytoconﬁgurepoliciesforSystemUpdate. IfyourenterprisedoesnotuseActiveDirectory,Lenovoprovidesthestart.regﬁlethatyoucanconﬁgure andthendeploytomultiplesystems.Foradditionalinformationabouteachconﬁgurationmethod,see thefollowingsections:

•“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththeregistry”onpage16

•“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewithActiveDirectory”onpage29

•“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththestart.regﬁle”onpage36

ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththeregistry

Attention:Toeditregistryconﬁgurations,exitSystemUpdate.IfSystemUpdateisrunningwhilechanges

aremadeintheregistry,theoldregistryentrieswillberecovered.

ThefollowingtableliststheconﬁgurableandmodiﬁableitemsforSystemUpdateandtheirregistrylocations, aftertheﬁrstlaunchofSystemUpdate.

Table5.Registrylocations

SettingRegistrylocation

DisabletheSystemUpdatebillboard.See“UCSettings

conﬁgurableitems”onpage17

Disableregistrationonbillboard

DisableSystemUpdateuserinterface.See“UCSettings

conﬁgurableitems”onpage17.

RetryLimitforHTTPSHelloSettings.See “\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings”onpage18.

RetryWaitTimeforHTTPSHelloSettings.See “\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings”onpage18.

DisableSystemUpdateWebupgrade(UpdateThyself). See“\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings”onpage18.

RetryLimitforHTTPSPackageSettings.See “\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings”onpage19

RetryWaitTimeforHTTPSPackageSettings.See “\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings”onpage19

Proxyserverconnection.See “\UserSettings\Connection”onpage19

DebugEnable.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems”on page19

DisplayInformationScreen.See“UserSettings conﬁgurableitems”onpage19.

DisplayLicenseNotice.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable items”onpage19.

DisplayLicenseNoticeSU.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable items”onpage19.

ExtrasTab.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems”on page19

IgnoreLocalLicense.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable items”onpage19.

IgnoreRMLicCRCSize.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable items”onpage19.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UCSettings\General

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\Registration\RegStatus

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UCSettings\General

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Connection

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

16SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table5.Registrylocations(continued)

SettingRegistrylocation

NotifyInterval.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems”on

page19

RepositoryLocation1.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable items”onpage19.

UNCMaxAttempts.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems” onpage19

SchedulerFrequency.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler” onpage23.

SchedulerNotifyOptions.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler” onpage23

SchedulerRunAt.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”on page23

SchedulerRunOn.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”on page23.

SchedulerAbility.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage

23.

SchedulerLock.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage

23.

SearchMode.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage23.HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

UCSettingsconﬁgurableitems

ThissectionprovidesdescriptionsfortheconﬁgurableitemsavailableintheUCSettingskey.

\UCSettings\Billboard

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingandvaluesfortheBillboardkey.

Table6.\UCSettings\Billboard

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

LiveFeed

Disablesthelivefeed totheSystemUpdate billboard.

Example:

\Billboard

\LiveFeed=Blank

\UCSettings\General

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingandvaluesfortheGeneralkey.

Default:LenovoLiveFeed

Possiblevalues:

•Default

•Blank

•IfDefault,thelivefeed imagewillbedisplayed ontheSystemUpdate userinterface.

•IfBlank,thedefault billboardimagewillnot bedisplayedonthe SystemUpdateuser interface.

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations17

Table7.\UCSettings\General

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Disable

DisablestheSystem Updateuserinterface. Usethissettingwhen youwanttoconﬁgure SystemUpdateusingthe commandprompt.

Defaultvalue:NO

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,theSystem Updateuserinterface willnotbedisplayed.

•IfNO,theSystem Updateuserinterface willbedisplayed.

Example:

\GENERAL

\Disable=NO

\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingsandvaluesfortheHTTPSHelloSettingskey.

Table8.\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

RetryLimit

RetryWaitTime

ServerNameSpeciﬁestheservername

Speciﬁesthemaximum numberoftimesthat SystemUpdatewilltryto connecttotheLenovo HelpCenterWebsite.

Speciﬁesthemaximum amountoftime(in seconds)thatSystem Updatewillwaitbefore ittriestoconnecttothe LenovoHelpCenterWeb siteforanothertimeafter thepreviousattemptfails.

thatSystemUpdatewill searchforupdatesfor itself.Changingthe defaultvaluewilldisable theUpdateThyself functionofSystem Update.

Defaultvalue:0

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid integer

Defaultvalue:0

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid integer

Thedefaultvalueis pre-conﬁgured.Bydefault, SystemUpdatewillconnectto theLenovoHelpCenterWeb sitetosearchforupdatesfor itself.

Possiblevalues:Servername orempty

SystemUpdatewillstop tryingtoconnecttothe LenovoHelpCenterWeb siteaftertheconnection attemptsreachthe maximumnumberof tries.

SystemUpdatewillwait thenumberofseconds whenattemptingto connecttotheLenovo HelpCenterWebsiteafter thepreviousattemptfails.

SystemUpdatesearches theLenovoHelpCenter Websiteforupdates foritself,evenifitis connectedtoalocal systemornetworkshare repository.Y oucan disabletheWebupgrade forSystemUpdateby clearingthisvalue.

Example:

\HTTPSHelloSettings

\RetryL imit=2 \RetryWaitTime=2 \ServerName=https://

Note:WhenSystemUpdateconnectstotheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite,itcommunicateswithdifferent servers.TheRetryLimitandRetryWaitTimesettingsundertheHTTPSHelloSettingskeycontrolthe

18SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

connectionbetweenSystemUpdateandtheserverfromwhichSystemUpdatedownloadstheself-update package(Ifanewversionexists).

\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingsandvaluesfortheHTTPSPackageSettingskey.

Table9.\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

RetryLimit

RetryWaitTime

Speciﬁesthemaximum numberoftimesthatSystem Updatewilltrytoconnectto theLenovoHelpCenterWeb site.

Speciﬁesthemaximum amountoftime(inseconds) thatSystemUpdatewillwait beforeittriestoconnectto theLenovoHelpCenterWeb siteforanothertimeafterthe previousattemptfails.

Defaultvalue:0

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid integer

Defaultvalue:0

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid integer

SystemUpdatewillstop tryingtoconnecttothe LenovoHelpCenterWeb siteaftertheconnection attemptsreachthe maximumnumberof tries.

SystemUpdatewillwait thenumberofseconds whenattemptingto connecttotheLenovo HelpCenterWebsite afterthepreviousattempt fails.

Example:

\HTTPSPackageSettings

\RetryL imit=2 \RetryWaitTime=2

Note:TheRetryLimitandRetryWaitTimesettingsundertheHTTPSPackageSettingskeycontrolthe connectionbetweenSystemUpdateandtheserverfromwhichSystemUpdatedownloadsupdatepackages.

UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems

ThissectionprovidesdescriptionsfortheconﬁgurableitemsavailableintheUserSettingskey.

\UserSettings\Connection

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingsandvaluesfortheConnectionskey.Those conﬁgurableitemsareforproxyserverconnections.

Table10.\UserSettings\Connection

Conﬁgurable itemDescriptionValueAction

User

Speciﬁestheuser nametouseforthe connection.

Defaultvalue:None

Thissettingisonlyusedforthe connectiontypeofproxy,theHTTP proxy,whentheproxyserverrequires authentication.

Possiblevalues:Anystring

Thissettingisusedfor authenticationtoaccessthe HTTPproxyserver.

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations19

Table10.\UserSettings\Connection(continued)

Conﬁgurable itemDescriptionValueAction

Password

Speciﬁesthe passwordtouse fortheconnection.

Defaultvalue:None

Possiblevalues:Anystring

Thissettingisusedfor authenticationtoaccessthe HTTPproxyserver.

SystemUpdatewillconnectto theHTTPproxyserverdeﬁnedin ServerNameusingtheusername deﬁnedinUser.Theenduser ispromptedforthisinformation whentheinformationisneeded.

Example:

\Connection\

\User=Billek \Password=************

\UserSettings\General

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingsandvaluesfortheGeneralkey.

Table11.\UserSettings\General

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

ContentMode

DebugEnableEnablesyoutologprocess

Referstothestatusof theupdatepackagesthat SystemUpdatewillsearch forintheUpdateRetriever repository.

resultstothelogﬁlenamed ApplicabilityRulesTrace.log.

EnablesyoutoskiptheUser InformationpanelofSystem Update.

Defaultvalue:Active

Possiblevalues:

•Active

•T est

Defaultvalue:NO

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

Defaultvalue:YES DisplayInformationScreen

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfActive,SystemUpdate willsearchtheUpdate Retrieverrepositoryfor theupdatepackagesin activestatus.

•IfTest,SystemUpdate willsearchtheUpdate Retrieverrepositoryfor theupdatepackagesin teststatus.

Note:Ifthereisno database.xmlﬁleinthe UpdateRetrieverrepository folder,SystemUpdate willignorethevalueof ContentModeandsearch foralltheupdatepackages.

•IfYES,SystemUpdate willlogtheprocess resultstothelogﬁle.

•IfNO,SystemUpdate willnotlogtheprocess results.

•IfYES,theUser Informationpanelwill bedisplayed.

•IfNO,theUser Informationpanelwill notbedisplayed.

20SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table11.\UserSettings\General(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

DisplayLicenseNoticeEnablesyoutoskipthe

licenseagreementthatwill bedisplayedbeforethe updatepackagespicklistis populated.

Enablesyoutoskipthe licenseagreementthatis displayedintheSchedule updatespanelofSystem Update.

ExtrasT abEnablesyoutoshoworhide

theExtrastabintheSystem Updateworkspace.

Defaultvalue:YES

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

Defaultvalue:YES DisplayLicenseNoticeSU

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

Defaultvalue:YES

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

IgnoreLocalLicense Note:Byimplementing thissetting,youare acceptingtheEndUser

LicenseAgreement andtheTermsand Conditionsonbehalfof

Enablesyoutoshowor hidethelicensedialog whenSystemUpdateis downloadingandinstalling anupdatepackagelocated inarepositoryfoldersuchas thenetworksharerepository.

Defaultvalue:NO

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

theenduserforeach packagetobeinstalled. Donotusethissetting ifyoudonothavethe authoritytoaccept theEndUserLicense

Agreementandthe TermsandConditions

onbehalfoftheenduser.

•IfYES,thelicense

agreementscreenwill bedisplayedpriortothe updatepackagespick list.

•IfNO,thelicense

agreementscreenwill notbedisplayed.

•IfYES,thelicense

agreementwillbe displayedpriorto savingthechangesin theScheduleupdates panel.

•IfNO,thelicense

agreementwillbe displayedandthe changeswillbesaved directlytotheWindows Registrysubkey.

•IfYES,theExtrastab

willbedisplayedin theSystemUpdate workspace.

•IfNO,theExtrastab

willnotbedisplayed intheSystemUpdate workspace.

•IfYES,thelicensedialog

willnotbedisplayed whenarepositoryis usedtostoreupdate packages.

Note:Ifyouobtain packagesdirectly fromtheLenovoHelp Centeranddonotuse arepositorytostore updatepackages,the

IgnoreLocalLicense

valuewillbeignoredand thelicensedialogwillbe displayed.

•IfNO,thelicensedialog

willbedisplayedwhen arepositoryisusedto storeupdatepackages.

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations21

Table11.\UserSettings\General(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

NotifyInterval

Enablesyoutoenable ordisablethefollowing functionswhenSystem Updatedownloadsupdate packagesfromtheLenovo HelpCenterWebsite:

•CRC(Cyclic RedundancyCheck): checksforﬁlecorruption ofreadmeandlicense agreementﬁleswhen youdownloadupdate packagesfromtheLenovo HelpCenterWebsite.

•Filesize:checkstheﬁle sizeofreadmeandlicense agreementﬁles.

Speciﬁestheamountoftime betweenrestartnotiﬁcations whenyoudownloadand installupdatepackagesthat requireareboot.

Defaultvalue:YES IgnoreRMLicCRCSize

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

Defaultvalue:300(seconds)

Possiblevalues:Anyvalue between60secondsand86 400seconds

•IfYES,SystemUpdate willignoretheseﬁlesand willnotcheckfortheﬁle corruptionandﬁlesize.

•IfNO,SystemUpdate willcheckfortheﬁle corruptionandﬁlesize.

Note:SystemUpdate doesnotcheckﬁlesize andcorruptionofreadme ﬁlesandlicenseagreement ﬁleswhenyoudownload updatepackagesfroma localrepositoryevenifyou setthisvaluetoNO.

Youcanspecifyanyvalue between60secondsand86 400seconds.Bydefault, youwillbepromptedwitha restartnotiﬁcationevery300 secondswhenyoubegin todownloadandinstall anupdatepackagethat forcesarebootordeferthe downloadandinstallation process.

RepositoryLocation1

UNCMaxAttemptsSpeciﬁesthemaximum

Example:

\GENERAL

\CheckLocalCRC=YES

Speciﬁestherepository folderpath.Thekeyvalue nameshouldbeRepository Location%N%whereNisa numberbetween1and20, including1and20.

numberoftriesthatSystem Updatewillattemptwhen connectingtoanetwork sharefolderbeforeit completelyfails.

Defaultvalue: SUPPORTCENTER

Possiblevalues:

•SUPPORTCENTER

•Afolderpath

Defaultvalue:2

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid integer

SystemUpdatewilluse thedefaultvaluewhenan invalidvalueisset.For example,ifyousetavalue greaterthan86400seconds (24hours),SystemUpdate willusethedefaultvalueof 300seconds.

SystemUpdatewillsearch forupdatepackagesinthe speciﬁedrepositoryfolder.

SystemUpdatewillattempt thenumberoftrieswhen connectingtoanetwork sharefolder.

22SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

\DebugEnable=NO \DisplayInformationScreen=YES \DisplayLicenseNotice=YES \DisplayLicenseNoticeSU=YES \ExtrasT ab=NO \IgnoreLocalL icense=NO \IgnoreRMLicCRCSize=NO \Notif yInterval=300 \RepositoryLocation1=SUPPORTCENTER \UNCMaxAttempts=2

\UserSettings\Scheduler

Usingtheschedulerfunction,youcanconﬁgureSystemUpdatetosearchforupdatepackagesatdesignated intervals.ToincreasethespeedofdownloadingupdatepackagesfromLenovoservers,changetheRunOn settingtoadaythatﬁtstheneedsofyourenterprise.DothiswhenyouinstallSystemUpdate.

Note:SystemUpdateforWindows7operatingsystemsdoesnotprovideschedulersettingsbecausethe TaskSchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystemshasthesamefunction.Toemploythescheduler functionthroughtheT askSchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystems,dothefollowing:

1.ClickStart,andtype"T askScheduler"intheSearchprogramsandﬁlesﬁeldandthenpressEnter. TheTaskSchedulerprogramislaunchedandtheT askSchedulerwindowisdisplayed.

2.Right-clickT askScheduler(Local)intheleftpaneofthewindowandselectCreateBasicTask.The CreateBasicT askWizardisdisplayed.

3.T ypeanameforthenewtaskintheNameﬁeld,forexample,“TVSU.”Youcanalsoadddescriptionsfor thetaskintheDescriptionﬁeld(optional).ThenclickNext.

4.SelectthedesiredfrequencytorunthescheduledupdateandclickNext.Itisrecommendedto selectMonthlyorWeekly.

5.Conﬁgurethedetailedsettingsofthefrequencyyouselectedonthepreviousscreentospecifywhen youwishSystemUpdatewillruntogetupdates.

TakeMonthlyasanexample,ifyouselectSelectallmonthsfromtheMonthsdrop-downlistbox, SystemUpdatewillrunonceeverymonth.ThenfromtheDaysdrop-downlistbox,selectonedayon whichyouwishtorunthescheduledupdate.Y oucanalsoselectonedayfromtheOndrop-downlist box,andthenSystemUpdatewillrunonthedesignateddayofthemonth(s)youspeciﬁed.ClickNext.

6.SelectStartaprogram,andthenclickNext.

7.T ypetheinstallationdirectoryofSystemUpdateintheProgram/scriptﬁeld,orclickBrowseto locatethefolderwhereSystemUpdateisinstalled.Y oucanalsotypedesiredschedulersettingsand valuesintheAddargumentsﬁeld(optional)andtheStartinﬁeld(optional).Fordetailedinformation aboutsettingsandvaluesfortheSystemUpdatescheduler,seeTable12“\UserSettings\Scheduler” onpage23.

Note:TheinstallationdirectoriesofSystemUpdatearedifferentoncomputerswiththe32-bitWindows 7operatingsystemandcomputerswiththe64-bitWindows7operatingsystem.

8.ClickNexttoviewthesummaryofyourconﬁguration.

9.ClickFinishtoconﬁrmandcompleteyourconﬁguration.

ThedefaultsettingsandvaluesfortheSystemUpdateschedulerareprovidedinthefollowingtable.

Table12.\UserSettings\Scheduler

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Enablesyoutoactivateor inactivatethescheduler.

Defaultvalue:YES SchedulerAbility

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,SystemUpdatewillrun onthespeciﬁedschedule.

•IfNO,SystemUpdatewillnot runonaschedule.

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations23

Table12.\UserSettings\Scheduler(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Enablesyoutoshow, hide,disable,orlockthe Scheduleupdatesoption intheSystemUpdateuser interface.

SearchModeSpeciﬁesthetypeof

updatesthatSystem Updatewillbescheduled tosearchfor.

Enablesyoutochoosethe notiﬁcationoptionsthatyou wanttoreceivefromthe SystemUpdatescheduler.

Defaultvalue:SHOW SchedulerLock

Possiblevalues:

•SHOW

•HIDE

•DISABLE

•LOCK

Defaultvalue: RECOMMENDED

Possiblevalues:

•CRITICAL

•RECOMMENDED

•ALL

Defaultvalue:NOTIFY NotifyOptions

Possiblevalues:

•DOWNLOAD ANDINSTALL

•DOWNLOAD

•NOTIFY

•DOWNLOAD ANDINSTALL

-INCLUDEREBOOT

Note:Ifyouset SearchModeto RECOMMENDED,NOTIFY

istheonlyvalueavailable forNotifyOptions.System Updatecannotrunifyou selectanyoftheothervalues forNotifyOptions.

•IfSHOW,theSchedule updatesoptionisavailablein theleftnavigationpane.

•IfHIDE,theSchedule updatesoptionisnotvisible totheenduser.

•IfDISABLE,theSchedule updatesoptionintheleft navigationpaneisdisplayed butappearsdimmed.

•IfLOCK,theSchedule updatespanelcanbe opened,butthesettingsinit aredisabledandcannotbe changed.

•IfCRITICAL,SystemUpdate willsearchforonlycritical updates.

•IfRECOMMENDED,System Updatewillsearchforboth criticalandrecommended updates.

