Lenovo Tvsu5 Mst En User Manual (English) System Update 5.0 Deployment Guide M90p Desktop (Think Centre) Type 3421

2014-06-27

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Preface
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Installation
Chapter 3. Configurations
- Connection configurations
- Configuring System Update
  - Configuring System Update with the registry
  - Configuring System Update with Active Directory
Chapter 4. Working with System Update
Chapter 5. Working with Update Retriever
Chapter 6. Working with Thin Installer
Chapter 7. Best practices
Appendix A. Command line parameters
Appendix B. Notices
- Trademarks

SystemUpdateSolutionDeploymentGuide

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixB

“Notices”onpage81.

SeventhEdition(July2017)

©CopyrightLenovo2009,2017.

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.................7

Installationcomponents...........7

SystemUpdatelanguages........8

UpdateRetrieverlanguages........9

Installationconsiderations..........9

Installationproceduresandcommand-line

parameters..............10

AscenarioofinstallingSystemUpdateandUpdate

Retrieverinanenterpriseenvironment.....11

Uninstall.................11

SilentuninstallonWindows7andlater

operatingsystems...........11

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations.......13

Connectionconﬁgurations..........13

ConﬁguringSystemUpdate.........13

ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththeregistry.14

ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewithActive

Directory...............27

Chapter4.WorkingwithSystem

Update.................35

AboutSystemUpdate............35

Extrastab...............35

SystemUpdatebillboard.........35

Workingwithupdatepackages........35

Downloadingandinstallingupdates....36

Workingwithlicenseagreements.....37

UsingSystemUpdate............37

Schedulingthesearchforupdates.....38

Viewingthedownloadandinstallation

history................39

Hidingandrestoringhiddenupdates....39

Workingwithupdatesthatforceareboot..39

Keyboardshortcuts.............39

Chapter5.WorkingwithUpdate

Retriever...............41

AboutUpdateRetriever...........41

Aboutupdatepackages...........41

UpdateRetrieverﬁrsttimesetup.......42

UsingUpdateRetriever...........43

Manualsearchingfornewupdates.....43

Schedulingthesearchforupdates.....44

Managingtherepository.........45

Modifyingsettings...........47

Viewinghistory.............47

Hidingupdates.............48

Exportingupdates...........48

Keyboardshortcuts.............49

Chapter6.WorkingwithThin

Installer................51

AboutThinInstaller.............51

ConﬁguringThinInstaller..........51

UsingThinInstaller.............54

Returnerrorcodes...........57

Logs.................57

Windows7andlateroperatingsystems

considerations.............57

Webserverconﬁguration.........58

Bestpractices...............58

UninstallingThinInstaller..........58

Chapter7.Bestpractices.......59

Scenario1-Managingtheupdateprocess...59

Step1-Installingtheprograms......59

Step2-Customizingtheprograms.....60

Step3-Workingwiththeprograms....60

Scenario2-Deployingspeciﬁcupdatepackages.60

Creatingrepositoryfolders........60

ConﬁguringSystemUpdateonclient

computers..............61

WorkingwithUpdateRetriever......61

Deployingthepackages.........61

Scenario3-Deployingtonon-Lenovosystems..62

Scenario4-DisablingtheWebupgradeforSystem

Update..................62

Scenario5-Installingspeciﬁcupdatepackages

withtheMSDOSprompt...........63

Scenario6-Deployingupdatepackagestoclient

computerrepositories............63

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Step1-Settinguptheadministratorsystem.63

Step2-ConﬁguringSystemUpdateonclient

computers..............64

Scenario7-Workingwithﬁrewallsandthe

schedulerfunction.............64

Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller.....64

DeployingthepackagesusingUSB,CD,or

DVDmedia..............64

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusinga

networksharerepository.........65

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusinga

systemmanagementtool.........65

IntegratingThinInstallerwiththeImageUltra

Builderprogram............65

IntegratingThinInstallerwithaSysprep

Image................65

AppendixA.Commandline

parameters..............67

Automaticsearch.............67

Commandlinescripts............67

Searchmodes...............75

Notiﬁcationparameters...........76

MapDrvutility...............78

Commandlineinterface.........79

UsingtheMapDrvutility.........80

AppendixB.Notices..........81

Trademarks................82

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Preface

InformationpresentedinthisguideistosupportcomputersworkedwiththeThinkVantage®SystemUpdate

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

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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

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IfyouuseonlySystemUpdate,SystemUpdatewillconnecttotheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitethrough

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.

Internet Client system

Lenovo

Help Center

System

Update

Figure1.UpdateprocessusingonlySystemUpdate

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever

Inanenterpriseenvironmentwithmultiplesystems,youcanuseUpdateRetrieveronanadministrative

systemtodownloadupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCentertoarepositoryfolderonyournetwork

shareoralocalsystem.SystemUpdateonaclientcomputercanbeconﬁguredtoobtainupdatesfromthe

repositoryfolderonanetworkshareoralocalsystem.Therepositoryfolderprovidesthestorageforupdate

packages.Thisprovidesgreatercontroloftheupdatesthatareavailableoveryournetwork.