•IfALL,SystemUpdatewill searchforallupdates,andall updateswillberetrieved.

•IfDOWNLOADANDINST ALL, theschedulerwilldownload andinstalltheupdateswithout enduserintervention.

•IfDOWNLOAD,thescheduler downloadstheupdatesand notiﬁestheenduserwhenthe updatesarereadytoinstall.

•IfNOTIFY,thescheduler willsearchfornewupdates andnotifytheenduserwhen newupdatesareavailablefor downloadandinstallation.

•IfDOWNLOADANDINST ALL

-INCLUDEREBOOT,System Updatewilldownloadand installupdatepackagesand thenprompttheenduserto restartthesystem.

Note:Makesurethatnospace separatesthosevalues.

24SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table12.\UserSettings\Scheduler(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Frequency

RunOnSpeciﬁesthedaywhenthe

RunAt

Speciﬁestheintervalat whichthescheduleristo runweeklyormonthly.

SystemUpdatescheduler willrun.

Speciﬁesthetimewhenthe SystemUpdatescheduler willrun.Thisvalueis speciﬁedathourlyintervals.

Defaultvalue:MONTHL Y

Possiblevalues:

•MONTHL Y

•WEEKL Y

Defaultvalue:1

Possiblevalues:1to28

Defaultvalue:11

Possiblevalues:Anynumber from0to23(0indicates 12AMand23indicates 11PM)

•IfWEEKL Y,theintervalwillbe

calculatedinweeks.

•IfMONTHL Y,theintervalwill

becalculatedinmonths.

Note:Thissettingandthe SchedulerRunEverysettingare

usedtosethowoftenSystem Updatewillrun.

SystemUpdaterunsonthe speciﬁedday.Whenthe frequencyisWeekly,the possiblevaluesforthissetting are:SUNDA Y,MONDAY,... SATURDAY.Whenthefrequency isMonthly,thepossiblevalues forthissettingarefrom1to28.

SystemUpdaterunsatthe speciﬁedtime.

Example:

\SCHEDULER\

\SchedulerAbility=NO \SchedulerLock=SHOW \SearchMode=CRITICAL \Notif yOptions=NOTIFY \Frequency=WEEKLY \RunOn=MONDAY \RunAt=12

Repositoryconﬁgurations

Bydefault,SystemUpdateobtainsupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite.Youcan changethesettingtoenableSystemUpdatetosearchanddownloadupdatepackagesfromarepository folderonalocalsystemoranetworksharerespectively.YoucanalsoconﬁgureSystemUpdatetosearch multiplelocationsforupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite,alocalsystemrepository folder,andanetworksharerepositoryfolder.

Creatingalocalsystemrepository

SystemUpdatehasthecapabilitytosearchforupdatepackagesthatarestoredlocallyonaclientoran administratorsystem,orexternalmedia.

Using%ANYDRV%

The%ANYDRV%variablecanbeusedtocreatealocalsystemrepositoryfolderinsteadofspecifyingadrive letterwhensettingtherepositorypath.

Tocreatealocalsystemrepositoryfolderusing%ANYDRV%,dothefollowing:

1.Createanewfolderonalocalharddiskdrivetouseastherepository,forexample:

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations25

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate3_x\

2.Navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\ UserSettings\General\RepositoryLocation1

3.Replacethedefaultvalue,SUPPORTCENTER,withtheﬁlepathoftherepositorythatyoucreated instep1,forexample:

ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate3_x\

Using%XMEDIA%

The%XMEDIA%variablecanbeusedtodetecttherepositorylocationpathonexternalmediaconnectedto thesystem,suchasaCD,DVD,USBstoragedevice,harddiskdrive,ordiskette.Tocreatealocalsystem repositoryfolderusing%XMEDIA%,dothefollowing:

1.Createanewfolderonalocalharddiskdrivetouseastherepository,forexample:

%XMEDIA%\SystemUpdate3_x\

2.Navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

KLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\ UserSettings\General\RepositoryLocation1

3.Replacethedefaultvalue,SUPPORTCENTER,withtheﬁlepathoftherepositorythatyoucreated instep1,forexample:

%XMEDIA%\SystemUpdate3_x\

Creatinganetworksharerepository

Tocreateanetworksharerepositoryfolderthatwillbeusedtostoreupdatepackagesonanetworkshare, dothefollowing:

1.Createanewfolderonanetworksharetouseastherepository.

2.SharethenewrepositoryfolderusingtheUNC(UniversalNamingConvention)path.TheUNCpath providesconnectivitytoallcomputersthathavebeenmappedtotherepository.Theformatfor aUNCpathis:

\\Server\Share\

forexample:

\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

3.Settheaccesspermissionsofthenewrepositoryfoldertoread-onlyaccessforendusers.Administrator functionswillrequirereadandwriteaccess.

4.Onclientcomputers,navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\ UserSettings\General\RepositoryLocation1

26SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Note:ThedefaultforthisregistryentryisSUPPORTCENTER.ThisdefaultsettingenablesSystem

Local system

System Update

Internet

Lenovo Help Center

Network share

RepositoryLocation1

RepositoryLocation3

RepositoryLocation2

UpdatetosearchforupdatepackagesontheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite.Whenyouchangethis settingtoanetworksharerepositoryfolderthatyouhavecreatedonyournetwork,clientcomputers withSystemUpdatewillbeabletosearchforupdatepackagesonyournetwork.

5.Replacethedefaultvalue,SUPPORTCENTER,withyourserverandsharename,forexample:

\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

Note:DistributedFileSystem(DFS),astoragemanagementsolution,canbeusedtoconﬁgurethenetwork sharerepository.

Workingwithmultiplerepositories

Thismultiplerepositorycapabilityensuresthatyouaregettingthelatestversionofanupdatepackage whilebeingofferedwithgreaterﬂexibilityofpackagestorage.Whenusingmultiplerepositories,System Updatesearchesforupdatepackagesintheorderoftherepositoriesdeﬁnedintheregistry.SystemUpdate searcheseachrepositorylocationandretrievesthelatestversionofanupdatepackage.Packagesonthe LenovoHelpCenterWebsitewillbethemostcurrentversion.Ifarepositorylocationisnotfound,System Updatewillsearchthenextnumericalrepositorylocation.Forexample,ifyouremovethefolderthatpoints toRepositoryLocation1,SystemUpdatewillsearchRepositoryLocation2,andthenRepositoryLocation3.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstherelationshipamongtheLenovoHelpCenter,alocalsystem,anetwork share,andSystemUpdatewhenusingmultiplerepositories:

Inthisexample,SystemUpdatewillsearchtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteﬁrst,followedbytherepository folderonthelocalsystem,andthentherepositoryfolderonthenetworkshare:

•RepositoryLocation1-LenovoHelpCenterWebsite

•RepositoryLocation2-Localsystem

•RepositoryLocation3-Networkshare

Creatingandconﬁguringmultiplerepositorieswiththeregistry

Tocreateandconﬁguremultiplerepositorylocations,dothefollowing:

1.Createanewfolderonalocalharddiskdrivetouseastherepository,forexample:

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations27

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate3_x\

2.Createanewfolderonanetworksharetouseastherepository.

3.SharethenewrepositoryfolderusingtheUNCpath.TheUNCpathprovidesconnectivitytoall computersthathavebeenmappedtotherepository.TheformatfortheSystemUpdateUNCpathis:

\\Server\Share\

forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

4.Settheaccesspermissionsofthenewrepositoryfoldertoread-onlyaccessforendusers.Administrator functionswillrequirereadandwriteaccess.

5.Navigatetothefollowingregistrylocation:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\UserSettings\General\

Note:TherewillbeadefaultkeyfortheRepositoryLocation1entry.

6.CreateyourlocalsystemrepositoryasRepositoryLocation2bydoingthefollowing:

a.FromtheRegistryEditormainmenu,clickEditandthenclickNew.

b.RenamethestringvalueasRepositoryLocation2.

c.Double-clicktheRepositoryLocation2string.

d.Typetheﬁlepathforthelocalsystemrepository,forexample:

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate3_x\

7.CreateyournetworksharerepositoryasRepositoryLocation3bydoingthefollowing:

a.FromtheRegistryEditormainmenu,clickEditandthenclickNew.

b.RenamethestringvalueasRepositoryLocation3.

c.Double-clicktheRepositoryLocation3string.

d.Typethenetworksharerepositorypathofyourserverandshare,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

UNC

TheusernameandpasswordusedbySystemUpdateandUpdateRetrievertoaccessanetworkshare shouldonlybeusedbySystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever.Ifyoumaptherepositorylocationorlogonto itusingthesameusernameandpasswordthatisusedbySystemUpdateorUpdateRetriever,theMapDrv utilityusedtoconnecttothenetworksharewillnotbeabletoaccessthenetworksharerepository.Ifthis occurs,SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverwillfailintheattempttoaccessthenetworksharerepository.

Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheMapDrvutility”onpage82

VersioncontrolforSystemUpdate

WhenanewerversionofSystemUpdateisavailable,SystemUpdateconnectstotheLenovoHelpCenter Website,detectsanddownloadsthenewerversion,andtheninstallsthatversion.Thisprocessisdone automatically,withoutuserinteraction,butcanbedisabled.Forinformationaboutdisablingtheupgrade, see“\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings”onpage18

28SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

IfyouwanttocontroltheversionofSystemUpdateavailabletoyourusers,youcanuseyournetwork repositorytostorespeciﬁcversionsofSystemUpdate.StoringpackageslocallywillenabletheSystem Updateapplicationtosearchforupgradeswithinyournetworkrepository.

Note:ThisversioncontrolfunctioniscompatiblewithSystemUpdate3.02andlaterversions.

ToconﬁguretheregistryforSystemUpdateversioncontrol,dothefollowing:

1.DownloadtheSSClientCommon.zipﬁlefromthefollowingLenovoWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

2.Createafoldertouseasarepositorythatwillstoreupdatepackages,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

3.ExtracttheﬁlesfromtheSSClientCommon.zipﬁletoyourrepositoryfolder,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\SSClientCommon\

4.InstallSystemUpdateontheclientcomputer.

5.Conﬁguretheregistrykeysontheclientcomputerbydoingthefollowing:

a.Navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

b.Double-clickServerName.

c.IntheValueDataﬁeldintheEditStringdialogbox,replacetheHTTPserveraddresswiththeUNC

pathofyourrepository,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

d.ClickOK.

e.Navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\UserSettings\General

f.Double-clickRepositoryLocation1.

g.IntheValueDataﬁeldintheEditStringdialogbox,replacethehttpserveraddresswiththeUNC

pathofyourrepository,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

h.ClickOK.

ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewithActiveDirectory

ActiveDirectoryisadirectoryservice.Thedirectoryiswhereinformationaboutendusersandresourcesis stored.Thedirectoryserviceallowsaccesssothatyoucanmanipulatethoseresources.ActiveDirectory providesamechanismthatgivesadministratorstheabilitytomanagecomputers,groups,endusers, domains,securitypolicies,andanytypeofuser-deﬁnedobjects.ThemechanismusedbyActiveDirectory toaccomplishthisisknownasGroupPolicy.WithGroupPolicy,administratorsdeﬁnesettingsthatcan beappliedtocomputersorusersinthedomain.

ThefollowingexamplesaresettingsthatActiveDirectorycanmanageforSystemUpdate:

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations29

•Schedulersettings

•MappedNetworkDrivesettings

Administrativetemplateﬁles

Theadministrativetemplateﬁle(ADMﬁle)deﬁnespolicysettingsusedbyapplicationsontheclient computers.Policiesarespeciﬁcsettingsthatgoverntheoperationofapplications.Policysettingsalso deﬁnewhethertheenduserwillbeallowedtosetspeciﬁcsettingsthroughanapplication.

Settingsdeﬁnedbyanadministratorontheserveraredeﬁnedaspolicies.Settingsdeﬁnedbyanend userontheclientcomputerforanapplicationaredeﬁnedaspreferences.AsdeﬁnedbyMicrosoft,policy settingstakeprecedenceoverpreferences.WhenSystemUpdatechecksforasetting,itwilllookforthe settinginthefollowingorder:

1.Computerpolicies

2.Computerpreferences

Asdescribedpreviously,computeranduserpoliciesaredeﬁnedbytheadministrator.Thesesettingscanbe initializedthroughthestart.regﬁleorthroughaGroupPolicyinActiveDirectory.Computerpreferencesare setbytheenduserontheclientcomputerthroughoptionsintheapplication'sinterface.

Note:IfyouareusinganADMﬁleandtheGroupPolicyEditortosetpolicysettingsforSystemUpdate, makesurethatyouareusingtheADMﬁlereleasedspeciﬁcallyforeachversion.Forexample,ifyouare customizingpoliciesforSystemUpdate3.2,youmustusetheADMﬁledesignedforSystemUpdate3.2.

Addingadministrativetemplates

ToaddanADMﬁletotheGroupPolicyEditor,dothefollowing:

1.Onyourserver,launchActiveDirectory.

2.Clickservername.comandthenclickProperties.

3.OntheGroupPolicytab,highlightNewGroupPolicyObjectandclickEdit.

Note:Youcanalsotypegpedit.mscintheOpenorStartSearchboxtolaunchtheGroupPolicyEditor.

4.UnderComputerConﬁguration,right-clickAdministrativeTemplates.

5.ClickAddandthenselecttheADMﬁleforSystemUpdate.

6.ClickCloseintheAdd/RemoveTemplatesdialogbox.

7.UnderComputerConﬁguration,clickAdministrativeT emplates.AnewtabnamedSystemUpdateis present.Then,youwillbeabletoconﬁgurealltheavailablesettings.

Note:ForWindows2000operatingsystems,ifthepoliciesunderUserConﬁgurationarenotvisibleinthe GroupPolicyEditorwhenyouaddanewADMﬁle,closeandthenreopentheGroupPolicyEditor.For WindowsXPandWindowsVistaoperatingsystems,iftheThinkVantagepoliciesforSystemUpdateare duplicatedwhenyouaddanewADMﬁle,closeandthenreopentheGroupPolicyEditor.

Deﬁningmanageablesettings

ThefollowingexampleshowssettingsintheGroupPolicyEditorusingthefollowinghierarchy:

ComputerConguration>AdministrativeT emplates>ThinkVantage> SystemUpdate>UserSettings>General>RepositoryLocation1

TheADMﬁlesindicatewhereintheregistrythesettingswillbereﬂected.Thesesettingswillbeinthe followingregistrylocations:

•HKLM\Software\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

•HKLM\Software\Lenovo\UpdateRetriever

30SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Applyinggrouppolicyimmediately

ToapplypolicysettingsimmediatelyafteryouconﬁgurethesettingsfortheADMﬁle,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheWindowsStartmenu,clickRun.

2.T ypegpedit.msc/forceandthenclickOK.

GroupPolicysettings

ThefollowingtablesprovidepolicysettingsforSystemUpdate.

UserSettings

ThistableprovidesthesettingsfortheUserSettingspolicies.

Table13.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeT emplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UserSettings

PolicySettingDescription

ContentMode Note:Ifthereisno database.xmlﬁleinthe UpdateRetrieverrepository folder,SystemUpdatewill ignoretheContentMode valueandsearchforallthe updatepackages.

Connection

General

Active

Test

User

Password

RepositoryLocation

UNCMaxAttempts

DisplayLicenseNoticeSU

IgnoreLocalLicenseThissettingenablesyoutoshoworhidethelicense

SystemUpdatewillsearchtheUpdateRetriever repositoryfortheupdatepackagesinactivestatus.

SystemUpdatewillsearchtheUpdateRetriever repositoryfortheupdatepackagesinteststatus.

Thissettingspeciﬁestheusernameforconnection.

Thissettingspeciﬁesthepasswordforconnection.It storestheencryptedpasswordofproxy.

Thissettingspeciﬁestherepositorylocationthatupdate packageswillbedownloadedfromandinstalled.The defaultsettingisSUPPORTCENTERandenables SystemUpdatetodownloadupdatesfromtheLenovo HelpCenter.Youcanalsospecifyarepositorypathona networksharedrive,andthiswillenableSystemUpdate tosearchforupdatepackagesinthenetworkshare repositoryfolder.Formoreinformationonsettingup repositories,see“Repositoryconﬁgurations”onpage25

Thissettingspeciﬁesthemaximumnumberoflocal repositoryauthenticationattemptsallowed.

Thissettingenablesyoutoskipthelicenseagreement thatisdisplayedintheScheduleupdatespanel.

•IfYES,thelicenseagreementwillbedisplayedprior tosavingchangesintheScheduleupdatespanelof SystemUpdate.

•IfNO,thelicenseagreementwillnotbedisplayed.

dialogwhenSystemUpdateisdownloadingandinstalling anupdatepackagelocatedinarepositoryfoldersuchas thenetworksharerepository.

•IfYES,thelicensedialogwillnotbedisplayedwhena repositoryisusedtostoreupdatepackages.

Note:IfyouobtainpackagesdirectlyfromtheLenovo HelpCenteranddonotusearepositoryforupdate packagestorage,theIgnoreLocalLicensevaluewill beignoredandthelicensedialogwillbedisplayed.

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations31

Table13.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UserSettings (continued)

•IfNO,thelicensedialogwillbedisplayedwhena repositoryisusedtostoreupdatepackages.

IgnoreRMLicCRCSize

NotifyIntervalThissettingspeciﬁestheamountoftimebetweenrestart

Thissettingenablesyoutoenableordisablethefollowing functionswhenSystemUpdatedownloadsupdate packagesfromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite:

•CRC:checksforﬁlecorruptionofreadmeandlicense agreementﬁleswhenyoudownloadupdatepackages fromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite.

•Filesize:checkstheﬁlesizeofreadmeandlicense agreementﬁles.

YoucansetthevaluetoYESorNO:

•IfYES,SystemUpdatewillignoretheseﬁlesandwill notcheckfortheﬁlecorruptionandﬁlesize.

•IfNO,SystemUpdatewillcheckfortheﬁlecorruption andﬁlesize.

Note:SystemUpdatedoesnotcheckﬁlesizeand corruptionofreadmeﬁlesandlicenseagreementﬁles whenyoudownloadpackagesfromalocalrepository evenifyousetthisvaluetoNO.

notiﬁcationswhenyoudownloadandinstallupdate packagesthatrequireareboot.

Scheduler Note:SystemUpdate forWindows7operating systemsdoesnotprovide schedulersettingsas theT askSchedulertool onWindows7operating systemshasthesame function.Fordetailed informationaboutusing theTaskScheduler toolonWindows7 operatingsystems,see “\UserSettings\Scheduler” onpage23

SchedulerAbility

SchedulerLock

Youcanspecifyanyvaluebetween60secondsand86 400seconds.Bydefault,youwillbepromptedwitha restartnotiﬁcationevery300secondswhenyoubeginto downloadandinstallanupdatepackagethatforcesa rebootordeferthedownloadandinstallationprocess.

SystemUpdatewillusethedefaultvaluewhenaninvalid valueisset.Forexample,ifyousetavaluegreaterthan 86400seconds(24hours),SystemUpdatewillusethe defaultvalueof300seconds.

Thissettingsenablesyoutoactivateorinactivatethe scheduler.

•IfYES,SystemUpdatewillrunonthespeciﬁed schedule.

•IfNO,SystemUpdatewillnotrunonaschedule.

Thissettingenablesyoutoshow,hide,disable,orlock theScheduleupdatesoptionintheSystemUpdateuser interface.

•IfSHOW,theScheduleupdatesoptionisavailablein theleftnavigationpane.

•IfHIDE,theScheduleupdatesoptionisnotvisible totheenduser.

•IfDISABLE,theScheduleupdatesoptionintheleft navigationpaneisdisplayedbutappearsdimmed.

•IfLOCK,theScheduleupdatespanelcanbeopened, butthesettingsinitaredisabledandcannotbe changed.

32SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table13.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UserSettings (continued)

SchedulerMode

DayOfTheMonthThissettingspeciﬁesthedayofthemonthwhenSystem

DayOfTheWeekThissettingspeciﬁesthedayoftheweekwhenSystem

Hour

TaskParameters

Thissettingdeterminesthetypeofpackagesonwhich SystemUpdatetakesaction:

•IfMonthly,SystemUpdatewillsearchupdatesonthe

dayofDayOfTheMonth.

•IfWeekly,SystemUpdatewillsearchonthedayof

DayOfTheWeek.

Updatewillsearchfornewupdates.Thedefaultvalue is1.

Updatewillsearchfornewupdates.Thedefaultvalue isMonday.

ThissettingspeciﬁesthetimewhenSystemupdatewill searchfornewupdates.

Validvalue:Anynumberfrom0to23(0indicates12AM and23indicates11PM)

Thedefaultvalueis0

Theparameterstopasstothecommandthatisrunfor thescheduledSystemUpdatetask.Thedefaultvalueis

/CM-searchR-actionLIST-scheduler

Formoreinformationoncommandlineparameters,see

MappedNetworkDrive

AppendixA“Commandlineparameters”onpage71

UNCThissettingspeciﬁestheUNClocationforthemapped

networkdrive(format:\\server\share).Thedefaultvalue isnone.

User

Password

Thissettingenablesyoutousethemapdrv.exe/view commandtocreateanencryptedvalueforthisﬁeld.The defaultvalueisnone.

UCSettings

ThistableprovidesthesettingsfortheGeneralpolicyofSystemUpdate.

Table14.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeT emplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UCSettings>General

PolicySettingDescription

GeneralBillboard\LiveFeedThissettingenablesyoutodisableorenableSystemUpdateto

checktheLiveFeedtogetthebillboardsetting.Y oucanremovethe billboardfunctionfromSystemUpdatebyclearingthisvalue.

General

Disable

ExtrasTab

ThissettingisusedtodetermineifSystemUpdateshouldignore requeststorunSystemUpdate.

•IfNO,SystemUpdatewillrunnormally.

•IfYES,SystemUpdatewillnotrun.

TheExtrastabenablesyoutoeasilyﬁndtherightsoftware, hardware,andsolutionstohelpyoukeepyoursystemup-to-date

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations33

Table14.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeT emplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UCSettings>General (continued)

PolicySettingDescription

andhaveyoursystemtoperformtoitsfullcapacity.SystemUpdate analyzesyoursystemandthenrecommendssolutionsthatcanbe usedtoenhanceyoursystem.

ThissettingenablesyoutoshoworhidetheExtrastabonthe SystemUpdateuserinterface.

•IfYES,theExtrastabwillbedisplayedintheSystemUpdate workspace.

•IfNO,theExtrastabwillnotbedisplayedintheSystemUpdate workspace.

ThedefaultvalueisYES.

ThistableprovidesthepolicysettingfortheUpdateThyselffunctionofSystemUpdate.

Table15.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UCSettings> HTTPSHelloSettings

PolicySettingDescription

HTTPSHelloSettings

UpdateThyself

SystemUpdatecheckstheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitefor updatesforitself,evenifitisconnectingtoanetworkshare repository.

ThissettingistoenableordisabletheUpdateThyself function.YoucanremovetheUpdateThyselffunctionfrom SystemUpdatebyclearingthisvalue.

ManagingnetworksharerepositorieswithActiveDirectory

Thissectionprovidesadescriptionofthepolicysettingsforthenetworksharerepository.Settingthese policieswillpromptanenduserforausernameandpasswordwhentheSystemUpdateenduserinterface islaunchedorwhenascheduledupdateruns.Whenanenduserauthenticatesintoadomainandhas appropriaterightstoaccessthenetworksharerepository,thennopromptfortheusernameandpassword isdisplayedontheSystemUpdateenduserinterface.

ActiveDirectoryenablesyoutoeditpolicysettingswiththeGroupPolicyEditor.Tocustomizethesettings fornetworksharerepositoryfolder,addtheADMﬁleforSystemUpdatetotheGroupPolicyEditor.

ToaddtheADMﬁleandcustomizethesettings,dothefollowing:

1.DownloadtheSystemUpdateADMﬁlefromtheLenovoWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

2.Onyourserver,launchActiveDirectory.

3.Clickservername.comandthenclickProperties.

4.OntheGroupPolicytab,highlightNewGroupPolicyObjectandclickEdit.

Note:Youcanalsotypegpedit.mscintheOpenorStartSearchboxtolaunchtheGroupPolicyEditor.

5.Right-clickAdministrativeTemplates.

34SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

6.SelectAdd/RemoveT emplates.

7.ClickAddandthenselectthetvsu.admﬁle.

8.ClickCloseintheAdd/RemoveTemplatedialogbox.TheThinkVantagetabiscreated.

Note:UndertheThinkVantagetab,thereisaSystemUpdatetab.Ifyoudonotseetheapplicable policy,makesurethatyourGroupPolicyEditorissettodisplayallpolicysettings.

9.NavigatetheGroupPolicyEditortothefollowinglocation:

ComputerConguration\AdministrativeTemplates\ThinkVantage \SystemUpdate\UserSettings\General\RepositoryLocation

10.Double-clickRepositoryLocation.

11.IntheLocalRepositoryLocation1ﬁeld,changethevaluefromSUPPORTCENTERtoyournetwork repositoryshare,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

12.ClickApply.

Settingpoliciesformultiplerepositories

TosetpoliciesintheGroupPolicyEditorformultiplerepositories,refertothefollowingexample:

1.AfteraddingtheAdministrativeTemplateforSystemUpdate,navigatetheGroupPolicyEditortothe followinglocation:

ComputerConguration\AdministrativeTemplates\ThinkVantage \SystemUpdate\UserSettings\General\RepositoryLocation

2.Double-clickRepositoryLocation.

3.IntheLocalRepository2ﬁeld,typetheﬁlepathforyourlocalsystemrepository,forexample:

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate3_x\

4.IntheLocalRepository3ﬁeld,typethenetworksharerepositorypathofyourserverandshare, forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

5.ClickApply.

SystemUpdateversioncontrolusingActiveDirectory

IfyouwanttocontroltheversionofSystemUpdateavailabletoyourusers,youcanuseyournetwork repositorytostorespeciﬁcversionsofSystemUpdate.StoringpackageslocallywillenableSystemUpdate tosearchforupgradeswithinyournetworkrepository.

ToconﬁgureActiveDirectoryforSystemUpdateversioncontrol,dothefollowing:

1.DownloadtheSSClientCommon.zipﬁlefromthefollowingLenovoWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

2.ExtracttheSSClientCommon.zipﬁletoyourrepositoryfolder.

3.AfteraddingtheAdministrativeTemplateforSystemUpdate,navigatetheGroupPolicyEditortothe followinglocation:

ComputerConguration\AdministrativeTemplates\ThinkVantage \SystemUpdate\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations35

4.Double-clickUpdateThyself.

5.ClickEnabled.

6.IntheUpdateThyselftextbox,typetheUNCpathofyourrepository,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

Note:Ifyourrepositoryfolderrequiresauthentication,setthepolicesfortheMappedNetworkDrive. ForinformationabouttheMappedNetworkDrivepolicies,see“GroupPolicysettings”onpage31.

7.ClickOK.

8.Deploythesesettingstoclientcomputers.

Note:SystemUpdateversioncontroliscompatiblewithSystemUpdate3.02andlaterversions.

ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththestart.regﬁle

ConﬁgurableitemswillinitiallybesetwhenSystemUpdatestarts.Thestart.regﬁleisusedtoupdatethe WindowsregistryandislocatedinthefolderwhereSystemUpdatewasinstalled.Theregistryﬁeldsare initiallysetbasedonthecontentsofthestart.regﬁle.Theinstalledstart.regﬁlehasthedefaultconﬁguration usedbySystemUpdate.

Attention:Thestart.regﬁlewillbedeletedaftertheﬁrstexecutionofSystemUpdate.Tomakethestart.reg settingsthedefaultsettingsthatarerestoredintheeventtheregistrysettingsevergetcorrupted,renamethe start.regﬁletodefault.regandsaveittothefollowingpath:

c:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\def ault

Notes:

1.SystemUpdateforWindows7operatingsystemsdoesnotprovideschedulersettingsastheT ask SchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystemshasthesamefunction.Fordetailedinformation aboutusingtheT askSchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystems,see“\UserSettings\Scheduler” onpage23.

2.T osetthenetworksharerepositorydirectoryintheregistryusingthestart.regﬁle,backslash(es)(\or\\) inthedirectorypathshouldbeduplicated,forexample:

\\\\Server_X\\TVSU_repository\\

insteadof

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

FororganizationsthatdonothaveActiveDirectory,thestart.regﬁlecanbeusedtoconﬁguretheregistryfor SystemUpdate.

Tousethestart.regﬁletochangetherepositorylocationsintheregistry,dothefollowing:

1.DownloadthefullversionofSystemUpdateandthestart.regﬁlefromthefollowingLenovoWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

2.UpdateRepositoryLocation1inthestart.regﬁle.Ifyouarenotusinganetworkrepository,the defaultisSUPPORTCENTERfortheRepositoryLocation1setting.Thefollowingexampleshowsthe defaultsettings:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\ Pref erences\UserSettings\General] "DisplayInformationScreen"="YES" "DisplayLicenseNotice"="YES" "DisplayLicenseNoticeSU"="YES"

36SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

"AskBef oreClosing"="YES" "UNCMaxAttempts"="2" "DebugEnable"="NO" "ExtrasT ab"="YES" "IgnoreLocalL icense"="NO" "RepositoryLocation1"="SUPPORTCENTER" "IgnoreRMLicCRCSize"="YES" "Notif yInterval"="300"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\ Pref erences\UserSettings\Scheduler] "SchedulerAbility"="YES" "SchedulerLock"="SHOW" "Notif yOptions"="NOTIFY" "SearchMode"="RECOMMENDED" "Frequency"="MONTHL Y" "RunOn"="1" "RunAt"="11"

Foranetworkrepositoryconﬁguration,changethevalueoftheRepositoryLocation1settingtothepathto yourrepository.Thefollowingexampleshowsanetworkrepositoryconﬁguration:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate \Pref erences\UserSettings\General] "DisplayInformationScreen"="YES" "DisplayLicenseNotice"="YES" "DisplayLicenseNoticeSU"="YES" "AskBef oreClosing"="YES" "UNCMaxAttempts"="2" "ContentMode"="Active" "DebugEnable"="NO" "ExtrasT ab"="YES" "IgnoreLocalL icense"="NO" "RepositoryLocation1"="\\\\Server_X\\TVSU_repository\\" "IgnoreRMLicCRCSize"="YES" "Notif yInterval"="300"

Conﬁguringmultiplerepositorylocationsusingthestart.regﬁle

Thefollowingexampleprovidesthestart.regﬁleconﬁgurationwhenusingmultiplerepositories:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate \Pref erences\UserSettings\General] "DisplayInformationScreen"="YES" "DisplayLicenseNotice"="YES" "DisplayLicenseNoticeSU"="YES" "AskBef oreClosing"="YES" "UNCMaxAttempts"="2" "DebugEnable"="NO" "ExtrasT ab"="YES" "IgnoreLocalL icense"="NO" "RepositoryLocation1"="SUPPORTCENTER" "RepositoryLocation2"="%ANYDRV%\\SystemUpdate3_x\\" "RepositoryLocation3"="\\\\Server_X\\TVSU_repository\\" "IgnoreRMLicCRCSize"="YES" "Notif yInterval"="300"

SystemUpdateversioncontrolwiththestart.regﬁle

IfyouwanttocontroltheversionofSystemUpdateavailabletoyourusers,youcanuseyournetwork repositorytostorespeciﬁcversionsofSystemUpdate.StoringupdatepackageslocallywillenableSystem

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations37

Updatetosearchforupgradeswithinyournetworkrepository.SystemUpdateversioncontroliscompatible withSystemUpdate3.02andlaterreleases.

Toconﬁgurethestart.regﬁleforSystemUpdateversioncontrol,dothefollowing:

1.DownloadtheSSClientCommon.zipﬁleandtheAdministratorToolspackagefromthefollowingLenovo Website: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu.

2.Createafoldertouseasarepositorythatwillstoreupdatepackages.

Note:Settheaccesspermissionsofthenewrepositoryfoldertoread-onlyaccessforendusers. Administratorfunctionswillrequirereadandwriteaccess.

3.ExtracttheSSClientCommon.zipﬁletoyourrepositoryfolder.

4.RuntheAdministratorToolspackage.WhenyouruntheAdministratorToolspackage,thestart.reg ﬁlewillbeplacedinthefollowingdirectorypath:

C:\SWTOOLS\TOOLS\Z703_Admin003

5.EdittheServerNamestringinthestart.regﬁlebyreplacingtheexistingHTTPservernamewiththepath ofyourrepositoryfolder.Thefollowingexampleshowsthedefaultsettings:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate \Pref erences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings] "RetryL imit"="0" "RetryWaitTime"="0" "ServerName"="https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pcbs/agent/" "BlockSize"="4096" "Domains"=hex(7):2e,00,6c,00,65,00,6e,00,6f,00,76,00,6f,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,\

6d,00,00,00,2e,00,69,00,62,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,00,00,00,00

ThefollowingexampleshowstheServerNamesettingthathasbeenchangedtoarepositorypath:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate \Pref erences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings] "RetryL imit"="0" "RetryWaitTime"="0" "ServerName"="\\\\Server_X\\TVSU_repository\\" "BlockSize"="4096" "Domains"=hex(7):2e,00,6c,00,65,00,6e,00,6f,00,76,00,6f,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,\

6d,00,00,00,2e,00,69,00,62,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,00,00,00,00

Note:Ifyouhaveﬁnishedcustomizingthestart.regﬁle,deploythisregistryﬁletoclientcomputersusing externalmediasuchasamemorykeyorCD.

SystemUpdatebillboardandthestart.regﬁle

Ifyouareusingthestart.regﬁletodeployconﬁgurations,youcanusethefollowingsettingtodisablethelive feedfortheSystemUpdatebillboard:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\UCSettings\Billboard] "LiveFeed"="Blank"

WhentheLiveFeedvalueissettoBlank,thedefaultbillboardimagewillbedisplayedontheuserinterface.

38SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Chapter4.WorkingwithSystemUpdate

Thischapterprovidesinformationonworkingwithupdatepackages,usingSystemUpdate,anddownloading theWebupgradeforSystemUpdate.

AboutSystemUpdate

WhenyousearchforupdatesusingSystemUpdate,therequestgoestoarepositoryortheLenovoHelp Center,dependingonhowSystemUpdateisconﬁgured.Inresponse,SystemUpdateprovidesalistof newcandidateupdates.ThenSystemUpdateveriﬁeswhichofthecandidateupdatesareapplicabletothe hardwareandsoftwareonyourcomputeranddisplaysalistofapplicableupdates.SystemUpdatewill alsodisplayupdatepackagesinorderofseveritythatarerelatedtootherupdatepackages.Onceyou selectupdatesofinterest,SystemUpdatedownloadstheupdatesfromtherepositoryortheLenovoHelp Center,andthenprovidesaninstallationmethod.Iftwoormoreupdatepackagesarerelated,System Updatedownloadsandinstallsallupdatepackages.

Designedtohelpyoukeepyoursystemup-to-date,SystemUpdateprovidesthefollowingfunctions:

•Getnewupdates

•Installdeferredupdates

•Scheduleupdates

Extrastab

AsafeatureofSystemUpdate,theExtrastabenablesyoutoeasilyidentifytheapplicablesoftware, hardware,andsolutionofferingstohelpyoukeepyourentiresystemperformingtoitsfullcapacity.

SystemUpdateanalyzesyoursystem,andthenrecommendssolutionsthatcanbeusedtoenhanceyour systemperformance.ExamplesofwhattheExtrastabmayrecommendinclude:

•Memoryupgrades

•Printerrecommendations

•Warrantyrecommendations

SystemUpdatebillboard

InvariouspanelsoftheSystemUpdateuserinterface,thereisalivefeedbillboardimageprovidedby Lenovoforcustomerregistration.Ifyouclickthisimage,theregistrationprocesswillbegin.Ifyouregister, youwillreceiveimportantinformationaboutyoursystemfromLenovo.Y oucanturnthislivefeedoffby clearingthevalueintheregistry.Formoreinformationonconﬁguringthissettingwiththeregistry,theADM ﬁle,orthestart.regﬁle,seeChapter3“Conﬁgurations”onpage15

Note:TheregistrationfunctionisavailabletousersinUnitedStatesonly.

Workingwithupdatepackages

Anupdatepackageismadebybundlingseveralﬁlestogether.Anupdatespackageconsistsofa self-extractinginstallerprogram,anXMLdescriptorﬁlethatdeﬁnestheupdate,oneormoreNLSreadme ﬁles,anypackagelicenseﬁle,andanyoptionaldetectionmodules.

Applicableupdatepackagesmustmatchthetripletofaclientcomputer.Atripletisthecombinationofthe operatingsystem,machinetype(MT),andoperatingsystemlanguage.Anexampleofatripletvalueis:

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014

WindowsXP,2373,USEnglish

Note:Ifyouhavemultiplemachinetype/modelnumbersselectedintheUpdateRetrievermainwindow,all packagescommontothemultiplesystemsthatyouselectintheApplicableUpdateswindowwillresult inacheckmarknexttoeachsystem.Clearingthecheckboxforonesystemwillclearthecheckboxes forallofthesystems.

Downloadingandinstallingupdates

Youcandownloadandinstallupdatepackagesfromthefollowingdifferentlocations:

•TheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite

•Therepositoryfolderonalocalsystem

•Therepositoryfolderonanetworkshare

Thefollowingsectionsexplaineachlocationindetail,sothatyoucanprovidethebestconﬁgurationfor yourorganization.

UsingtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite

YoucanmanuallyinitiateasearchfornewupdatesusingSystemUpdate.SystemUpdatenotiﬁesyouthat thefollowinginformationiscommunicatedtodeterminetheapplicableupdatepackagesforyoursystem:

•Operatingsystem

•Machinetype

•Operatingsystemlanguage

SystemUpdatewillthenprovideaselectablelistofupdates.Y ouwillhavetheoptiontodeferupdates,so youcandownloadtheupdatepackageandinstallitatalatertime,oryoucandownloadtheupdatepackage andinstallitimmediately.Onceyouselecttheupdatestodownloadandconﬁrmtheselections,theupdates willbedownloadedandinstalledtoyoursystem.

Usingtherepositoryfolderonalocalsystem

Youcansetupyourcomputertostoreupdatepackageslocally.Dothisbycreatingafolderonyour computertouseastherepository,andthenchangetherepositorypathintheregistrythatpointstothat repositoryonyourlocalcomputer.

Usingtherepositoryfolderonanetworkshare

Youcandownloadandinstallnewupdatesfromarepositorythatresidesonanetworkshare.System Updatewillretrievetheendusercredentials(usernameandpassword)neededforauthenticationfromthe applicationpropertiesasencryptedstrings.Ifausernameandpassworddoesnotexist,SystemUpdatewill stillattempttoconnecttothenetworksharebutwillprompttheusertoprovideausernameandpassword.

Note:TheusernameandpasswordpropertiescanbemanagedbyActiveDirectory.Astheusernameand passwordmustbeencryptedwhenusedasanapplicationproperty,anadministratorcanusetheLenovo suppliedutilitycalledMapDrvtogenerateencryptedstringsfortheusernameandpasswordusinga softwarekey.ForadditionalinformationabouttheMapDrvutility,see“MapDrvutility”onpage81.

Thefollowingkeysareusedtostoretheusernameandpassword:

•HKLM\Software\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION\UNC=<networkshare>

•HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION\UNC=

•HKLM\Software\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION\Pwd= <encryptedpassword>

40SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

IfanActiveDirectorypolicyisused,thesevaluesarestoredat:

•HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION\UNC=

•HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION\User= <encryptedusername>

•HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION\Pwd= <encryptedpassword>

Workingwithlicenseagreements

Uponsearchingforupdatepackages,SystemUpdatewillprovideupdatepackagestodownloadandinstall. Updatepackagescancontainlicenseagreements.Ifyoustoreupdatepackagesinarepository,youcan savetimeandeffortbyusingsilentcommandscriptsandbyconﬁguringSystemUpdatetorecognize theselicenseagreementsautomatically.ToconﬁgureSystemUpdatetorecognizelicenseagreements automatically,setthefollowingregistryvaluetoYES:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate \Pref erences\UserSettings\General\IgnoreLocalLicense

Note:Usingsilentcommandscriptstorecognizelicenseagreementsworksonlyifyouusearepository tostoreupdatepackages.IfyouobtainpackagesdirectlyfromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite,silent commandscriptswillnotbeeffective.

UsingSystemUpdate

WhenusingSystemUpdatetosearchforupdatepackages,SystemUpdatewilldisplaysearchresultsinfour categories:Critical,Recommended,Optional,andExtra.Thiscategorizationalsodeﬁnestheseveritylevel ofthepackage.Foradescriptionofeachcategory,seethefollowing:

•Criticalpackagesareconsideredmandatoryforyoursystemtofunctionproperly.Failuretoinstallthese packagescouldresultindataloss,systemmalfunction,orhardwarefailure.Youcanchoosetohave criticalupdatesdownloadedandinstalledautomaticallyonascheduledbasis.Acriticalpackagecan be,forexample:

–Aharddiskdriveﬁrmwareupdatethatifnotappliedcouldresultinharddiskdrivefailure.

–ABIOSupgradethatifnotappliedwillresultinsystemlags.

–Asoftwarepatchtoanapplicationthatifnotappliedcouldresultindatalossonyoursystem.

•RecommendedpackagesarepackagesrecommendedbyLenovotoensureyoursystemworkingat optimalperformance.Thisseveritylevelshouldbethedefaultformostdrivers.Arecommendedpackage canbe,forexample:

–Avideodriverthatcorrectsanissuethatmaycausebluescreenissues.

–ABIOSupdatethatcontainsminorﬁxesthatmayimpactasmallgroupofcustomers.

–Apowermanagementdriverthatwillallowamobilesystemtogetthemostoutofitsbatterylife.

•Optionalpackageswillimproveyourcomputingexperience,butarenotnecessary.Anoptionalpackage canbe,forexample:

–AtoolthatenablesyoutomigrateﬁlesfromonesystemtoanothersuchastheThinkVantage®Rescue

andRecovery®program.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramisnotneededforyoursystemtooperate, butprovidesbeneﬁtifyouchoosetoinstallit.

–AnyBIOSordriverupgradethathasbeenupdatedonlytosupportnewersystemsandcontainsno

ﬁxes.

Chapter4.WorkingwithSystemUpdate41

•Extrapackagescanconsistofsoftware,hardware,orsolutionofferingstohelpyoukeepyourentire systemperformingtoitsfullcapacity.Anextrapackagecanbe,forexample:

–Memoryupgrades

–Printerrecommendations

–Warrantyrecommendations

Schedulingthesearchforupdates

Youhavetheoptiontomanuallyinitiatethesearchfornewupdatesorscheduleanautomaticsearchfornew updatesataspeciﬁedtimeintervalwhenSystemUpdateisconﬁguredtosearchfromcustomrepositories. Whenyouenabletheautomaticsearchforupdates,youcandeﬁnethepackagetype,thesearchfrequency, andthetimeofdaywhenSystemUpdatesearchesfornewupdates.

UsingSystemUpdate,youwillbeenabledtodothefollowingautomaticsearchesonascheduledbasis:

•“Automaticsearchingfornewupdates”onpage42

•“Automaticsearchingforanddownloadingnewupdates”onpage43

•“Automaticsearchingfor,downloading,andinstallingnewupdates”onpage43

Conﬁguringanautomaticsearch

WhenyouconﬁgureSystemUpdatetosearchfornewupdatesautomaticallyonascheduledbasis,the followingoptionsareavailable:

•Schedule:Y oucanchoosetosearchfornewupdatesweeklyormonthly.Forweeklychecks,adayofthe weekandtimemustbeselected.Formonthlychecks,adateinthemonthandtimemustbeselected.

•Notiﬁcation:Forrecommendedandoptionalupdates,youcanbenotiﬁedwhennewupdatesarefound andhavethechoicetoeitherdownloadtheupdatesordeferthedownloadatalatertime.Forcritical updates,youcanconﬁguretheapplicationtoautomaticallydownloadandnotifyyouafterthedownload iscompleted,oryoucanconﬁguretodownloadandinstallallnewupdatesandtogetnotiﬁedafterthe downloadandinstallationiscompleted.

Conﬁguringthenotiﬁcationoptionforanautomaticsearch

Ifperforminganautomaticsearch,youcanconﬁguretheapplicationwithoneofthefollowingnotiﬁcation optionsforcritical,recommended,andoptionalupdates:

•Providesnotiﬁcationwhennewupdatesarefoundsothatyoucanmanuallyinitiatethedownloadand installation.

•Downloadsandinstallsthenewupdatesandprovidesnotiﬁcationwhencompleted.

•Automaticallydownloadsupdatesandnotiﬁesyouwhentheupdatesarereadytoinstall.

Thenotiﬁcationisinformofaballoontooltip.

Automaticsearchingfornewupdates

YoucanconﬁgureSystemUpdatetoonlysearchforupdatesfromacustomrepositoryonaspeciﬁed schedule.Ifnewupdatesarefound,youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthe notiﬁcationarea.Whenyouclicktheballoontooltip,SystemUpdatewilldisplaythenewupdates.Youcan alsolaunchSystemUpdatebydouble-clickingtheapplicationicon.

Ifyouright-clicktheapplicationicon,twooptionsareavailable:LaunchandExit.SelectingLaunchwill startSystemUpdateanddisplaythenewupdates.SelectingExitwillremovetheapplicationicon,andyou willnolongerbenotiﬁedwhennewupdatesarefounduntilthenextscheduledsearchfornewupdates.

42SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Automaticsearchingforanddownloadingnewupdates

YoucanconﬁgureSystemUpdatetoautomaticallysearchforanddownloadnewupdatesavailabletoyour systemonaspeciﬁedschedule.Newupdateswillbefoundandautomaticallydownloadedtothelocal cacheofdeferredupdates.Whenthedownloadiscompleted,youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfrom theapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea.Ifyouclicktheballoontooltip,SystemUpdatewillbelaunched andshowthenewupdatesthatweredownloadedandarereadytoinstall.Y oucanalsolaunchSystem Updatebydouble-clickingtheapplicationicon.

Youcanright-clickandselectLaunchorExit.SelectingLaunchwilllaunchSystemUpdateanddisplay thenewupdates.SelectingExitwillremovetheapplicationicon,andyouarenolongernotiﬁedwhennew updatesweredownloadeduntilthenextscheduledsearchfornewupdates.

Automaticsearchingfor,downloading,andinstallingnewupdates

YoucanconﬁgureSystemUpdatetoautomaticallysearchfor,download,andinstallnewupdatesavailable toyoursystemonaspeciﬁedschedule.Newupdateswillbefoundandautomaticallydownloadedand installedtoyoursystem.Whentheinstallationiscompleted,youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltip fromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea.Ifyouclicktheballoontooltip,SystemUpdatewillbe launchedandshowtheupdatesthatwereinstalledandtheresults.YoucanalsolaunchSystemUpdate bydouble-clickingtheapplicationicon.

Youcanright-clickandselectLaunchorExit.SelectingLaunchwilllaunchSystemUpdateanddisplaythe resultsscreen.SelectingExitwillremovetheapplicationicon,andyouarenolongernotiﬁedwhennew updateswereinstalleduntilthenextscheduledsearchfornewupdates.

Viewingthedownloadandinstallationhistory

Youcanviewahistoryofupdatesthataredownloadedandinstalledonyoursystem.Foreachupdate,the resultsofthedownloadandinstallationarenotedaseithersuccessfulorfailed.

Hidingandrestoringhiddenupdates

Updatescanbehidden,whichmeansthosespeciﬁcupdateswillnotbedisplayedasapplicableinthe future.Y oucanhidespeciﬁcversionsofanupdate.

Workingwithupdatesthatforceareboot

Wheninstallingmultipleupdatesandoneoftheupdatesforcesareboot,SystemUpdatewillautomatically continuetheinstallationatthenextupdateafterthereboot.

Keyboardshortcuts

ThefollowingtableprovidesthekeyboardshortcutsforthemainfunctionsofSystemUpdate:

Table16.Keyboardshortcuts

FunctionShortcut

GetnewupdatesCTRL+U

Installdeferredupdates

ScheduleupdatesCTRL+S

Viewinstallationhistory

Restorehiddenupdates

CTRL+D

CTRL+H

CTRL+R

Chapter4.WorkingwithSystemUpdate43

Table16.Keyboardshortcuts(continued)

FunctionShortcut

CloseCTRL+E

ContextHelp

44SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Chapter5.WorkingwithUpdateRetriever

ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutsettingupandusingUpdateRetriever.

AboutUpdateRetriever

UpdateRetrieverenablesyoutodownloadupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitetoa networksharerepositoryfolder.Yourrepositoryfolderprovidesthestorageforupdatepackages.Once conﬁgured,SystemUpdatecansearchyourrepositoryforupdatepackages.Thisallowsgreatercontrolof theupdatesthatareavailableoveryournetwork.

Youcanmanuallyinitiatethesearchforupdatesorscheduleanautomaticsearchfornewpackagesata speciﬁedtimeinterval.Ifperforminganautomaticsearch,youcanconﬁgureUpdateRetrievertoprovide notiﬁcationwhennewupdatesarefoundsoyoucanmanuallyinitiatethedownloadortoautomatically downloadthenewupdatesandprovidenotiﬁcationwhendownloadingiscomplete.

Aboutupdatepackages

UpdateRetrieverenablesyoutomodifyorcreateupdatepackages.Anupdatespackageconsistsofa self-extractinginstallerprogram,anXMLdescriptorﬁlethatdeﬁnestheupdate,oneormoreNLSreadme ﬁles,anypackagelicenseﬁle,andanyoptionaldetectionmodules.EachupdatepackagehasanXML descriptorﬁlethatcontainsmetadatausedtodescribetheconditionsthatmustexistontheclientcomputer andhowtoinstalltheupdateontheclientcomputer.Ifanupdatemeetstherequirementsyoudeﬁnedinthe XMLdescriptorﬁle,itisconsideredanapplicableupdateforthetargetedsystem.AnXMLdescriptorﬁle containsthenecessaryinformationforanupdatepackagetoberecognizedandhandledbySystemUpdate.

Note:Tomodifyanupdatepackage,youmustuseUpdateRetrievertoedittheXMLdescriptorﬁle.For moreinformation,seetheUpdateRetrieverhelpsystem.

ThefollowinglistprovidesthemetadataofanupdatepackagethatyoucancustomizeusingUpdate Retriever:

•Packageidentity

–PackageID

–Name

–Version

–Vendor

–Releasedate

–Diskspaceneededtoinstallthepackage

–Title,description,summary,andlanguageofapackage

–Versiondetection

–T argetapplications

•Installationdetection

–Add/Removeprograms

–BIOS

–BIOSdate

–CPUaddresswidth

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014

–Driver

–Embeddedcontrollerversion

–Externaldetection

–Filedate

–Fileexistence

–Fileversion

–Harddiskdrive(HDD)

–Operatingsystemandoperatingsystemlanguages

–OS

–OSLang

–OSNLang

–Plug-and-playadapterID(PnPID)

–Registrykey

–Registrykeyvalue

–Supportedsystems

–Systemvendor

•Assigningseveritylevelstoupdatepackages

–Critical

–Recommended

–Optional

•Installationsetupanddetails

–Installationtype

–Command

–Shell

–INFﬁle

–Oneormorereturncodesindicatingsuccessorfailure

–Reboottypes

–Extractcommand

–Defaultlanguage

–Manualinstallationdetails

–Uninstalldetails

•Deﬁningtheﬁlesthatmakeuptheupdatepackage

–Installerﬁle

–Externalﬁle

–Readmeﬁle

–Licenseﬁleandothersystemspeciﬁcﬁles

UpdateRetrieverﬁrsttimesetup

WhenyoulaunchUpdateRetrievertheﬁrsttime,youneedtosetupUpdateRetriever.T odotheﬁrst timesetupofUpdateRetriever,dothefollowing:

46SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

1.LaunchUpdateRetriever.

Note:WhenyoulaunchUpdateRetriever,youmustbeloggedonasauserwhobelongstoalocal administratorgroup.

2.OntheWelcomescreen,specifyarepositoryfolderandsetthelogoninformationbydoingthefollowing:

a.T ypeorbrowsearepositorypathforthesharedriveusedasthenetworksharerepositoryinthe

Repositorypathﬁeld.

Note:TheWelcomescreenwillnotopenthenexttimeyoulaunchUpdateRetriever.However,you

canchangetherepositorypathanddefaultstatusofupdatesbyusingtheModifysettingsoptionin theUpdateRetrievernavigationpane.

b.Typeausernameandpasswordforthesharedriveusedasthenetworksharerepositoryintheuser

nameandpasswordﬁelds.

3.IntheGetnewupdatespanel,clickAdd.

4.IntheAddnewsystemswindow,setthetripletinformationforasystembydoingthefollowing:

a.T ypetheapplicablemachinetype.Y oucanﬁndthemachinetypeonthebottomofanotebook

computerorontherearofadesktopcomputer.

b.Selecttheapplicableoperatingsystem.

c.Selecttheapplicablelanguage.

d.ClickAddandthenclickSave.

5.IntheGetnewupdatespanel,selectthecheckboxnexttotheapplicablemachinetypeyouwantto searchforupdatepackages.

Note:Ifyouwanttosearchforupdatepackagesforallmachinetypes,selecttheSelectallcheckbox.

6.ClickNextandthenclickFinishtosearchfortheapplicableupdatepackages.UpdateRetrieverwill placetheupdatepackagesinthedesignatedrepositoryfolder.

Attention:Ifyouﬁndduplicateupdatepackagesinthenetworksharerepository,andtheseupdate packageshavedifferentpackagecontents,youcanselectallpackageswithcorrespondingnamesfora givenmachinetypewhenyouaremanagingthecontentsofthenetworksharerepository.

Note:IfyouinstallUpdateRetrieveronanotebookcomputerthatisrunningtheWindowsVistaoperating systeminonecountryandthendownloadupdatepackagesinanothercountry,thelicenseﬁleswiththose updatepackagesmaynotbedisplayedcorrectly.T oavoidthisproblem,donotdownloadupdatepackages inanycountryexcepttheonewhereyouinstalledUpdateRetriever.

UsingUpdateRetriever

WithUpdateRetriever,youcanmanuallyinitiatethesearchforupdatepackages,orscheduleanautomatic searchfornewupdatepackagesataspeciﬁedtimeinterval.

ThefollowingsectionsprovideinformationonusingUpdateRetrievertosearchforupdatepackages, scheduleanautomaticsearch,viewdownloadhistory,andrestorehiddenupdates.

Manualsearchingfornewupdates

Youcanmanuallyinitiateasearchfornewupdatesusingawizard-likeinterface.Updatepackagesare speciﬁctothetripletvalueofeachclientcomputer.Atripletisthecombinationoftheoperatingsystem, machinetype(MT),andoperatingsystemlanguage.Anexampleofatripletvalueis:

WindowsXP,2373,USEnglish

Chapter5.WorkingwithUpdateRetriever47

Forsystemswithvarioustriplets,updatesareassignedtomatchingmachinetypes,operatingsystems,and languagevalues.Thetripletvalueforanupdateissavedintherepositorywhentheupdateisdownloaded fromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitebyUpdateRetriever.

Onceatripletvalueisspeciﬁed,UpdateRetrieversearchestheLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteanddisplaysa listofpackagestargetedtothespeciﬁedtripletvalue.Afteryousearchforupdates,therewillbeabrief timeintervalbeforeyoucanselecttheapplicableupdatestodownload.Onceyouselecttheupdatesto download,youcanreviewyourselections.Afteryouconﬁrmtheselections,theupdateswillbedownloaded toaspeciﬁedrepository.

Schedulingthesearchforupdates

YoucanconﬁgureUpdateRetrievertosearchfornewupdatesautomaticallyonascheduledbasis.The schedulerinitiatesasearchfornewupdates.TheadministratorisnotiﬁeddependingonhowUpdate Retrieverwasconﬁgured,intheformofane-mailoraballoontooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthe notiﬁcationarea.