Downloadingupdatepackagestotheadministratorsystem

ThefollowingillustrationprovidesthecommunicationpathofupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelpCenter

toyouradministratorsystemusingUpdateRetriever.

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Figure2.CommunicationpathbetweenLenovoHelpCenterandtheadministratorsystem

Obtainingupdatesfromtherepositoryfolderonanetworkshare

Thefollowingillustrationprovidesthecommunicationpathofupdatepackagesfromanadministratorsystem

withUpdateRetrievertoclientcomputerswithSystemUpdate:

Figure3.Communicationpathofupdatepackagesonalocalareanetwork

Formoreinformationonconﬁguringrepositorylocationsforpackagestorage,seeChapter3“Conﬁgurations”

onpage13.

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:

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Figure5.UpdateprocessforclientcomputersmanagedbyadministratorsusingUpdateRetriever

UsingSystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieveronnon-Lenovosystems

Bydesign,SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrievercanbeleveragedwithnon-Lenovosystems.Non-Lenovo

systemsarenotconﬁguredtoutilizetheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitetodownloadandinstallpackages.If

youareusinganon-LenovosystemwithSystemUpdateinstalled,useUpdateRetrievertodownload

updatepackagestoarepositoryfolderonyounetworkoryourlocalsystem,anduseSystemUpdateto

searchforupdatepackagesfromyournetwork.

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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”onpage51.

Installationrequirements

SystemUpdate5.xissupportedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:

•Microsoft®Windows®7

•Windows8

•Windows8.1

•Windows10

UpdateRetrieverissupportedonthefollowingoperatingsystems:

•Windows7

•Windows8

•Windows8.1

•Windows10

•WindowsServer®2008

•WindowsServer2012

Note:Unlessotherwisestated,thesupportedoperatingsystemsrefertoboththe32-bitversionandthe

64-bitversion.

.Net

SystemUpdaterequiresMicrosoft.NETFramework4.5.2oralaterversion.UpdateRetrieverrequires

Microsoft.NETFramework4.5.2oralaterversion.Y oucandownloadacompatibleversionof.NET

FrameworkfromthefollowingMicrosoftWebsite:

http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate

Note:WhenperformingasilentinstallationofUpdateRetrieveronasystemwithoutMicrosoft.Net

Framework4.5.2oralaterversion,thefollowingmessagewillbewrittentothe%temp%\SetupLog

Y-M-D.txtﬁle:

“BeforeinstallingUpdateRetrieversilently,youneedtodownloadandinstallMicrosoft.NetFramework4.5.2

oralaterversion.TodownloadandmanuallyinstallMicrosoft.NetFramework4.5.2oralaterversion,goto

theMicrosoftWebsiteathttp://www.microsoft.com/net/download.aspx.”

Installationcomponents

ThissectionprovidesinformationoninstallationcomponentsforSystemUpdateandUpdateRetriever.

TheseprogramsareinstalledwiththeInstallShieldsoftwaretool.

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SystemUpdatelanguages

ThefollowingtablepresentsthelanguagesandthecorrespondinglanguageoverridecodesforSystem

Update.

Table1.SystemUpdatelanguagecodes

LanguageIdentiﬁerLanguageoverridecode

Danish1030DA

Dutch(Standard)1043NL

English1033EN

Finnish1035FI

French1036FR

German1031DE

Italian1040IT

Japanese1041JP

Korean1042KO

Norwegian(Bokmal)1044NO

Portuguese(Brazilian)1046PT

Spanish1034ES

Swedish1053SV

SimpliﬁedChinese2052CHS

TraditionalChinese1028CHT

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

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languagepackcorrespondingtothedefaultlanguagesetintheDefaultLanguageﬁeldisonthesystem,

SystemUpdatewillloadthedefaultlanguagepackanddisplaytherestofthesession.

TheregistrylocationfortheDefaultLanguageﬁeldis:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\DefaultLanguage

•LoadingtheUSEnglishlanguagepack:

IftheDefaultLanguageﬁeldisemptyorwithaninvalidvalue,orifthelanguagepackcorrespondingto

thedefaultlanguagesetintheDefaultLanguageﬁeldisnotonthesystem,thedefaultlanguagewillnot

beused.SystemUpdatewillattempttoloadtheUSEnglishlanguagepack.IftheUSEnglishlanguage

packisnotonthesystem,anerrormessagewillbedisplayed,saying"SystemUpdatehasfoundacritical

problemandmustclose."ThiserrormessageisintheUSEnglishlanguage.

UpdateRetrieverlanguages

ThefollowingtablepresentsthelanguagesandthecorrespondinglanguageoverridecodesforUpdate

Retriever.

Table2.UpdateRetrieverlanguagecodes

LanguageIdentiﬁerLanguageoverridecode

English1033EN

French1036FR

German1031DE

Japanese1041JP

SimpliﬁedChinese2052CHS

TheregistrylocationfortheLanguageOverrideﬁeldis:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\UpdateRetriever\LanguageOverride

Installationconsiderations

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverareinstalledasstandaloneapplicationsanddeployedwithdefault

preferencesforallconﬁgurationoptions.Theinstallationscenarioslistedbelowaresupported:

•Cleaninstallation:SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrieverareinstalledwithdefaultpreferencesfor

theirrespectiveconﬁgurableoptions.