Conﬁguringanautomaticsearch

WhenyouconﬁgureUpdateRetrievertosearchfornewupdatesautomaticallyonascheduledbasis,the followingoptionsareavailable:

•Schedule:Y oucanchoosetosearchfornewupdatesweeklyormonthly.Forweeklychecks,adayofthe weekandtimemustbeselected.Formonthlychecks,adateinthemonthandtimemustbeselected.

Conﬁguringthenotiﬁcationoptionforanautomaticsearch

Ifperforminganautomaticsearch,youcanconﬁguretheapplicationwithoneofthefollowingnotiﬁcation optionsforcritical,recommended,andoptionalupdates:

•Providesnotiﬁcationwhennewupdatesarefoundsothatyoucanmanuallyinitiatethedownloadand installation.

•Downloadsandinstallsthenewupdatesandprovidesnotiﬁcationwhencompleted.

•Automaticallydownloadsupdatesandnotiﬁesyouwhentheupdatesarereadytoinstall.

Thenotiﬁcationcanbeintheformofaballoontooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaor ane-mail.Thee-mailnotiﬁcationincludesthedateandtimeofthecheck,thenumberofpackagesfound, andalistofupdates.

Automaticsearchingfornewupdates

Ifyouareperforminganautomaticsearchforcriticalupdates,youcanconﬁguretheapplicationtoprovide notiﬁcationwhennewupdatesarefoundsothatyoucanmanuallyinitiatethedownloadlater,orto automaticallydownloadthenewupdatesandprovidenotiﬁcationwhenthedownloadingiscomplete.

Ifyouareperforminganautomaticsearchforrecommendedupdates,youcanconﬁguretheapplicationto providenotiﬁcationwhennewupdatesarefoundsothatyoucanmanuallyinitiatethedownloadlater.

Note:SystemUpdatewillonlyallowupdatestobeinstalledonsystemsforwhichtheupdatewasdesignated.

48SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Managingtherepository

UpdateRetrieverenablesyoutomanagetheupdatesinyourrepository.

Viewingupdatesinarepository

YoucanviewupdatesintherepositorybychoosingManagerepositoryandthenselectingUpdateview.

Youcanviewupdatesbyﬁlteringbyoperatingsystem,language,machinetype,severity,andstatus.In theUpdateviewpanel,youcansortthelistofupdatesbyupdateID,title,version,reboottype,severity, license,orstatus.Youcanselectoneormorepackagesandmodifyordeletethem.Y oucanalsoselect non-Lenovopackagesandmodifythetriplets.

Modifyinganupdatepackage

Youcanmodifythereboottype,severity,license,andstatusofoneormoreupdatepackagesinthe repository.

Thefollowingtableprovidesthevaluesthatyoucansetfortheselectedupdatepackage(s).

Table17.Thevaluesforanupdatepackage

OptionPossiblevalue

Reboottype

Severity•(Blank)

License

Status•(Blank)

•(Blank)

•Noreboot:reboottype0

•Forcesareboot:reboottype1

•Reserved

•Requiresareboot:reboottype3

•Shutdown:reboottype4

•Critical

•Recommended

•Optional

•(Blank)

•Display

•Nodisplay

•T est

•Active

Attention:Y oumustchangethevaluetoActivetoindicatethatthe packageisinproduction,sothatSystemUpdatecanrecognizeit.

Note:ThedefaultvaluewassetintheﬁrsttimesetupofUpdateRetriever.Youcansetthedefaultvalue byusingtheModifysettingsoptionintheUpdateRetrievernavigationpane.See“Modifyingsettings” onpage51.

Creatinganupdatepackage

YoucancreateanupdatepackagebyclickingCreateanUpdateintheUpdateviewpanel.

Tocreateanupdatepackage,dothefollowing:

Chapter5.WorkingwithUpdateRetriever49

1.Buildasingleexecutableforsourceﬁleswithaninstaller,suchas7zip,WinZip,WinRar,Package ForTheWeb(PFTW),orMSI.

2.(Optional)Createareadmeﬁlethatdescribestheupdatepackagesincludingthefollowing:

•Reportswithversionhistory

•Minimuminstallationrequirements

•Stepstoinstallanduninstall

•Reportsofchangesfromoneversiontoalaterversion

•Issuesthatneedtobecommunicatedtotheenduser

Note:Ifareadmeﬁledoesnotexistintheupdatepackage,theupdatecannotbeimportedwith UpdateRetriever.

3.(Optional)CreateaﬁlethatdocumentsthelicenseorEnd-UserLicenceAgreement(EULA)whichthe endusermustagreetobeforethepackagecanbeinstalled.SystemUpdatewillpresentthecontentsof thisﬁletotheenduserbeforethepackagecanbedownloadedandinstalled.

4.T esttheexecutableyoucreatedinstep1.

5.CreatetheXMLdescriptorﬁlewithUpdateRetriever.Formoreinformation,seetheUpdateRetriever helpsystem.

6.FromtheDeﬁneﬁlespanel,addtheinstallersuchasanexecutable,alicenseﬁle,areadmeﬁle,and anyoptionalorrequiredﬁles.UpdateRetrieverautomaticallybuildsthepackageforyouwhenyou completetheXMLdescriptor.

7.VerifythepackagecreatedintheUpdateRetrieverrepository.

8.ImportthepackagetothenetworksharerepositoryusingUpdateRetriever.See“Importinganupdate packageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage50.

Note:Formoreinformationoncreatinganupdatepackage,seetheUpdateRetrieverhelpsystem.

Importinganupdatepackageintoanetworksharerepository

YoucanimportcustomupdatesthatarebuiltmanuallyorcustomizedwithUpdateRetrieverintoanetwork sharerepositoryusingUpdateRetriever.Whenanupdateisimported,itisnotassignedtoatriplet.The valueforthetripletislistedas"Unassigned"forthemachinetype.Y oumustassigncustomupdatestoone ormoresystemsbeforetheywillberecognizedbySystemUpdate.

Toimportanupdatepackageintothenetworksharerepositoryandreassignthetripletinformation,do thefollowing:

1.LaunchUpdateRetriever.

2.ClickManagerepositoryintheUpdateRetrievernavigationpane.

3.ClickImportupdates.

4.ClickBrowseandnavigatetoyourrepositorycontainingupdatepackages.

5.SelectyourapplicableupdatepackageandthenclickOK.

6.Selectthecheckboxtosearchsubfolders(ifthe.xmlsﬁlesarenotintherootfolder).

7.ClickNext.

8.ReviewtheupdatesthatwerefoundandthenclickImport.

9.ClickUpdateview,andtheimportedupdatesaredisplayedasunassignedupdates.

10.SelectthecheckboxfortheupdatesandclickAssignsystems.

11.IntheAssignsystemwindow,selectthecheckboxfortheapplicabletripletsorselectSelectall.

12.ClickSave.

50SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Note:Eachupdatemustbeinitsownsubfolder.Ifimportingonlyoneupdate,specifythefolderthat

containsthatupdate.Ifimportingmultipleupdates,puteachupdatesubfolderunderawrapperfolderand specifythewrapperfolderduringtheimportoperation.

Assigningtripletstoanupdate

Youcanassigncustomupdatestooneormoresystems.Whenviewingupdatesintherepository,youcan selectoneormoreupdatesandassignthoseupdatestooneormoresystemsbyselectingtherelevant triplets.

Generatingacontentsreportofthenetworksharerepository

YoucangenerateareportofthecontentsinthenetworksharerepositorythatwillbeinanExcelspreadsheet format(CSVﬁle).Inthisreport,youcanchoosetoincludeactiveupdates,archivedupdates,hidden updates,andtestupdates.

Modifyingsettings

YoucansetthedefaultrepositoryandthedefaultupdatepackagestatusbyusingtheModifysettings optionintheUpdateRetrievernavigationpane.

•Updatedefaultstatus:Thestatusofupdateswillbesettoaspeciﬁedvaluewhenupdatesareretrieved fromtheLenovoHelpCenterorimportedtoalocalrepository.

•Repositories:Youcancustomizethelocationoftherepositoryfolder.Ifanetworkshareisspeciﬁed usingtheUNCpath,youcanprovideausernameandpasswordtoauthenticatewithoutrequiringa promptwhenmakingtheactualconnection.

Viewinghistory

TheViewhistoryfunctionenablesyoutoviewthedetailedinformationaboutthedownloadhistoryand exporthistory.

ThedownloadhistoryprovidesdetailedinformationaboutallupdatesthattheThinkVantageUpdate Retrieverhasdownloadedtotheupdaterepository,aswellasupdatesthatarehidden.

Toviewthedownloadhistory,dothefollowing:

1.ClickViewhistoryintheleftpaneofthemainwindow.TheViewHistorywindowopens.

2.ClicktheViewdownloadhistorylinktoviewthefollowinginformation:

•Title:Thetitleoftheupdate.

•Version:Theversionnumberoftheupdate.

•Name:Thenameoftheupdate.

•DownloadedTime:Thedateandtimewhentheupdatewasdownloaded(notdisplayedforcurrent results).

Theexporthistoryprovidesdetailedinformationaboutupdatesthathavebeenexportedtothetargetfolder.

Toviewtheexporthistory,dothefollowing:

1.ClickViewhistoryintheleftpaneofthemainwindow.TheViewHistorywindowopens.

2.ClicktheViewexporthistorylinktoviewthefollowinginformation:

•ExportedTime:Thedateandtimewhentheupdatewasexported.

•Status:SuccessfulorFailed(followedbythecauseoffailure).

•SourceLocation:Thedirectorywherethedriverupdateissavedintherepository.

•T argetLocation:Thedirectorywheretheexporteddriverupdateissaved.

Chapter5.WorkingwithUpdateRetriever51

•SubfolderName:Thenameofsubfolderwheretheexporteddriverupdateissaved.Forthedriver updatethatfailstobeexported,thesubfoldernamejustindicatesitstitleandversionnumber.

Hidingupdates

Youcanhideupdates,whichmeansthatthehiddenupdatesincludingthecurrentandfutureversionswill notbedisplayedasrelevant(fromtheLenovoHelpCenter)inthefuture.Y ouhavetwooptions:

•Hidejustaspeciﬁcversionofanupdate

•Hideallfutureversionsofanupdate

Ifinthefutureyouwanttohavethoseupdatesdisplayedagain,youcanunhidethem.

Exportingupdates

TheThinkVantageUpdateRetrieverenablesyoutoexportdriverupdatesinyourrepositorytoadesignated targetfolder.Duringtheexportprocess,UpdateRetrieverwillextracteachdriverupdatetoasubfolder. Then,theseextracteddriverupdatescanbeeasilyimportedintocommonoperatingsystemdeployment toolssuchasMicrosoftSystemCenterConﬁgurationManagerorLANDeskManagementSuiteforeasy integrationanddeployment.

Note:Beforeexportingupdates,makesureyouhavedownloadedtherelevantdriverupdatesfortarget systemsfromtheLenovoHelpCentertoyourrepository.

Toexportthedriverupdates,dothefollowing:

1.ClickManagerepositoryintheleftpaneofthemainwindow.Themenuexpandstoshowseveral optionsformanagingtherepository.

2.ClickExportupdatestobegintheprocessofexportingdriverupdatesintherightpaneofthemain window.

3.T ypethedirectoryofthetargetfolderintheFolderﬁeld,orclickBrowsetolocatethetargetfolder.Y ou cancreatethetargetfolderifitdoesnotexist.

4.ClickNext.SelectasystemfromtheMachinetype/Operatingsystem/Languagelist,andthenselectthe driverupdate(s)assignedtothesystemyouselected,orselectSelectalltoincludealltheupdates displayed.

5.Repeatstep4forothersystemsifdesired.

6.ClickFinish.Theexportstarts,andyoucanviewtheexportprogressintherightpane.

7.Whentheexportcompletes,theresultsandthelocationlinkofthetargetfolderaredisplayed.Youcan clicktheresultslinktoviewtheexporthistory,andclickthelocationlinktoopenthetargetfolderthat containstheextracteddriverupdates.

Note:Whenexportingupdatesfromarepositorylocatedonthenetworkinsteadofarepositoryonalocal drive,anOpenFile-SecurityWarningdialogwillbedisplayedforeachupdatethatistobeextractedduring theexportprocess.T opreventthedialogfrombeingdisplayed,youcanchangetheLocalintranetsettingsin theMicrosoftInternetExplorerWebbrowser,eithertemporarilyorpermanentlyasyouneed.

TochangetheLocalintranetsettingsintheMicrosoftInternetExplorerWebbrowser,dothefollowing:

1.OpentheMicrosoftInternetExplorerWebbrowser.

2.ClickT oolsandselectInternetOptions.

3.ClicktheSecuritytab.

4.ClicktheLocalintraneticonandclickSites.

5.TheLocalintranetdialogboxisdisplayed.IftheAutomaticallydetectintranetnetworkcheckboxis selected,clearitandthenselectIncludeallnetworkpaths(UNCs).Itisrecommendedthatyoualso selectIncludealllocal(intranet)sitesnotlistedinotherzonesandIncludeallsitesthatbypassthe

proxyserverunlessotherwiseinstructedbyyoursystemadministrator.

52SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

6.ClickOKtosavetheLocalintranetsettings.

7.OntheSecuritytab,clickDefaultleveltoviewthedefaultsecuritylevel.Ifthesecuritylevelissetto Medium-loworLow,nootherchangesarenecessary.Otherwise,gotostep8.

8.IfthesecuritylevelissettoHigh,Medium-high,Medium,orCustom,changethesecuritylevelto Medium-low(thedefaultsetting)bymovingthesecuritylevelslider.However,youcankeepthesecurity levelhigherthanMedium-lowyetstillbeabletopreventtheOpenFile-SecurityWarningdialogfrom beingdisplayedbycustomizingthesecuritysetting.T ocustomizethesecuritysetting,dothefollowing:

a.ClickCustomlevel.TheSecuritySettings-InternetZonedialogisdisplayed.

b.LocatetheLaunchingapplicationsandunsafeﬁlesoption.

c.SelectEnable.

d.ClickOK.Adialogboxforconﬁrmationisdisplayed.

e.ClickYestoconﬁrmyourselection.

f.ClickOKtoexittheInternetOptionsdialogbox.

Keyboardshortcuts

ThefollowingtableprovidesthekeyboardshortcutsforthemainfunctionsofUpdateRetriever:

Table18.Keyboardshortcuts

FunctionShortcut

GetnewupdatesCTRL+G

Updateview(Showupdates)CTRL+U

CreatereportsCTRL+R

Importupdates

ScheduleupdatesCTRL+S

Updateview(Restorehiddenupdates)CTRL+H

Updateview(Managearchive)CTRL+A

Modifysettings

Viewdownloadhistory

CTRL+I

CTRL+E

CTRL+T

Chapter5.WorkingwithUpdateRetriever53

54SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Chapter6.WorkingwithThinInstaller

ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutusingThinInstallerandconﬁguringittoﬁtyourneeds.

AboutThinInstaller

ThinInstallerisdesignedtohelpITadministratorskeepthesystemsintheirenvironmentup-to-date.The programsearchesfortheupdatesfromarepositorycreatedbytheuser.Therepositorycanbeonalocal harddiskdrive,anetworkshare,aWebshare(HTTP),orexternalmediasuchasaCD,DVD,orUSBhard diskdrive.Theprogramautomaticallyrecognizesthemachinetypeofyourcomputer,modelnumber,and othersysteminformationtodeterminewhetherthesystemneedstheavailableupdates.Iftwoormore updatesarerelated,theprogramdownloadsandinstallsallupdates.Theprogramcanbeconﬁguredto installupdateseithermanuallyorautomatically.

ThinInstallerisalighterversionofSystemUpdate.UnlikeSystemUpdate,ThinInstallerdoesnotrequire installation,doesnotcreateanyregistrykeys,anddoesnothaveanyservices.AlltheﬁlesrelatedwithThin Installerarelocatedinasinglefolder.

ThinInstallerisavailableontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

ThinInstallerissupportedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:

•Windows7(32-bitand64-bit)

•WindowsVista(32-bitand64-bit)

•WindowsXPProfessionalwithServicePack2orlater(32-bitonly)

•Windows2000ProfessionalwithServicePack4

Note:ThinInstallerrequiresMicrosoft.NETFramework1.1withServicePack1orlater(Microsoft.NET Framework2.0orlaterisrecommended).

ConﬁguringThinInstaller

ThinInstallerprovidesanXMLﬁle,ThinInstaller.exe.conﬁguration,toconﬁguresettings.TheXMLﬁleis locatedattherootoftheThinInstallerfolder.

Thedefaultconﬁgurationisshownasfollows:

<Conguration>

<RepositoryPath></RepositoryPath> <LogPath></LogPath> <LanguageOverride>EN</LanguageOverride> <BlockSize>4096</BlockSize> <AskBef oreClosing>NO</AskBeforeClosing> <DisplayLicenseNotice>NO</DisplayLicenseNotice> <IgnoreLocalL icense>YES</IgnoreLocalL icense> <IgnoreRMLicCRCSize>YES</IgnoreRMLicCRCSize> <DebugEnable>NO</DebugEnable> <ContentMode>Active</ContentMode>

</Conguration>

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2014

Table19.Descriptionofconﬁgurableitems

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

RepositoryPath

LogPath

LanguageOverrideSpeciﬁesthelanguagetobeused.

BlockSizeSpeciﬁesthenumberofbytestobe

DisplayLicenseNoticeEnablesyoutoskipthelicense

Speciﬁestherepositorypath.By default,ThinInstallersearchesfor updatesinasubdirectoryunderthe ThinInstallerfolder.

Speciﬁesthelogpath.Bydefault, thelogiscreatedinasubdirectory undertheThinInstallerfolder.

readeachtimedataisdownloaded.

Promptstheuserwhethertoclose ThinInstaller.

agreementthatisdisplayedbefore theupdatepackagepicklistis populated.

Defaultvalue:blankIfspeciﬁed,ThinInstaller

Defaultvalue:blankIfThinInstallerdoesnot

Defaultvalue:EN

Possiblevalues:

•DA

•NL

•EN

•FI

•FR

•DE

•IT

•JP

•KO

•NO

•PT

•ES

•SV

•CHS

•CHT

Defaultvalue:4096

Possiblevalues:

•4096

•8192

Defaultvalue:NO AskBeforeClosing

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

Defaultvalue:NO

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

searchesforupdatesfrom thespeciﬁedrepository path.

havewriteaccesstothe speciﬁedlogpath,Thin Installerwillcreatethelog atthedefaultlocation.

Changesthelanguageto thespeciﬁedone.

Setsthenumberofbytes tothespeciﬁedone.

•IfYES,adialogboxwill prompttoaskwhether tocloseThinInstaller.

•IfNO,nodialogboxwill prompttoaskwhether tocloseThinInstaller, andThinInstallerwill closedirectly.

•IfYES,thelicense agreementscreenwill bedisplayedpriortothe updatepackagepick list.

•IfNO,thelicense agreementscreenwill notbedisplayed.

56SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table19.Descriptionofconﬁgurableitems(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

IgnoreLocalLicense

Showsorhidesthelicensedialog whenThinInstallerisdownloading andinstallinganupdatepackage.

Defaultvalue:YES

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

Usethissettingtoenableordisable thefollowingfunctionswhenThin Installerdownloadspackages:

•CRC-checkstheﬁlecorruption ofreadmeandlicenseagreement

Defaultvalue:YES IgnoreRMLicCRCSize

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO ﬁleswhenyoudownload packages.

•Filesize-checkstheﬁlesizeof readmeandlicenseagreement ﬁles.

DebugEnable

SpeciﬁeswhetherThinInstaller shouldcreatethelogﬁlenamed ApplicabilityRulesTrace.log.See “ApplicabilityRulesT race.log”on page61

ContentMode

Referstothestatusoftheupdate

packages.Setthevaluedepending onthestatusofupdatepackagesin therepository.

Defaultvalue:NO

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

Defaultvalue:Active

Possiblevalues:

•Active

•T est

•IfYES,thelicense dialogwillnotbe displayedwhenThin Installerisdownloading andinstallinganupdate package.

•IfNO,thelicense dialogwillbedisplayed whenThinInstaller isdownloadingand installinganupdate package.

Note:SomeMicrosoft updatesmayrequire theendusertoaccept thelicense,andthis cannotbedisabledby theIgnoreLocalLicense conﬁgurableitem.

•IfYES,ThinInstaller skipscheckingthe corruptionorthesizeof theseﬁles.

•IfNO,ThinInstaller checksthecorruptionor thesizeoftheseﬁles.

•IfYES,ThinInstallerwill createthelogﬁle.

•IfNO,ThinInstallerwill notcreatethelogﬁle.

•IfActive,ThinInstaller willsearchtheUpdate Retrieverrepositoryfor updatepackagesin activestatus.

•IfTest,ThinInstaller willsearchtheUpdate Retrieverrepositoryfor updatepackagesintest status.

Note:Ifthereisno database.xmlﬁlein theUpdateRetriever repositoryfolder,Thin Installerwillignorethe valueofContentMode andsearchforallthe updatepackages.

Chapter6.WorkingwithThinInstaller57

UsingThinInstaller

TouseThinInstaller,extracttheexecutablefromtheLenovoSupportWebsiteandconﬁgurethepathofthe repository.Tocreatetherepository,seeChapter5“WorkingwithUpdateRetriever”onpage45.Bydefault, theprogramsearchesforupdatesinasubdirectoryundertheThinInstallerfolder.

Figure6.Defaultrepository

Tospecifyadifferentlocation,usetheconﬁgurationﬁlelocatedintheThinInstallerfolderorusethe commandlineparameters.

Note:Iftherepositorylocationisspeciﬁedinboththeconﬁgurationﬁleandthecommandline,thecommand linewilltakehigherprecedence.

ThinInstallerrequiresadministrativeprivileges.IfThinInstallerisinvokedbyasoftwaredistribution agent,ThinInstallerwillrunwiththesameprivilegesasthesoftwaredistributionagent,whichusually hasadministrativeprivileges.

ThefollowingtableprovidesthecommandlinescriptsforThinInstaller.%ANYPATH%denotesthedirectories wheretheThinInstallerﬁlesarelocated.

Table20.Commandlinescripts

ScriptsDescription

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM–searchC –actionLIST

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM–searchR –actionINSTALL

Searchesthedefaultrepositoryforcriticalupdate packagesandnotiﬁesyouwithaballoontooltip fromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea priortoinstallation.

Searchesthedefaultrepositoryforcriticaland recommendedupdatepackagesandinstallsthose thatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis displayed.

Youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafterthe updatepackagesareinstalled.

58SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table20.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM–searchA –actionINSTALL-noicon

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM–searchC –actionINSTALL–noicon –includerebootpackages1,3,4

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM–searchR –actionINSTALL–noicon –includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM–searchA –actionLIST–repositoryC:\MyRepository

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM–searchC –actionINSTALL–repositoryC:\MyRepository

Installsallcritical,recommended,andoptional packagesthathavenorebootrequirementand suppressestheballoontooltipfromthenotiﬁcation areaiconaftertheinstallationiscompleted.

Installsallcriticalpackageswithspeciﬁedreboot typeswithoutdisplayingaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafterthe installationiscompleted.Packageswithareboot typewillforcethesystemtorebootorshutdown.

Installsallcriticalandrecommendedpackages withspeciﬁedreboottypeswithoutdisplayinga balloontooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthe notiﬁcationareaaftertheinstallationiscompleted, andsuppressesthesystemrebootforpackages withreboottype3.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended, andoptionalupdatepackagesandnotiﬁesyou withaballoontooltipfromtheapplicationiconin thenotiﬁcationareapriortoinstallation.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatepackages andinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense agreement.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM-searchA

-actionINSTALL-repositoryC:\MyRepository

-noicon-includerebootpackages1,3,4

-noreboot

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis displayed.

Youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafterthe updatepackagesareinstalled.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended, andoptionalupdatepackagesandtheninstalls thosewithspeciﬁedreboottypesthatdonot containalicenseagreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis displayed.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfrom theapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafter theupdatepackagesareinstalled.Reboottype3 willsuppressasystemreboot.

Chapter6.WorkingwithThinInstaller59

Table20.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

%ANYPATH%\ThinInstaller .exe/CM–searchC –actionINSTALL–repositoryC:\MyRepository –log"C:\MyLogF older\MyLogFile.txt"

%ANYPATH%\ThinInstaller .exe/CM–searchR –actionINSTALL–repositoryC:\MyRepository –noicon–includerebootpackages1,3,4

-noreboot

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatepackages andinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense agreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis displayed.

Youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafterthe updatepackagesareinstalled.Theloginformation iswrittenintoaspeciﬁedlogﬁle.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticaland recommendedupdatepackagesandtheninstalls thosewithspeciﬁedreboottypesthatdonot containalicenseagreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis displayed.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfrom theapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafter theupdatepackagesareinstalled.Reboottype3 willsuppressasystemreboot.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM-searchA

-actionINSTALL-repositoryC:\MyRepository

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-showprogress

-noreboot

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller .exe/CM-searchA

-actionLIST-repositoryC:\MyRepository

-showprogress

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended, andoptionalupdatepackagesandtheninstalls thosewithspeciﬁedreboottypesthatdonot containalicenseagreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementafterthesearchiscompleted.

Progressbarswillbedisplayedtoindicatethe installationprogressforeachupdateandthe overallprogress.Reboottype3willsuppressa systemreboot.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended, andoptionalupdatepackagesanddisplaysa progressbarwhilesearchingtherepositoryfor updates.

Notes:

1.TheBIOSinstallationrequiresuser’sattentionandcannotbedeployedinunattendedmode.

2.TheBIOSinstallationforcesthesystemtorebootandcannotbesuppressedbythecommandline

parameter–noreboot.

3.ThinInstallerinstallstheBIOSupdatesafterallotherupdatestoreducethenumberofreboots.

60SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Returnerrorcodes

ThinInstallerreturnserrorcode0forsuccessanderrorcode1foranyofthefollowingconditionsduring thedeploymentoftheupdates.

•Thespeciﬁedrepositoryisnotfound.

•TheXMLschemavalidationfailsfortheupdatepackage.

•TheCRCvalidationfailsfortheexecutableﬁleoftheupdatepackage.

•Theupdatepackageinstallationfails.

•ThinInstalleritselffails.

Example:

@echooff CMD/CExit0 "%SystemDrive%\ProgramFiles\Thininstaller\Thininstaller .exe"/CM-searchA

-actioninstall-includerebootpackages1,3,4-repository"C:\MyRepository" –displayprogress–noreboot-noicon

if"%ERRORLEVEL%"=="1"@echo"ErrorLevel1...F ail" if"%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0"@echo"ErrorLevel0...Successful"

Logs

ThinInstallercreatesthefollowinglogsduringthedeployment:

•%ComputerName%Installation.log

•ApplicabilityRulesT race.log

•Update_log_YYMMDDHHMMSS.txt

%ComputerName%Installation.log

Thislogiscreatedbydefaultandmaintainsthehistoryofeachupdateinstalledonaclientcomputerina simpleformat.Thenameofthelogisbasedonthehostnameandhasaformatsimilartothefollowing:

MTM:94626SM OS:WindowsVista OSLang:EN

PackageID:PackageDescription:Date:Installationstatus

6hcx41ww:ThinkVantageAccessConnections:8/27/2009Success 6qwc03ww:IntelWirelessWiFiL inkforWindowsXP:8/27/2009Fail

Thestatusforeachupdateisappendedduringsubsequentdeployments.

ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,thelogiscreatedtothefollowingdirectory:

C:\ProgramData\Lenovo\ThinInstaller

ForWindowsXPoperatingsystems,thelogiscreatedtothefollowingdirectory:

C:\DocumentsandSettings\Allusers\ApplicationData\Lenovo\ThinInstaller

ApplicabilityRulesTrace.log

ThislogiscreatedwhentheDebugEnableconﬁgurableitemintheconﬁgurationﬁleissettoY es.Thislog helpstoﬁndwhyaparticularupdateisnotapplicabletotheclientcomputer.Foreachupdate,thereare twoentriesinthislog:

Chapter6.WorkingwithThinInstaller61

•DetectInstall:IfTrue,thisindicatesthattheupdatealreadyexistsontheclientcomputer.IfFalse,this indicatesthattheupdatedoesnotexistandmaybeapplicabletotheclientcomputer.

•Dependencies:IfT rue,thisindicatesalldependenciesaremet.IfFalse,thisindicatesoneormore dependenciesarenotmet.Dependenciescanbethecombinationoftheoperatingsystem,32-bitor 64-bit,registrykeys,theversion,oranyprerequisites.Thislogiscreatedinthesubdirectoryunder theThinInstallerfolder.

Update_log_YYMMDDHHMMSS.txt

Bydefault,thislogiscreatedinthesubdirectoryundertheThinInstallerfolder.

WindowsVistaandWindows7considerations

WhenThinInstallerﬁnishesinstallinganupdatepackagewithreboottype1or4,thesystemreboots automatically.Ifthereareanyupdatepackagesremainingtobeinstalled,theprogramcontinuestoinstall theseupdatepackagesautomaticallyafterthereboot.

WithconsiderationsforWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,afteryoulogintotheWindows desktop,theUACmightstoptheprogramfromcontinuingtoinstalltheremainingupdatepackages.To installtheremainingupdatepackages,youneedtomanuallyclicktheWindowshasblockedsomestartup

programsmessageonthesystemtrayandselectRunblockedprogramtorunThinInstaller.

Note:IftheWindowshasblockedsomestartupprogramsmessagedoesnotdisplayonthesystemtray,

youneedtomanuallyrunThinInstaller,searchfortheremainingupdatepackages,andinstallthem.

Important:IfyouhavetheUACenabledandyouarenotabuilt-inadministrator,youmightlose authenticationtotheUNCsharefolder.T opreventthis,youmustaddaregistrykeybyapplyingtheregistry ﬁlenamedForVistaUnc.reginthefolderwheretheThinInstallerpackageﬁlesareunpacked.Hereisthe registrykey:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsof t\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system] REG_DWORD"EnableLinkedConnections"=1

Webserverconﬁguration

TheIIS(InternetInformationServer)6.0orabovedoesnotserveunknownMIME(MultipurposeInternetMail Extensions)types.WhenThinInstallerrequestsaMIMEtypethatisnotdeﬁnedontheWebserver,for example,.sys,theMIMEtypeneedstobeaddedtotheMIMEtypelistontheWebserver.T oaddtheMIME type,refertothedetailedprocedureavailableonthefollowingWebsiteat: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725608(WS.10).aspx

Bestpractices

ForbestpracticesofworkingwithThinInstaller,see“Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller”onpage69in Chapter7“Bestpractices”onpage63

UninstallingThinInstaller

NoregistrykeysortemporaryﬁlesrelatingtoThinInstallerarecreatedwhentheprogramﬁnishesinstalling updatepackages.Therefore,touninstallThinInstaller,youonlyneedtodeletetherepositoryfolderandall relatedﬁles.

62SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Chapter7.Bestpractices

Thischapterprovidesstep-orientedscenariostohelpyouunderstandtheupdateprocess.Thescenarios providedinthischapterare:

“Scenario1-Managingtheupdateprocess”onpage63

“Scenario2-Deployingspeciﬁcupdatepackages”onpage65

“Scenario3-Deployingtonon-Lenovosystems”onpage66

“Scenario4-DisablingtheWebupgradeforSystemUpdate”onpage67

“Scenario5-InstallingspeciﬁcupdatepackageswiththeMSDOSprompt”onpage67

“Scenario6-Deployingupdatepackagestoclientcomputerrepositories”onpage68

“Scenario7-Workingwithﬁrewallsandtheschedulerfunction”onpage68

“Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller”onpage69

Scenario1-Managingtheupdateprocess

ThefollowingstepsprovidethebestpracticesformanagingtheupdateprocessusingSystemUpdate andUpdateRetriever.Forconceptualinformationabouttheupdateprocess,see“Managingtheupdate process”onpage1.

Step1-Installingtheprograms

CompletethefollowingstepstoinstallSystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever:

1.Createanewfolderontheservertouseastherepository.

2.SharethenewrepositoryfolderusingtheUNCpath.TheUNCpathprovidesconnectivitytoall computersthathavebeenmappedtotherepository.TheformatforaUNCpathis:

\\server\share

forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

3.Settheaccesspermissionsofthenewrepositoryfoldertoread-onlyaccessforendusers.

4.DownloadUpdateRetrievertotheadministratorcomputer.UpdateRetrievercanbedownloadedfrom thefollowingLenovoWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

5.InstallUpdateRetrieversilentlybyenteringthefollowingcommandforeachprogramatthecommand prompt:

setup.exe-s-a/s/v"/qn"/L1033

L1033isthelanguagecodeforEnglish.Languagecodesusedwithsilentscriptsmustcoincidewith thelanguagesetintheregionalsettingsoftheapplicablesystem.Forinformationaboutusingother

languagecodes,see“SystemUpdatelanguages”onpage8.Inaddition,whenyoulaunchUpdate Retriever,youmustbeloggedonasauserwhobelongstoalocaladministratorgroup.

Note:AfteryouinstallUpdateRetriever,restartyoursystemtosettheschedulerfunction.Ifyouarenot usingtheschedulerfunctionofUpdateRetriever,arestartisnotneeded.

6.DownloadSystemUpdatefromthefollowingLenovoWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#tvsu

7.InstallSystemUpdatesilentlybyenteringthefollowingcommandatthecommandprompt:

setup.exe-s-a/s/v”/qnReboot=R"/L1033

Notes:

a.AfteryouinstallSystemUpdate,restartyoursystemtosettheschedulerfunction.Ifyouarenot

usingtheschedulerfunctionofSystemUpdate,arestartisnotneeded.

b.SystemUpdateforWindows7operatingsystemsdoesnotprovideschedulersettingsastheTask

SchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystemshasthesamefunction.Fordetailedinformation aboutusingtheTaskSchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystems,see“\UserSettings\Scheduler” onpage23

Step2-Customizingtheprograms

CustomizethesettingsforSystemUpdatewithActiveDirectoryortheregistry.T ocustomizesettings usingtheregistry,createabatchﬁletoinstallSystemUpdatewiththeconﬁguredstart.regﬁleusingthe followingcommand:

START/WAITsetup.exe-s-a/s/v"/qn"/L1033 xcopystart.reg"C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\start.reg"/Y

Note:T osavethecustomizedsettingsofthestart.regﬁleasthedefaultforSystemUpdate,copythe contentsofthecustomizedstart.regﬁleintothedefault.regﬁleandsavethedefault.regﬁle.Defaultsettings arerestoredintheunlikelyeventthattheregistrykeysarecorrupted,forexample:

START/WAITsetup.exe-s-a/s/v"/qn"/L1033 xcopystart.reg"C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\start.reg"/Y rename"C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Def ault\default.reg"

"C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Def ault\default.reg.bak" xcopystart.reg"C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Def ault\start.reg"/Y rename"C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Def ault\start.reg"

"C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Def ault\default.reg"

ForadditionalinformationabouthowtocustomizeSystemUpdatewiththeregistryandworkingwiththe start.regﬁle,see“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththeregistry”onpage16

.Forinformationabouthowto customizeSystemUpdateusingActiveDirectory,see“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewithActiveDirectory” onpage29.

Step3-Workingwiththeprograms

Completethefollowingstepstodownloadpackagestoyournetwork,editXMLdescriptorﬁlesusingUpdate Retriever,andthendownloadandinstallpackagesusingSystemUpdate:

1.GetupdatepackageswithUpdateRetriever.

2.EdittheXMLdescriptorﬁleoftheupdatepackagesusingUpdateRetriever.

3.ImporttheupdatepackagesbackintothenetworksharerepositoryusingUpdateRetriever.

4.UseSystemUpdatetosearchthenetworksharerepositoryforupdatepackages.

64SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

5.Downloadandinstallupdatepackagestoclientcomputers.

Scenario2-Deployingspeciﬁcupdatepackages

Forenterprisesthatchoosetodeployspeciﬁcupdatepackagestoclientcomputers,youcanconﬁgure SystemUpdate,UpdateRetriever,andrepositoryfolderstodeployonlytheupdatepackagesthatyouhave selected.Thefollowingstep-by-stepinstructionsprovidesyouwithprocedurestocreaterepositoryfolders, conﬁgureSystemUpdate,andworkwithUpdateRetrievertodeployspeciﬁcupdatepackages.

Creatingrepositoryfolders

Tocreaterepositoryfolderstostoreupdatepackages,dothefollowing:

1.CreateanewrepositoryfolderonaserverthatSystemUpdatewillusetoobtainspeciﬁcupdate packagesforclientcomputers.

2.SharetherepositoryfolderusingtheUNCpath.TheUNCpathprovidesconnectivitytoallcomputers thathavebeenmappedtotherepository,forexample:

\\Server_X\SystemUpdate_repository\

3.Settheaccesspermissionsofthenewrepositoryfoldertoread-onlyaccessforendusers.

4.Createanothernewfolderonaservertouseasarepositoryforupdatepackagesdownloadedfromthe LenovoHelpCenterWebsitewithUpdateRetriever.