•Upgradeorover-installation(currentversionalreadyexists):TheWindowsInstallerwillremovethe

oldversionofSystemUpdateorUpdateRetrieverandinstallthenewversion.Yournetworkshare

repositoryfolderandcontentswillbepreserved.

Duringinstallation,ashortcutisaddedtothefollowingStartmenufolderonThinkPad®systems:

StartMenu\Programs\ThinkVantage

ForLenovosystems,thefollowingshortcutisaddedtotheStartmenufolder:

StartMenu\Programs\LenovoCare

PreferencesarestoredassettingsinthefollowingWindowsregistrykeys:

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•ForSystemUpdate:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

•ForUpdateRetriever:

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\UpdateRetriever

Thedefaultfolderswhereapplicationﬁlesareinstalledarethefollowing:

•ForSystemUpdate:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

•ForUpdateRetriever:

%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\UpdateRetriever

Installationproceduresandcommand-lineparameters

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrievercanusethesamecommandlineparametersforinstallation.The

followingexamplestartsanon-silentcommandlineinstallationforSystemUpdateorUpdateRetriever.

c:\>[SystemUpdateinstallationlename].exe

Todoasilentcommandlineextractionfollowedbyaninstallation,usethe/VERYSIELNTparameter.The

extractdefaultstotheWindowsTempfolder,forexample:

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

Tosilentlyextracttoaspeciﬁcfolderfollowedbyaninstallation,usetheDIRparameter,forexample:

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

The/DIRparametercausestheﬁlestobeextractedtothec:\tvt\tvsutfolder.

Installationlogﬁle

Theinstallationlogﬁlecontainsinformationthatcanbeusedtodebuginstallationproblems.ForSystem

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

Ifyouinstalltheprogrambydouble-clickingthesetup.exeﬁle,thelogﬁlewillbeautomaticallygeneratedand

storedinthe%temp%directory.

Ifyouwanttoinstalltheprogramsilentlyandgenerateinstallationlogﬁles,usethefollowingcommands:

•ForSystemUpdate:

[SystemUpdateinstallationlename].exe/VERYSILENT/NORESTART/LOG=c:\tvsu.log

Tospecifythedetailedlogdirectory,usethe/LOGcommand.

•ForUpdateRetriever:

[TVURname].exe/VERYSILENT/NORESTART/LOG=c:\tvur.log

Tospecifythedetailedlogdirectory,usethe/LOGcommand.

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Windows7andlateroperatingsystemsconsiderations

WithconsiderationsforWindows7andlateroperatingsystems,theSystemUpdatesilentinstallation

promptsaUserAccountControl(UAC)message.Youcanﬁndinformationondisablingandenablingthe

UserAccountControlmessageonthefollowingWebsite:

http://www.microsoft.com

Note:IftheUACisactive,asilentuninstallwillnotworkwithWindows7andlateroperatingsystems.

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

Uninstall

SystemUpdateandUpdateRetrievercanbeuninstalledbyusingtheAddorRemoveProgramsappletin

Windowsoperatingsystems.Aftertheuninstalliscomplete,allprogramﬁlesandsettingsaredeleted.

Alternatively,youcanusecommandlinestoperformasilentuninstall.

TosilentlyuninstallSystemUpdateorUpdateRetriever,dothefollowing:

•ForSystemUpdate,usethefollowingcommand:

[Yourinstalldir]\unins000.exe/verysilent/norestart

•ForUpdateRetriever,usethefollowingcommand:

[Yourinstalldir]\unins000.exe/verysilent/norestart

SilentuninstallonWindows7andlateroperatingsystems

TheUserAccountControl(UAC)functiononWindows7orlateroperatingsystemsisturnedonbydefaultto

preventunauthorizedchangestothecomputer.Y ouneedtodisabletheUACfunctionbeforeperforming

asilentuninstall.

ToperformasilentuninstallofSystemUpdateonaWindows7orlateroperatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.NavigatetoControlPanel➙UserAccounts➙ChangeUserAccountControlsettings.TheUser

AccountControlSettingswindowisdisplayed.

2.MovetheslidertoNevernotify,andthenclickOK.

3.Restartthecomputer.

4.Openthecommandpromptwindowandtypethefollowingcommandline:

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[Yourinstalldir]\unins000.exe/verysilent/norestart

5.PressEnter.SystemUpdatewillbeuninstalled.

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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

ConﬁgurationsforSystemUpdatecanbedonethroughtheregistryorActiveDirectory®.Ifyouare

conﬁguringjustonesystem,youcanusetheregistrytoconﬁgureSystemUpdate.Ifyouareconﬁguring

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multiplesystems,youcanuseActiveDirectorytoconﬁgurepoliciesforSystemUpdate.Foradditional

informationabouteachconﬁgurationmethod,seethefollowingsections:

•“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththeregistry”onpage14

•“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewithActiveDirectory”onpage27

ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththeregistry

Attention:Toeditregistryconﬁgurations,exitSystemUpdate.IfSystemUpdateisrunningwhilechanges

aremadeintheregistry,theoldregistryentrieswillberecovered.

ThefollowingtableliststheconﬁgurableandmodiﬁableitemsforSystemUpdateandtheirregistrylocations,

aftertheﬁrstlaunchofSystemUpdate.

Table3.Registrylocations

SettingRegistrylocation

DisabletheSystemUpdatebillboard.See“UCSettings

conﬁgurableitems”onpage15.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UCSettings\General

DisableregistrationonbillboardHKLM\Software\Lenovo\Registration\RegStatus

DisableSystemUpdateuserinterface.See“UCSettings

conﬁgurableitems”onpage15.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UCSettings\General

RetryLimitforHTTPSHelloSettings.See

“\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings”onpage16.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

RetryWaitTimeforHTTPSHelloSettings.See

“\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings”onpage16.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

DisableSystemUpdateWebupgrade(UpdateThyself).

See“\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings”onpage16.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

RetryLimitforHTTPSPackageSettings.See

“\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings”onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings

RetryWaitTimeforHTTPSPackageSettings.See

“\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings”onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings

Proxyserverconnection.See

“\UserSettings\Connection”onpage17.

HKLM\Software\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Connection

DebugEnable.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems”on

page17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

DisplayInformationScreen.See“UserSettings

conﬁgurableitems”onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

DisplayLicenseNotice.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable

items”onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

DisplayLicenseNoticeSU.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable

items”onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

ExtrasTab.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems”on

page17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

IgnoreLocalLicense.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable

items”onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

IgnoreRMLicCRCSize.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable

items”onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

NotifyInterval.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems”on

page17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

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Table3.Registrylocations(continued)

SettingRegistrylocation

RepositoryLocation1.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurable

items”onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

UNCMaxAttempts.See“UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems”

onpage17.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\General

SchedulerFrequency.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”

onpage21.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

SchedulerNotifyOptions.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”

onpage21.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

SchedulerRunAt.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”on

page21.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

SchedulerRunOn.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”on

page21.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

SchedulerAbility.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage

21.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

SchedulerLock.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage

21.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

SearchMode.See“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage21.HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\System

Update\Preferences\UserSettings\Scheduler

UCSettingsconﬁgurableitems

ThissectionprovidesdescriptionsfortheconﬁgurableitemsavailableintheUCSettingskey.

\UCSettings\Billboard

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingandvaluesfortheBillboardkey.

Table4.\UCSettings\Billboard

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Default:LenovoLiveFeed

LiveFeedDisablesthelivefeed

totheSystemUpdate

billboard.Possiblevalues:

•Default

•Blank

•IfDefault,thelivefeed

imagewillbedisplayed

ontheSystemUpdate

userinterface.

•IfBlank,thedefault

billboardimagewillnot

bedisplayedonthe

SystemUpdateuser

interface.

Example:

\Billboard

\LiveFeed=Blank

\UCSettings\General

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingandvaluesfortheGeneralkey.

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations15

Table5.\UCSettings\General

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:NO

DisableDisablestheSystem

Updateuserinterface.

Usethissettingwhen

youwanttoconﬁgure

SystemUpdateusingthe

commandprompt.

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,theSystem

Updateuserinterface

willnotbedisplayed.

•IfNO,theSystem

Updateuserinterface

willbedisplayed.

Example:

\GENERAL

\Disable=NO

\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingsandvaluesfortheHTTPSHelloSettingskey.

Table6.\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:0

RetryLimitSpeciﬁesthemaximum

numberoftimesthat

SystemUpdatewilltryto

connecttotheLenovo

HelpCenterWebsite.

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid

integer

SystemUpdatewillstop

tryingtoconnecttothe

LenovoHelpCenterWeb

siteaftertheconnection

attemptsreachthe

maximumnumberof

tries.

Defaultvalue:0

RetryWaitTimeSpeciﬁesthemaximum

amountoftime(in

seconds)thatSystem

Updatewillwaitbefore

ittriestoconnecttothe

LenovoHelpCenterWeb

siteforanothertimeafter

thepreviousattemptfails.

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid

integer

SystemUpdatewillwait

thenumberofseconds

whenattemptingto

connecttotheLenovo

HelpCenterWebsiteafter

thepreviousattemptfails.

Thedefaultvalueis

pre-conﬁgured.Bydefault,

SystemUpdatewillconnectto

theLenovoHelpCenterWeb

sitetosearchforupdatesfor

itself.

ServerNameSpeciﬁestheservername

thatSystemUpdatewill

searchforupdatesfor

itself.Changingthe

defaultvaluewilldisable

theUpdateThyself

functionofSystem

Update.Possiblevalues:Servername

orempty

SystemUpdatesearches

theLenovoHelpCenter

Websiteforupdates

foritself,evenifitis

connectedtoalocal

systemornetworkshare

repository.Y oucan

disabletheWebupgrade

forSystemUpdateby

clearingthisvalue.

Example:

\HTTPSHelloSettings

\RetryLimit=2

\RetryWaitTime=2

\ServerName=https://

Note:WhenSystemUpdateconnectstotheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite,itcommunicateswithdifferent

servers.TheRetryLimitandRetryWaitTimesettingsundertheHTTPSHelloSettingskeycontrolthe

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connectionbetweenSystemUpdateandtheserverfromwhichSystemUpdatedownloadstheself-update

package(Ifanewversionexists).