5.SharetherepositoryfolderusingtheUNCpath,forexample:

\\Server_X\UpdateRetriever_repository\

ConﬁguringSystemUpdateonclientcomputers

ToconﬁgureSystemUpdatetodownloadspeciﬁcupdatepackagestoclientcomputers,dothefollowing:

1.Onclientcomputers,navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\ UserSetting\General\RepositoryLocation1

2.Changethissettingbyreplacingthedefaultvalue,SUPPORTCENTER,withyourserverandsharename oftheSystemUpdaterepositoryfolderthatyoucreatedinstep1of“Creatingrepositoryfolders”on page65,forexample:

\\Server_X\SystemUpdate_repository\

Note:YoucanalsouseActiveDirectorytodeploythisregistrychangeusingGroupPolicy.Formore informationaboutworkingwithActiveDirectoryandGroupPolicy,see“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewith ActiveDirectory”onpage29

WorkingwithUpdateRetriever

CompletethefollowingstepstouseUpdateRetrievertodownloadupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelp CenterWebsitetoyourUpdateRetrieverrepositorythatyoucreatedinstep4under“Creatingrepository folders”onpage65:

1.LaunchUpdateRetrieveronanadministratorsystem.

2.OntheWelcomescreen,completethefollowingFirsttimesetuprequirements:

Chapter7.Bestpractices65

a.IntheRepositorypathﬁeld,typethedirectorypathforthenewUpdateRetrieverrepositorythat

youcreatedinstep4.

b.IntheUsernameandPasswordﬁelds,typetheusernameandpasswordforthenetworkshare

driveusedasUpdateRetrieverrepository.

3.IntheGetnewupdatespanel,clickAdd.

4.IntheAddnewsystemswindow,completethefollowingstepsforthetripletsettings:

a.T ypetheapplicablemachinetype.Y oucanﬁndthemachinetypeonthebottomofanotebook

computerorontherearofadesktopmachine.

b.Selecttheapplicableoperatingsystem.

c.Selecttheapplicablelanguage.

d.ClickAddandthenclickSave.

5.IntheGetNewUpdatespanel,selectthecheckboxfortheapplicablemachinetype.Toimportall machinetypeupdatepackages,selecttheSelectallcheckbox.

6.ClickNextandthenclickFinishtosearchforapplicableupdatepackages.UpdateRetrieverwillplace theupdatepackagesinthedesignatedrepositoryfolder.

Deployingthepackages

Afteryouhavecreatedyourrepositoryfolders,conﬁguredSystemUpdateonclientcomputers,and downloadedupdatepackageswithUpdateRetriever,completethefollowingstepstodeployspeciﬁc updatepackagestoclientcomputers:

1.IntheModifySettingspanelofUpdateRetriever,changetheRepositorypathtotheSystemUpdate repositorypaththatyoucreatedinstep1under“Creatingrepositoryfolders”onpage65

2.UsingUpdateRetriever,importyourupdatepackagesintotheSystemUpdaterepository.

Note:Foradditionalinformationabouthowtoimportupdatepackagesintoarepositoryfolder,see “Importinganupdatepackageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage50.

3.LaunchSystemUpdateonclientcomputers.

4.UseSystemUpdatetosearchtheSystemUpdaterepositoryforupdatepackages.

Note:Makesurethatyouassignmachinetypestoupdatepackagesafteryouimporttheupdate packagesintoarepositoryfolder.ThisenablesSystemUpdatetosearchforupdatepackagesspeciﬁc tothemachinetype.Formoreinformationaboutimportingupdatepackages,see“Importinganupdate packageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage50

5.Downloadandinstallupdatepackagestoclientcomputers.

Scenario3-Deployingtonon-Lenovosystems

UpdatepackagesoriginatingfromtheLenovoWebsitecannotbedeployedtoanon-Lenovosystem. Completethefollowingstepstocreatecustompackagesthatcanbedeployedtonon-Lenovosystems:

1.InstallUpdateRetrieverandSystemUpdateonanadministratorcomputer.

2.Rebootthecomputerafterinstallation.

3.Runtheinstall.batﬁletoinstalltherequiredhotﬁxes.

4.LaunchSystemUpdatetogetthemachinetypeofthenon-Lenovosystems,forexample:

‘Machinetype’=‘PresarioR3000’

5.LaunchUpdateRetrieverandsettherepositorypath.

66SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Note:Enterusernameandpasswordifrequiredfortherepository.

6.Addsystemsforassigningtheupdatesandsavethemachineinformationofthenon-Lenovosystems. Enterthemachinefamilyinformationconsistingoftheﬁrstfourlettersorthelastfourlettersofthe machinetypeandmodel.

7.Createapackageforthenon-LenovosystemsusingUpdateRetriever.

Note:AddtheSupportedSystemsmethodintheDependenciessectionoftheXMLdescriptor ﬁletoapplytheupdatestoaparticularmodel.

8.SavetheXMLdescriptor.

9.ImportthepackagetotheUpdateRetrieverrepositoryandassigntheupdatestothetripletsofthe non-Lenovosystems.See“Importinganupdatepackageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage50

10.ConﬁguretheSystemUpdaterepository.

Scenario4-DisablingtheWebupgradeforSystemUpdate

SystemUpdatecheckstheLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteforupgradesofitself,evenifitisconnectedtoa localrepositoryoneitherthelocalsystemoranetworkshare.Ifthereisnointernetconnectivity,System Updatewillnotcheckforitsapplicationupgrade.

Todisablethisfeature,dothefollowingtocleartheregistryvalue:

1.Navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate \Pref erences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings\ServerName

2.DeletetheServerNamestringvalue,forexample:

https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pcbs/agent/

3.ClickOK.

Scenario5-InstallingspeciﬁcupdatepackageswiththeMSDOSprompt

YoucaninstallspeciﬁcupdatepackagesforSystemUpdateusingtheMSDOSprompt.Toinstallspeciﬁc updatepackages,dothefollowing:

1.Createanewfoldernamedinstalltxtonyourlocalharddiskdrive,forexample:

C:\installtxt

2.WithNotepad,createaTXTﬁlenamedinstallList.txt.

3.IntheTXTﬁle,typethepackageIDsforthetargetclientcomputers,forexample:

1rg807ww 7ad123ww 7bwc14ww bs09az00ibm css7upgrade2_ww kb896613tc

4.SavetheTXTﬁleintheC:\installtxtfolder.

5.FromtheMSDOSprompt,gototheSystemUpdateinstallationpath:

C:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\

6.T ypetheﬁlepath,theapplicationexecutableﬁlename,andthenameoftheTXTﬁle,forexample:

Chapter7.Bestpractices67

tvsu.exe/package"C:\installtxt\installList.txt"

7.PressEnter.

Scenario6-Deployingupdatepackagestoclientcomputerrepositories

Analternativetousinganetworksharedriverepositoryistodeploypackagestoclientcomputerrepositories. Completethefollowingstepstodeployupdatepackagestoclientcomputerrepositories:

Step1-Settinguptheadministratorsystem

Tosetupyouradministratorsystem,dothefollowing:

1.Createanewfolderonanetworksharedriveoryouradministrativesystemtouseasarepository forstoringupdatepackages.

2.LaunchUpdateRetrieverandsettherepositorypath.

Note:Enterusernameandpasswordifrequiredfortherepository.

3.GetnewupdatesfromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite.

4.Createanotherfoldertouseastheclientcomputerrepository.

5.UsingUpdateRetriever,importyourupdatepackagesintoyourclientcomputerrepository.

Note:Foradditionalinformationabouthowtoimportpackagesintoarepositoryfolder,see“Importing anupdatepackageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage50.

6.Deploythefolderbeingusedastheclientcomputerrepositorytoclientcomputers.

Step2-ConﬁguringSystemUpdateonclientcomputers

ToconﬁgureSystemUpdatetodownloadspeciﬁcpackagestoclientcomputers,dothefollowing:

1.Onclientcomputers,navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Pref erences\ UserSetting\General\RepositoryLocation1

2.Changethissettingbyreplacingthedefaultvalue,SUPPORTCENTER,withyourclientcomputer repositorypath,forexample:

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate_repository\

Scenario7-Workingwithﬁrewallsandtheschedulerfunction

Whenyouutilizesecurityprogramswithaﬁrewall,makesurethatthesecurityapplicationenablesInternet accesstotheSystemUpdateschedulerfunction.T oenabletheInternetaccesstotheSystemUpdate schedulerfunction,dothefollowing:

1.AllowSystemUpdatetocommunicatethroughyourﬁrewallapplication.

2.Navigatetothefollowingpath:%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

3.Enablethefollowingprograms:

•T vsuCommandLauncher.exe

68SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

•T vsukernel.exe

Note:SystemUpdateforWindows7operatingsystemsdoesnotprovideschedulersettingsastheTask SchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystemshasthesamefunction.Fordetailedinformationaboutusing theTaskSchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystems,see“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage23

Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller

ThinInstalleralwaysﬁrstchecksforthedatabase.xmlﬁleintherepositoryfolder.Ifyouhavecreateda repositoryusingUpdateRetriever,thedatabase.xmlﬁleiscreatedinthesamefolder.Thedatabase.xmlﬁle associateseachmachinetype,operatingsystem,andlanguagewiththeupdatepackages.Intheabsence ofthedatabase.xmlﬁleintherepository,ThinInstallerassumesallupdatepackagesintherepositoryare candidatepackages.Candidatepackagesarepackagesthatmaybeapplicabletoclientcomputers.Refer toChapter5“WorkingwithUpdateRetriever”onpage45

tolearnmoreaboutUpdateRetriever.

DeployingthepackagesusingUSB,CD,orDVDmedia

Thismethodisidealforstandaloneinstallationofupdatepackagesbyasystemadministrator.

1.Createarepositoryfolderwithupdatepackagesthatneedtobeinstalledontheclientcomputer.

2.InstallThinInstallerasaparentfolderoftherepositoryfolderascreatedinstep1.

3.CopythefolderstructuretoanyexternalmediasuchasaUSBkey,aCD,oraDVD.

4.LaunchtheThinInstaller.exeﬁleandselecttheupdatepackagesthatneedtobeinstalled.

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusinganetworksharerepository

Thisisaconvenientwayofmanagingdifferenttypesofsystemsusingacentralrepository.Theclient computershouldhavereadaccesstothenetworksharerepository.

1.CreatetherepositoryfoldersanddownloadtheupdatepackageswithUpdateRetrieveronthenetwork share.ForinformationabouthowtouseUpdateRetriever,referto“Step1-Installingtheprograms” onpage63

2.InstallThinInstalleronaclientcomputer.

3.PushacommandscripttotheclientcomputerstoruntheThinInstaller.exeﬁlefromthenetworkshare. Forinformationaboutavailableoptions,referto“UsingThinInstaller”onpage58.

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusingasystemmanagementtool

Thismethodisusefulwhentheupdatepackagesforsystemsarealreadyknown.

1.Createarepositoryfolderwithsystem-speciﬁcupdatepackagesthatneedtobedeployed.

2.ExtracttheThinInstallerexecutableasaparentfolderoftherepositoryfolderascreatedinstep1.

3.Usethesystemmanagementtooltobuildamoduleoutoftheabovefolderstructureanddeploy.

Note:TheerrorcodereturnedbyThinInstallercanbeusedtotrackthestatusoftheupdatepackages ontargetsystems.

IntegratingThinInstallerwiththeImageUltraBuilderprogram

Thisistheidealwaytodeploycommondriversandapplicationsduringanimagerollout.Thesystem administratormaintainsonecentralrepositoryandoneimagefordifferenttypesofsystems.

1.CreateanetworksharerepositoryandinstallThinInstaller.Forinformationabouthowtocreatea repositoryfolderonanetworkshare,referto“Creatingrepositoryfolders”onpage65.

2.CreateabatchﬁletoruntheThinInstallerexecutableﬁlefromthenetworksharedrive.

Chapter7.Bestpractices69

3.CreateanImageUltraBuildermodule,auditboottype,andusethebatchﬁlecreatedinstep2.

4.AddthemoduletotheImageUltraBuilderBaseMap.

5.Deploytheimage.ThinInstallerwillinstallthedriversandapplicationsontheclientcomputers.

Notes:

1.NetworkdriversstillneedtobeinstalledbeforeThinInstallercanaccessthenetworksharerepository.

2.Y oumayberequiredtoinstallsomedriversusingtheImageUltraBuilderprogram.

TheotheroptionistobuildtheImageUltraBuildermodule,auditboottype,useupdatepackagesandThin Installer,anddeploywiththeimage.Inthiscase,updatepackageswillberunlocallyinsteadoffromthe repository.

TolearnmoreabouttheImageUltraBuilderprogram,gotothefollowingWebsite: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-61432#image

IntegratingThinInstallerwithaSysprepImage

ThisscenarioisthesameasintegratingThinInstallerwiththeImageUltraBuilderprogramexceptthatthe imageisrolledoutwithoutusingtheImageUltraBuilderprogram.

1.CreateanetworksharerepositoryandinstallThinInstaller.Forinformationabouthowtocreatea networksharerepository,referto“Creatingrepositoryfolders”onpage65

2.CreateabatchﬁletoruntheThinInstallerexecutableﬁlefromthenetworksharedrive.

3.Deploytheimage.ThinInstallerwillinstallthedriversandapplicationsontheclientcomputers.

70SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutcommandlineparameters,searchmodes,notiﬁcationparameters, andtheMapDrvutility.

Automaticsearch

Thefollowingtableprovidestheregistryentriesandvaluesthatanautomaticsearchcanusetosearchfor updatesfromarepositoryfolderonalocalsystem,anetworkshare,aremovabledevices,ortheLenovo HelpCenterWebsite.

Table21.Repositorylocationandcommandline

RepositoryLocationregistryentryCommandlineRepositorysearched

RepositoryLocation<N>Where%N%is anumberbetween1and20.

SUPPORTCENTERLenovoHelpCenter

Website

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate3_x

%XMEDIA%\SystemUpdate3_x

Networkshare repository

Localsystemrepository

Repositoryonany removabledevice

Note:Whenyoudownloadorinstallupdatepackagesthathaveindividualpackagelicenseagreements, thoseupdatepackagesarenotprocessedbecauseyouarenotabletoapprovetheindividualpackage licenseagreements.Further,ifyouhavenotpreviouslyindicatedthatyoudonotwanttoseethelicense agreementinthefuture,thelicenseagreementwillbedisplayedpriortothedownload.

Commandlinescripts

ThefollowingtableprovidesthecommandlinescriptssupportedbySystemUpdatewhenusingthedefault repositorylocation,SUPPORTCENTER.

Table22.Commandlinescripts

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionDOWNLOAD

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionLIST

Description

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalupdatesand downloadsthosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen downloaded.

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalupdates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand installation.

Table22.Commandlinescripts(continued)

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionINSTALL

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionLIST

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionDOWNLOAD

Description

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalupdatesandinstalls thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen installed.

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand installation.

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updatesanddownloadsthosethatdonotcontaina licenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionINSTALL

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionLIST

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionDOWNLOAD

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen downloaded.

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense agreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen installed.

Searchestherepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand installation.

Searchestherepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdatesanddownloadsthosethatdonot containalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

72SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen downloaded.

Table22.Commandlinescripts(continued)

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionINSTALL

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionINSTALL-noicon

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionINSTALL-noicon

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionINSTALL-noicon

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Description

Searchestherepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontaina licenseagreementandarebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen installed.

Installsallcriticalpackagesthathavenoreboot requirementandsuppressestheballoontooltipfrom thenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallationhasbeen completed.

Installsallcriticalandrecommendedpackagesthathave norebootrequirementandsuppressestheballoontooltip fromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallationhas beencompleted.

Installsallcritical,recommended,andoptionalpackages thathavenorebootrequirementandsuppressesthe balloontooltipfromthenotiﬁcationareaiconafterthe installationhasbeencompleted.

Installsallcriticalpackageswithspeciﬁedreboottypes andsuppressestheballoontooltipfromthenotiﬁcation areaiconaftertheinstallationhasbeencompleted.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcethesystemto rebootorshutdown.

Installsallcriticalandrecommendedpackageswith speciﬁedreboottypesandsuppressestheballoontooltip fromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallationhas beencompleted.

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Packageswithareboottypewillforcethesystemto rebootorshutdown.

Installsallcritical,recommended,andoptionalpackages withspeciﬁedreboottypesandsuppressestheballoon tooltipfromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallation hasbeencompleted.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcethesystemto rebootorshutdown.

Installsallcriticalpackageswithspeciﬁedreboottypes, suppressestheballoontooltipfromthenotiﬁcation areaiconaftertheinstallationhasbeencompleted,and suppressesthesystemrebootforpackageswithreboot type3.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters73

Table22.Commandlinescripts(continued)

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Description

Installsallcriticalandrecommendedpackageswith speciﬁedreboottypes,suppressestheballoontooltip fromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallationhas beencompleted,andsuppressesthesystemrebootfor packageswithreboottype3.

Installsallcritical,recommended,andoptionalpackages withspeciﬁedreboottypes,suppressestheballoon tooltipfromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallation hascompleted,andsuppressesthesystemrebootfor packageswithreboottype3.

ThefollowingtableprovidesthecommandlinescriptssupportedbySystemUpdatewhenusingarepository tostoreupdatepackages.Ifyoudonotspecifytherepository,SystemUpdatewillgotothedefault repository.

Table23.Commandlinescripts

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionLIST-repository C:\MyRepository

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionDOWNLOAD-repository C:\MyRepository

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionLIST-repository C:\MyRepository

Description

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand installation.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesanddownloads thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen downloaded.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesandinstalls thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen installed.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand installation.

74SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table23.Commandlinescripts(continued)

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionDOWNLOAD-repository C:\MyRepository

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionLIST-repository C:\MyRepository

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionDOWNLOAD-repository C:\MyRepository

Description

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updatesanddownloadsthosethatdonotcontaina licenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen downloaded.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense agreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen installed.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand installation.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdatesanddownloadsthosethatdonot containalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen downloaded.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontaina licenseagreementandarebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen installed.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters75

Table23.Commandlinescripts(continued)

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

Description

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesandinstalls thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreementanda rebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense agreementandarebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdates,andinstallsthosethatdonotcontaina licenseagreementandarebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesandtheninstalls thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreementwith speciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcesystemtoreboot orshutdown.

76SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Table23.Commandlinescripts(continued)

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Description

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updatepackages,andtheninstallsthosethatdonot containalicenseagreementwithspeciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcesystemtoreboot orshutdown.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdatepackages,andtheninstallsthosethat donotcontainalicenseagreementwithspeciﬁedreboot types.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchC-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchR-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Packageswithareboottypewillforcesystemtoreboot orshutdown.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesandinstalls thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreementwith speciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

Reboottype3willsuppressasystemreboot.

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended updatestheninstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense agreementwithspeciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters77

Table23.Commandlinescripts(continued)

Scripts

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Tvsu.exe/CM

-searchA-actionINSTALL-repository C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Description

Reboottype3willsuppressasystemreboot.

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and optionalupdatesandtheninstallsthosethatdonot containalicenseagreementwithspeciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates havebeeninstalled.

Reboottype3willsuppressasystemreboot.