\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingsandvaluesfortheHTTPSPackageSettingskey.

Table7.\UCSettings\HTTPSPackageSettings

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:0

RetryLimitSpeciﬁesthemaximum

numberoftimesthatSystem

Updatewilltrytoconnectto

theLenovoHelpCenterWeb

site.

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid

integer

SystemUpdatewillstop

tryingtoconnecttothe

LenovoHelpCenterWeb

siteaftertheconnection

attemptsreachthe

maximumnumberof

tries.

Defaultvalue:0

RetryWaitTimeSpeciﬁesthemaximum

amountoftime(inseconds)

thatSystemUpdatewillwait

beforeittriestoconnectto

theLenovoHelpCenterWeb

siteforanothertimeafterthe

previousattemptfails.

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid

integer

SystemUpdatewillwait

thenumberofseconds

whenattemptingto

connecttotheLenovo

HelpCenterWebsite

afterthepreviousattempt

fails.

Example:

\HTTPSPackageSettings

\RetryLimit=2

\RetryWaitTime=2

Note:TheRetryLimitandRetryWaitTimesettingsundertheHTTPSPackageSettingskeycontrolthe

connectionbetweenSystemUpdateandtheserverfromwhichSystemUpdatedownloadsupdatepackages.

UserSettingsconﬁgurableitems

ThissectionprovidesdescriptionsfortheconﬁgurableitemsavailableintheUserSettingskey.

\UserSettings\Connection

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingsandvaluesfortheConnectionskey.Those

conﬁgurableitemsareforproxyserverconnections.

Table8.\UserSettings\Connection

Conﬁgurable

itemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:None

Thissettingisonlyusedforthe

connectiontypeofproxy,theHTTP

proxy,whentheproxyserverrequires

authentication.

UserSpeciﬁestheuser

nametouseforthe

connection.

Possiblevalues:Anystring

Thissettingisusedfor

authenticationtoaccessthe

HTTPproxyserver.

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Table8.\UserSettings\Connection(continued)

Conﬁgurable

itemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:None

PasswordSpeciﬁesthe

passwordtouse

fortheconnection.Possiblevalues:Anystring

Thissettingisusedfor

authenticationtoaccessthe

HTTPproxyserver.

SystemUpdatewillconnectto

theHTTPproxyserverdeﬁnedin

ServerNameusingtheusername

deﬁnedinUser.Theenduser

ispromptedforthisinformation

whentheinformationisneeded.

Example:

\Connection\

\User=Billek

\Password=************

\UserSettings\General

ThefollowingtableandexampleprovidesthesettingsandvaluesfortheGeneralkey.

Table9.\UserSettings\General

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:Active

ContentModeReferstothestatusof

theupdatepackagesthat

SystemUpdatewillsearch

forintheUpdateRetriever

repository.

Possiblevalues:

•Active

•Test

•IfActive,SystemUpdate

willsearchtheUpdate

Retrieverrepositoryfor

theupdatepackagesin

activestatus.

•IfTest,SystemUpdate

willsearchtheUpdate

Retrieverrepositoryfor

theupdatepackagesin

teststatus.

Note:Ifthereisno

database.xmlﬁleinthe

UpdateRetrieverrepository

folder,SystemUpdate

willignorethevalueof

ContentModeandsearch

foralltheupdatepackages.

Defaultvalue:NO

DebugEnableEnablesyoutologprocess

resultstothelogﬁlenamed

ApplicabilityRulesTrace.log.Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,SystemUpdate

willlogtheprocess

resultstothelogﬁle.

•IfNO,SystemUpdate

willnotlogtheprocess

results.

Defaultvalue:YES DisplayInformationScreenEnablesyoutoskiptheUser

InformationpanelofSystem

Update.Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,theUser

Informationpanelwill

bedisplayed.

•IfNO,theUser

Informationpanelwill

notbedisplayed.

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Table9.\UserSettings\General(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:YES

DisplayLicenseNoticeEnablesyoutoskipthe

licenseagreementthatwill

bedisplayedbeforethe

updatepackagespicklistis

populated.

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,thelicense

agreementscreenwill

bedisplayedpriortothe

updatepackagespick

list.

•IfNO,thelicense

agreementscreenwill

notbedisplayed.

Defaultvalue:YES DisplayLicenseNoticeSUEnablesyoutoskipthe

licenseagreementthatis

displayedintheSchedule

updatespanelofSystem

Update.

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,thelicense

agreementwillbe

displayedpriorto

savingthechangesin

theScheduleupdates

panel.

•IfNO,thelicense

agreementwillbe

displayedandthe

changeswillbesaved

directlytotheWindows

Registrysubkey.

Defaultvalue:YES

ExtrasT abEnablesyoutoshoworhide

theExtrastabintheSystem

Updateworkspace.Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,theExtrastab

willbedisplayedin

theSystemUpdate

workspace.

•IfNO,theExtrastab

willnotbedisplayed

intheSystemUpdate

workspace.

Defaultvalue:NO

IgnoreLocalLicense

Note:Byimplementing

thissetting,youare

acceptingtheEndUser

LicenseAgreement

andtheT ermsand

Conditionsonbehalfof

theenduserforeach

packagetobeinstalled.

Donotusethissetting

ifyoudonothavethe

authoritytoaccept

theEndUserLicense

Agreementandthe

TermsandConditions

onbehalfoftheenduser.

Enablesyoutoshowor

hidethelicensedialog

whenSystemUpdateis

downloadingandinstalling

anupdatepackagelocated

inarepositoryfoldersuchas

thenetworksharerepository.

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,thelicensedialog

willnotbedisplayed

whenarepositoryis

usedtostoreupdate

packages.

Note:Ifyouobtain

packagesdirectly

fromtheLenovoHelp

Centeranddonotuse

arepositorytostore

updatepackages,the

IgnoreLocalLicense

valuewillbeignoredand

thelicensedialogwillbe

displayed.

•IfNO,thelicensedialog

willbedisplayedwhen

arepositoryisusedto

storeupdatepackages.

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations19

Table9.\UserSettings\General(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:YES IgnoreRMLicCRCSizeEnablesyoutoenable

ordisablethefollowing

functionswhenSystem

Updatedownloadsupdate

packagesfromtheLenovo

HelpCenterWebsite:

•CRC(Cyclic

RedundancyCheck):

checksforﬁlecorruption

ofreadmeandlicense

agreementﬁleswhen

youdownloadupdate

packagesfromtheLenovo

HelpCenterWebsite.

•Filesize:checkstheﬁle

sizeofreadmeandlicense

agreementﬁles.

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,SystemUpdate

willignoretheseﬁlesand

willnotcheckfortheﬁle

corruptionandﬁlesize.

•IfNO,SystemUpdate

willcheckfortheﬁle

corruptionandﬁlesize.

Note:SystemUpdate

doesnotcheckﬁlesize

andcorruptionofreadme

ﬁlesandlicenseagreement

ﬁleswhenyoudownload

updatepackagesfroma

localrepositoryevenifyou

setthisvaluetoNO.

Defaultvalue:300(seconds)

NotifyIntervalSpeciﬁestheamountoftime

betweenrestartnotiﬁcations

whenyoudownloadand

installupdatepackagesthat

requireareboot.

Possiblevalues:Anyvalue

between60secondsand86

400seconds

Youcanspecifyanyvalue

between60secondsand86

400seconds.Bydefault,

youwillbepromptedwitha

restartnotiﬁcationevery300

secondswhenyoubegin

todownloadandinstall

anupdatepackagethat

forcesarebootordeferthe

downloadandinstallation

process.

SystemUpdatewilluse

thedefaultvaluewhenan

invalidvalueisset.For

example,ifyousetavalue

greaterthan86400seconds

(24hours),SystemUpdate

willusethedefaultvalueof

300seconds.

Defaultvalue:

SUPPORTCENTER

RepositoryLocation1Speciﬁestherepository

folderpath.Thekeyvalue

nameshouldbeRepository

Location%N%whereNisa

numberbetween1and20,

including1and20.

Possiblevalues:

•SUPPORTCENTER

•Afolderpath

SystemUpdatewillsearch

forupdatepackagesinthe

speciﬁedrepositoryfolder.

Defaultvalue:2

UNCMaxAttemptsSpeciﬁesthemaximum

numberoftriesthatSystem

Updatewillattemptwhen

connectingtoanetwork

sharefolderbeforeit

completelyfails.

Possiblevalues:Anyvalid

integer

SystemUpdatewillattempt

thenumberoftrieswhen

connectingtoanetwork

sharefolder.

Example:

\GENERAL

\CheckLocalCRC=YES

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\DebugEnable=NO

\DisplayInformationScreen=YES

\DisplayLicenseNotice=YES

\DisplayLicenseNoticeSU=YES

\ExtrasTab=NO

\IgnoreLocalLicense=NO

\IgnoreRMLicCRCSize=NO

\NotifyInterval=300

\RepositoryLocation1=SUPPORTCENTER

\UNCMaxAttempts=2

\UserSettings\Scheduler

Usingtheschedulerfunction,youcanconﬁgureSystemUpdatetosearchforupdatepackagesatdesignated

intervals.ToincreasethespeedofdownloadingupdatepackagesfromLenovoservers,changetheRunOn

settingtoadaythatﬁtstheneedsofyourenterprise.DothiswhenyouinstallSystemUpdate.

Note:SystemUpdateforWindows7andlateroperatingsystemsprovidesaweeklyscheduler

setting.However,youalsocanusetheT askSchedulertoolonWindows7andlateroperatingsystemsto

createacustomizedschedulerforSystemUpdatetoprovidemorescheduleroptionstoachievethebest

schedulingpractice.ToconﬁguretheschedulerfunctionthroughtheTaskSchedulertoolontheWindows

7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.NavigatetoControlPanel➙Administrativetools➙Runtaskscheduler.TheTaskScheduler

programislaunchedandtheTaskSchedulerwindowisdisplayed.

2.Right-clickTaskScheduler(Local)intheleftpaneofthewindowandselectCreateBasicTask.The

CreateBasicTaskWizardisdisplayed.