WhenSystemUpdateisperforminganautomaticsearchthroughaproxyserverwithauthenticationand nousernameorpasswordhasbeensaved,nodialogswillbedisplayedtotheenduser.Anerrorwillbe loggedtotheSystemUpdatelogﬁleandSystemUpdatewillshutdown.Iftheusernameandpasswordhas beensaved,SystemUpdatewilltrytoconnecttheproxyserverusingthesavedusernameandpassword information.Ifthereareerrorswiththeconnectionorperformingtheautomaticsearch,theerrorswillbe loggedtotheSystemupdatelogﬁleandSystemUpdatewillbeshutdown.

WheneverSystemUpdateisabouttodownloadandinstallasetofupdatescontainingoneormore packagesthatrequireautomaticrebootorshutdownofthetargetsystem,nowarningmessageisdisplayed informingtheenduserabouttherebootorshutdown.

Note:Commandlinescriptsmaybechangedinlaterreleases.Ifyouusesilentcommandlinescriptsand arepositorytostoreupdatepackages,torecognizeupdatepackageswithlicenseagreements,setthe followingregistryvaluetoYES:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate \Pref erences\UserSettings\General\IgnoreLocalLicense

Searchmodes

ThefollowingtableprovidesalistofsearchmodessupportedbySystemUpdate.

Table24.Searchmodes

SearchmodeDescription

EnablesSystemUpdatetosearchforcriticalupdates.

-searchC

EnablesSystemUpdatetosearchforcriticaland

-searchR

-searchA

recommendedupdates.

EnablesSystemUpdatetosearchforcritical, recommended,andoptionalupdateswhensearching theLenovoHelpCenter. Note:Ifyouareusinganetworksharerepository,use the-searchAcommand.ThenSystemUpdatewill searchforcritical,recommended,andoptionalupdate packagesfromthenetworksharerepositoryfolder.

78SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Notiﬁcationparameters

ThenotiﬁcationparameterusedonthecommandlinespeciﬁesthewaySystemUpdatehandlesupdate packagesandthennotiﬁesyouwhenpackageshavebeenprocessed.

Thefollowingtableprovidestheparametersandtheirdescriptions.

Table25.Notiﬁcationparameters

ParameterDescription

EnablesSystemUpdatetonotifyyouwithaballoon

-actionLIST

-actionDOWNLOAD

-actionINSTALL

tooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea whenupdatepackagesareavailableontheLenovoHelp CenterWebsite.

Ifyouclicktheballoontooltip,SystemUpdatedisplays thelicenseagreementdialogbox,ortheUpdatesfor YourSystempanel.IfyouselecttheDonotshowagain checkboxinthelicenseagreementdialogbox,System Updatewillnotdisplaythisdialogboxagain.

EnablesSystemUpdatetonotifyyouwithaballoon tooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea whenupdatepackageshavebeendownloadedtoyour systemandarereadyforinstallation.

IfyouhavenotselectedtheDonotshowagaincheck box,SystemUpdatewillpromptyoutoapprovealicense agreementpriortodownloading.Afterdownloading, SystemUpdatenotiﬁesyouwithaballoontooltip.When youclicktheballoontooltip,SystemUpdatewilldisplay theInstallDeferredUpdatespanelandenableyouto installupdatesofinterest.

EnablesSystemUpdatetonotifyyouwithaballoontooltip fromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareawhen updatepackageshavebeendownloadedandinstalled.

IfyouhavenotselectedtheDonotshowagaincheck box,SystemUpdatewillpromptyoutoapprovealicense agreementpriortodownloading.Afterdownloadingand installingupdatepackages,SystemUpdatenotiﬁesyou withaballoontooltip.Toviewthestatusofthedownload andinstallationprocess,clicktheballoontooltipand SystemUpdatedisplaysthemessage,saying"Y our systemhasbeenupdated."

Ifanupdatepackagehasareboottype1or4,System Updatepromptsyouwithaballoontooltipatdesignated intervalstonotifyyouthatapackagewillrestartyour system.Thedesignatedintervalfortherestartnotiﬁcation issetintheregistrywiththeNotifyIntervalsettingin Table11“\UserSettings\General”onpage20 updatepackagehasareboottype3,SystemUpdate willdownloadandinstalltheupdatepackageandthen promptsyouwitharestartnotiﬁcationbutdoesnot continuewithrestartnotiﬁcationsatdesignatedintervals. Otherwise,itwilldownloadandinstalltheupdate packages,andthendisplaytheresult.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters79

.Ifan

Table25.Notiﬁcationparameters(continued)

ParameterDescription

-SCHEDULER

-repository<path>

-NoIcon

-IncludeRebootPackages1,3,4

-NoReboot

-clearhistory

-clearsettings

-showprogress

EnablesSystemUpdatetorunfromthescheduler function.

Note:Thisparameterisaregistryentrythathastobe updatedintheregistryandnotontheuserinterface.

Enablesyoutospecifytherepositoryfoldertostore updatepackages.

SystemUpdatewillsearchforupdatepackagesstoredin therepositoryfolderyouspeciﬁed.

Enablesyoutoturnofftheballoontooltipthatwillbe displayedwhenpackagesarefound,downloaded,or installedwithSystemUpdate.

EnablesSystemUpdatetoinstallupdatepackageswith thespeciﬁedreboottypes.

Thereboottypecanbe1,3,or4.Thefollowinglist providesthevalueforreboottypessupportedbySystem Update:

•1:Therebootthatisforcedbythepackage.

•3:Therebootthatisrequiredforthepackagetotake effect.Thesoftwaredistributionclientwillforcea rebootafterallpackagesareinstalled.

•4:Theshutdownthatisforcedbythepackage.

EnablesSystemUpdatetopreventarebootafterthe systeminstallsanupdatepackagewithreboottype3. However,thisparametercannotsuppressarebootor shutdownwhenpackageshaveareboottype1or4.

Enablesyoutocontrolwhetherthehistoryandsession folderarepreservedordeletedduringanupgradeor over-installation.Thedefaultistopreservethehistory andsessionfolder .

Enablesyoutocontrolwhetherconﬁgurablesettings arepreservedordeletedduringanupgradeor over-installation.Thedefaultistopreserveyoursettings.

EnablesThinInstallertodisplaytheprogressbarduring theprocessofsearchingandinstallingupdates.The updatesarepreselectedbytheadministrator,andusers cannotdeselecttheupdates.Theupdateprogressscreen willclosewhentheinstallationiscompleted.Noscreens oriconswillbedisplayedtoindicatetheresults.

Note:SystemUpdatedoesnotsupportthissetting.

Example:

tvsu.exe/CM-searchA-actionINSTALL-IncludeRebootPackages1,3,4

Thefollowinglistprovidesadescriptionofthesearchmodeandnotiﬁcationmethodsused:

•-searchA-searchesforcritical,recommended,andoptionalpackages.

•-actionINSTALL-installstheupdatepackages.

80SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

•-IncludeRebootPackages1,3,4-downloadsandinstallsupdatepackagesthatrequireareboot.

Notes:

1.Ifyoudonotinclude-IncludeRebootPackages1,3,4,SystemUpdatewillnotdetectpackagesthat

requireareboot.

2.T oconﬁgureSystemUpdatetorecognizelicenseagreementsautomaticallywhenyouareusingalocal repositorybutnottheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite,setthefollowingregistryvaluetoYES:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate \Pref erences\UserSettings\General\IgnoreLocalLicense

Formoreinformationaboutworkingwithlicenseagreements,see“Workingwithlicenseagreements”on page41

.IfyoudonotsetthisregistrysettingtoYES,SystemUpdatewillnotdetectpackageswith

licenseagreementswhenusingcommandscripts.

MapDrvutility

TheMapDrvutilityprovidesnetworksharerelatedfunctionsforSystemUpdate.Todeﬁnethenetworkshare information,usetheMapDrvutilitytoconnectordisconnectnetworkshares.TheMapDrvutilitymaintains networkshareinformationinaregistrykeythatisprotectedbyadministratoraccessonly.Thenetwork shareinformationincludesthenetworksharename(inUNCformat),username(savedintheregistryasan encryptedstring),andthepassword(savedintheregistryasanencryptedstring).

TheMapDrvutilitycanbefoundintheSystemUpdateinstallationdirectory.Thedefaultinstallationdirectory islocatedatc:\ProgramFiles\Lenovo\SystemUpdate.

Thenetworkshareinformationisstoredinthefollowingregistryentry: HKLM\Software\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICA TION

IfanActiveDirectorypolicyisused,thesevaluesarestoredinthefollowingregistryentry: HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION

ThestringsstoredintheTVSUAPPLICA TIONkeyare:

Table26.TheMapDrvsettingsandvalues

StringDescription

UNC

User

Pwd

NetPathThevalueisgeneratedbytheMapDrvutilitytoindicatethe

Thevalueofthisstringspeciﬁesthestorednetworkshare.

Thevalueofthisstringspeciﬁesthestoredencryptedusername forthisshare.

Thevalueofthisstringspeciﬁesthestoredencryptedpassword forthisshare.

actualconnectionpath.ItmightbeinIPdottedformatifthe ServerNamestringisnotworking.Theactualconnectionpath maynotbethesameasthestoredUNCvalue.

TheMapDrvutilityalsoenablesanadministratortousetheencryptionenginetogenerateanencrypteduser nameandpassword,whichcanbeusedtopre-populatenetworkshareinformationonmultiplesystems. Usingtheencryptionengineinthismannerdoesnotupdatetheregistryonthesystem.

Commandlineinterface

ThecommandlineinterfacetotheMapDrvutilityisasfollows:

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters81

mapdrv/<function><appid>/unc<sharename>/user<username>/pwd<password> [/timeout<seconds>][/s]

Table27.Parameters

ParameterDescription

Identiﬁesthefunctiontoprovide.Validvaluesarestore,connect,disconnect,and

/function

appid

/uncsharename

/userusername

/pwpassword

/timeoutseconds

display.

Identiﬁestheapplication.Thevaluespeciﬁedisusedtoformtheregistrykeynamethat containsthenetworkshareinformation,forexample:TVSUAPPLICATION.

Identiﬁesthenetworksharenametostore.ThesharenameshouldbeintheUNC form,forexample:

\\myserver\myshare

Speciﬁestheusernametostore.

Speciﬁesthepasswordtostore.

Speciﬁestheconnectiontimeoutvaluetostore.Thedefaultis30seconds.

Enablesasilentoperation.

Thereturncodeis0ifanoperationwassuccessful.Otherwise,thereturncodeisgreaterthan0.

WhentheMapDrvutilityislaunchedwithnoparameters,theenduserwillbepromptedforthenetwork share,usernameandpassword,andthenMapDrvwillattempttoconnecttothespeciﬁednetworkshare usingthespeciﬁedcredentials.

UsingtheMapDrvutility

ThefollowingsectionsprovidewaysthatyoucanusetheMapDrvcommand.

Displayingencryptedusernameandpasswordstrings

Thisfunctiondisplaystheregistrykeyofthenetworkshareinformationwheretheencryptedusernameand passwordisstored.Usingthe/displayfunctionwillnotstoretheusernameandpasswordintheregistry. Youneedtocopytheencryptedusernameandpasswordtotheappropriateregistrykey.

mapdrv/view<appid>/user<username>/pwd<password>

Example:

mapdrv/viewTVSUAPPLICATION/usertemp/pwdpassword

appid:TVSUAPPLICATION user:temp pwd:password

ThiscommandcapturestheencryptedusernameandpasswordtosetuptherepositorywithUNCpath withauthentication.

StoringnetworkshareinformationforaThinkVantageapplication

Thisfunctionstoresthenetworkshareinformationintheregistryusing<tvt>todeﬁnethesubkeyfrom themainMapDrvregistrykey:

82SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

mapdrv/store<appid>/unc<sharename>/user<username>/pwd<password> [/timeout<seconds>]

ThissetstheUNC,username,andpasswordvaluesintheregistry.

ConnectingtothenetworkshareforaThinkVantageapplication

ConnectthenetworkshareforthespeciﬁedThinkVantageapplication:

mapdrv/connect<appid>[/s]

ConnectstotheshareusingtheUNC,username,andpasswordvaluesintheregistry.Theactual connectionUNCisoutputtotheNetPathvalue.

DisconnectingthenetworkshareforaThinkVantageapplication

ThefollowingcommanddisconnectsthenetworkshareforthespeciﬁedThinkVantageapplicationifthe applicationiscurrentlyconnected:

mapdrv/disconnect<appid>

Performsanetuse/d[NetPathstoredinregistry]todisconnectthenetworkconnection.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters83

84SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

AppendixB.Notices

Lenovomaynotoffertheproducts,services,orfeaturesdiscussedinthisdocumentinallcountries.Consult yourlocalLenovorepresentativeforinformationontheproductsandservicescurrentlyavailableinyour area.AnyreferencetoaLenovoproduct,program,orserviceisnotintendedtostateorimplythatonlythat Lenovoproduct,program,orservicemaybeused.Anyfunctionallyequivalentproduct,program,orservice thatdoesnotinfringeanyLenovointellectualpropertyrightmaybeusedinstead.However,itistheuser's responsibilitytoevaluateandverifytheoperationofanyotherproduct,program,orservice.

Lenovomayhavepatentsorpendingpatentapplicationscoveringsubjectmatterdescribedinthis document.Thefurnishingofthisdocumentdoesnotgiveyouanylicensetothesepatents.Youcansend licenseinquiries,inwriting,to:

Lenovo(UnitedStates),Inc. 1009ThinkPlace-BuildingOne Morrisville,NC27560 U.S.A. Attention:LenovoDirectorofLicensing

LENOVOPROVIDESTHISPUBLICATION“ASIS”WITHOUTWARRANTYOFANYKIND,EITHEREXPRESS ORIMPLIED,INCLUDING,BUTNOTLIMITEDTO,THEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFNON-INFRINGEMENT , MERCHANTABILITYORFITNESSFORAP ARTICULARPURPOSE.Somejurisdictionsdonotallow disclaimerofexpressorimpliedwarrantiesincertaintransactions,therefore,thisstatementmaynotapply toyou.

Thisinformationcouldincludetechnicalinaccuraciesortypographicalerrors.Changesareperiodically madetotheinformationherein;thesechangeswillbeincorporatedinneweditionsofthepublication. Lenovomaymakeimprovementsand/orchangesintheproduct(s)and/ortheprogram(s)describedinthis publicationatanytimewithoutnotice.

Theproductsdescribedinthisdocumentarenotintendedforuseinimplantationorotherlifesupport applicationswheremalfunctionmayresultininjuryordeathtopersons.Theinformationcontainedinthis documentdoesnotaffectorchangeLenovoproductspeciﬁcationsorwarranties.Nothinginthisdocument shalloperateasanexpressorimpliedlicenseorindemnityundertheintellectualpropertyrightsofLenovo orthirdparties.Allinformationcontainedinthisdocumentwasobtainedinspeciﬁcenvironmentsandis presentedasanillustration.Theresultobtainedinotheroperatingenvironmentsmayvary.

Lenovomayuseordistributeanyoftheinformationyousupplyinanywayitbelievesappropriatewithout incurringanyobligationtoyou.

Anyreferencesinthispublicationtonon-LenovoWebsitesareprovidedforconvenienceonlyanddonotin anymannerserveasanendorsementofthoseWebsites.ThematerialsatthoseWebsitesarenotpartof thematerialsforthisLenovoproduct,anduseofthoseWebsitesisatyourownrisk.

Anyperformancedatacontainedhereinwasdeterminedinacontrolledenvironment.Therefore,the resultinotheroperatingenvironmentsmayvarysigniﬁcantly.Somemeasurementsmayhavebeenmade ondevelopment-levelsystemsandthereisnoguaranteethatthesemeasurementswillbethesame ongenerallyavailablesystems.Furthermore,somemeasurementsmayhavebeenestimatedthrough extrapolation.Actualresultsmayvary.Usersofthisdocumentshouldverifytheapplicabledatafortheir speciﬁcenvironment.

Trademarks

ThefollowingtermsaretrademarksofLenovointheUnitedStates,othercountries,orboth:

Lenovo TheLenovologo RescueandRecovery ThinkPad ThinkVantage

IntelisatrademarkofIntelCorporationintheU.S.and/orothercountries.

Microsoft,ActiveDirectory,InternetExplorer,Windows,andWindowsVistaaretrademarksoftheMicrosoft groupofcompanies.

Othercompany,product,orservicenamesmaybetrademarksorservicemarksofothers.

86SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Lenovo SystemUpdateSolution User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preface

Chapter1.Overview

SystemUpdate

UpdateRetriever

ThinInstaller

Managingtheupdateprocess

System Update

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever

UsingSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieveronnon-Lenovosystems

Chapter2.Installation

Installationrequirements

.Net

Installationcomponents

SystemUpdatelanguages

UpdateRetrieverlanguages

Installationconsiderations

Installationproceduresandcommand-lineparameters

AscenarioofinstallingSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverinan enterpriseenvironment

Uninstall

SilentuninstallonWindowsVistaorWindows7operatingsystems

Chapter4.WorkingwithSystemUpdate

AboutSystemUpdate

Extrastab

SystemUpdatebillboard

Workingwithupdatepackages

Downloadingandinstallingupdates

Workingwithlicenseagreements

UsingSystemUpdate

Schedulingthesearchforupdates

Viewingthedownloadandinstallationhistory

Hidingandrestoringhiddenupdates

Workingwithupdatesthatforceareboot

Keyboardshortcuts

Chapter5.WorkingwithUpdateRetriever

AboutUpdateRetriever

Aboutupdatepackages

UsingUpdateRetriever

Manualsearchingfornewupdates

Schedulingthesearchforupdates

Managingtherepository

Modifyingsettings

Viewinghistory

Hidingupdates

Exportingupdates

Keyboardshortcuts

Chapter6.WorkingwithThinInstaller

AboutThinInstaller

UsingThinInstaller

Returnerrorcodes

Logs

WindowsVistaandWindows7considerations

Bestpractices

UninstallingThinInstaller

Chapter7.Bestpractices

Scenario1-Managingtheupdateprocess

Step1-Installingtheprograms

Step2-Customizingtheprograms

Step3-Workingwiththeprograms

Creatingrepositoryfolders

WorkingwithUpdateRetriever

Deployingthepackages

Scenario3-Deployingtonon-Lenovosystems

Scenario4-DisablingtheWebupgradeforSystemUpdate

Scenario6-Deployingupdatepackagestoclientcomputerrepositories

Step1-Settinguptheadministratorsystem

Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller

DeployingthepackagesusingUSB,CD,orDVDmedia

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusinganetworksharerepository

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusingasystemmanagementtool

IntegratingThinInstallerwiththeImageUltraBuilderprogram

IntegratingThinInstallerwithaSysprepImage

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters

Automaticsearch

Commandlinescripts

Searchmodes

MapDrvutility