3.TypeanameforthenewtaskintheNameﬁeld,forexample,“TVSU.”Youcanalsoadddescriptionsfor

thetaskintheDescriptionﬁeld(optional).ThenclickNext.

4.SelectthedesiredfrequencytorunthescheduledupdateandclickNext.Itisrecommendedto

selectMonthlyorWeekly.

5.Conﬁgurethedetailedsettingsofthefrequencyyouselectedonthepreviousscreentospecifywhen

youwishSystemUpdatewillruntogetupdates.

TakeMonthlyasanexample,ifyouselectSelectallmonthsfromtheMonthsdrop-downlistbox,

SystemUpdatewillrunonceeverymonth.ThenfromtheDaysdrop-downlistbox,selectonedayon

whichyouwishtorunthescheduledupdate.YoucanalsoselectonedayfromtheOndrop-downlist

box,andthenSystemUpdatewillrunonthedesignateddayofthemonth(s)youspeciﬁed.ClickNext.

6.SelectStartaprogram,andthenclickNext.

7.TypetheinstallationdirectoryofSystemUpdateintheProgram/scriptﬁeld,orclickBrowseto

locatethefolderwhereSystemUpdateisinstalled.Youcanalsotypedesiredschedulersettingsand

valuesintheAddargumentsﬁeld(optional)andtheStartinﬁeld(optional).Fordetailedinformation

aboutsettingsandvaluesfortheSystemUpdatescheduler,seeTable10“\UserSettings\Scheduler”

onpage22.

Note:TheinstallationdirectoriesofSystemUpdatearedifferentoncomputerswiththe32-bitWindows

7operatingsystemandcomputerswiththe64-bitWindows7operatingsystem.

8.ClickNexttoviewthesummaryofyourconﬁguration.

9.ClickFinishtoconﬁrmandcompleteyourconﬁguration.

ThedefaultsettingsandvaluesfortheSystemUpdateschedulerareprovidedinthefollowingtable.

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations21

Table10.\UserSettings\Scheduler

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:YES SchedulerAbilityEnablesyoutoactivateor

inactivatethescheduler.Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,SystemUpdatewillrun

onthespeciﬁedschedule.

•IfNO,SystemUpdatewillnot

runonaschedule.

Defaultvalue:SHOW SchedulerLockEnablesyoutoshow,

hide,disable,orlockthe

Scheduleupdatesoption

intheSystemUpdateuser

interface.

Possiblevalues:

•SHOW

•HIDE

•DISABLE

•LOCK

•IfSHOW,theSchedule

updatesoptionisavailablein

theleftnavigationpane.

•IfHIDE,theSchedule

updatesoptionisnotvisible

totheenduser.

•IfDISABLE,theSchedule

updatesoptionintheleft

navigationpaneisdisplayed

butappearsdimmed.

•IfLOCK,theSchedule

updatespanelcanbe

opened,butthesettingsinit

aredisabledandcannotbe

changed.

Defaultvalue:

RECOMMENDED

SearchModeSpeciﬁesthetypeof

updatesthatSystem

Updatewillbescheduled

tosearchfor.Possiblevalues:

•CRITICAL

•RECOMMENDED

•ALL

•IfCRITICAL,SystemUpdate

willsearchforonlycritical

updates.

•IfRECOMMENDED,System

Updatewillsearchforboth

criticalandrecommended

updates.

•IfALL,SystemUpdatewill

searchforallupdates,andall

updateswillberetrieved.

Defaultvalue:NOTIFY NotifyOptionsEnablesyoutochoosethe

notiﬁcationoptionsthatyou

wanttoreceivefromthe

SystemUpdatescheduler.

Possiblevalues:

•DOWNLOAD

ANDINSTALL

•DOWNLOAD

•NOTIFY

•DOWNLOAD

ANDINSTALL

-INCLUDEREBOOT

Note:Ifyouset

SearchModeto

RECOMMENDED,NOTIFY

istheonlyvalueavailable

forNotifyOptions.System

Updatecannotrunifyou

selectanyoftheothervalues

forNotifyOptions.

•IfDOWNLOADANDINSTALL,

theschedulerwilldownload

andinstalltheupdateswithout

enduserintervention.

•IfDOWNLOAD,thescheduler

downloadstheupdatesand

notiﬁestheenduserwhenthe

updatesarereadytoinstall.

•IfNOTIFY,thescheduler

willsearchfornewupdates

andnotifytheenduserwhen

newupdatesareavailablefor

downloadandinstallation.

•IfDOWNLOADANDINSTALL

-INCLUDEREBOOT,System

Updatewilldownloadand

installupdatepackagesand

thenprompttheenduserto

restartthesystem.

Note:Makesurethatnospace

separatesthosevalues.

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Table10.\UserSettings\Scheduler(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:MONTHLY

FrequencySpeciﬁestheintervalat

whichthescheduleristo

runweeklyormonthly.Possiblevalues:

•MONTHLY

•WEEKLY

•IfWEEKL Y,theintervalwillbe

calculatedinweeks.

•IfMONTHL Y,theintervalwill

becalculatedinmonths.

Note:Thissettingandthe

SchedulerRunEverysettingare

usedtosethowoftenSystem

Updatewillrun.

Defaultvalue:1

RunOnSpeciﬁesthedaywhenthe

SystemUpdatescheduler

willrun.Possiblevalues:1to28

SystemUpdaterunsonthe

speciﬁedday.Whenthe

frequencyisWeekly,the

possiblevaluesforthissetting

are:SUNDAY,MONDAY,...

SATURDAY.Whenthefrequency

isMonthly,thepossiblevalues

forthissettingarefrom1to28.

Defaultvalue:11

RunAtSpeciﬁesthetimewhenthe

SystemUpdatescheduler

willrun.Thisvalueis

speciﬁedathourlyintervals.

Possiblevalues:Anynumber

from0to23(0indicates

12AMand23indicates

11PM)

SystemUpdaterunsatthe

speciﬁedtime.

Example:

\SCHEDULER\

\SchedulerAbility=NO

\SchedulerLock=SHOW

\SearchMode=CRITICAL

\NotifyOptions=NOTIFY

\Frequency=WEEKL Y

\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.Conﬁgurations23

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate3_x\

2.Navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Preferences\

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\Preferences\

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\Preferences\

UserSettings\General\RepositoryLocation1

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Note:ThedefaultforthisregistryentryisSUPPORTCENTER.ThisdefaultsettingenablesSystem

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:

Local system

System

Update

Internet

Lenovo Help Center

Network share

RepositoryLocation1

RepositoryLocation3

RepositoryLocation2

Inthisexample,SystemUpdatewillsearchtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteﬁrst,followedbytherepository

folderonthelocalsystem,andthentherepositoryfolderonthenetworkshare:

•RepositoryLocation1-LenovoHelpCenterWebsite

•RepositoryLocation2-Localsystem

•RepositoryLocation3-Networkshare

Creatingandconﬁguringmultiplerepositorieswiththeregistry

Tocreateandconﬁguremultiplerepositorylocations,dothefollowing:

1.Createanewfolderonalocalharddiskdrivetouseastherepository,forexample:

Chapter3.Conﬁgurations25

%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\Preferences\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”onpage80.

VersioncontrolforSystemUpdate

WhenanewerversionofSystemUpdateisavailable,SystemUpdateconnectstotheLenovoHelpCenter

Website,detectsanddownloadsthenewerversion,andtheninstallsthatversion.Thisprocessisdone

automatically,withoutuserinteraction,butcanbedisabled.Forinformationaboutdisablingtheupgrade,

see“\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings”onpage16.

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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\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings

b.Double-clickServerName.

c.IntheValueDataﬁeldintheEditStringdialogbox,replacetheHTTPserveraddresswiththeUNC

pathofyourrepository,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

d.ClickOK.

e.Navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Preferences\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.Conﬁgurations27

•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

initializedthroughaGroupPolicyinActiveDirectory.Computerpreferencesaresetbytheenduseronthe

clientcomputerthroughoptionsintheapplication'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/RemoveT emplatesdialogbox.

7.UnderComputerConﬁguration,clickAdministrativeT emplates.AnewtabnamedSystemUpdateis

present.Then,youwillbeabletoconﬁgurealltheavailablesettings.

Note:ForWindows2000operatingsystems,ifthepoliciesunderUserConﬁgurationarenotvisibleinthe

GroupPolicyEditorwhenyouaddanewADMﬁle,closeandthenreopentheGroupPolicyEditor.For

WindowsXPandWindowsVistaoperatingsystems,iftheThinkVantagepoliciesforSystemUpdateare

duplicatedwhenyouaddanewADMﬁle,closeandthenreopentheGroupPolicyEditor.

Deﬁningmanageablesettings

ThefollowingexampleshowssettingsintheGroupPolicyEditorusingthefollowinghierarchy:

ComputerConguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>

SystemUpdate>UserSettings>General>RepositoryLocation1

TheADMﬁlesindicatewhereintheregistrythesettingswillbereﬂected.Thesesettingswillbeinthe

followingregistrylocations:

•HKLM\Software\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

•HKLM\Software\Lenovo\UpdateRetriever

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Applyinggrouppolicyimmediately

ToapplypolicysettingsimmediatelyafteryouconﬁgurethesettingsfortheADMﬁle,dothefollowing:

1.FromtheWindowsStartmenu,clickRun.

2.Typegpedit.msc/forceandthenclickOK.

GroupPolicysettings

ThefollowingtablesprovidepolicysettingsforSystemUpdate.

UserSettings

ThistableprovidesthesettingsfortheUserSettingspolicies.

Table11.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UserSettings

PolicySettingDescription

UserNameThissettingspeciﬁestheusernameforconnection.

UserPasswordThissettingspeciﬁesthepasswordforconnection.It

storestheencryptedpasswordofproxy.

Proxy/*/AutoConﬁgURL

Note:*referstotheamount

ofproxyservers.The

amountmustnotexceed

ﬁve.

ThissettingstorestheautomaticconﬁgurationUniform

ResourceLocator(URL)pathsuchasﬁle://c:/Proxy1.pac

orhttp://10.10.1.1/Proxy1.pac.

Proxy/*/ProxyServer

Note:*referstotheamount

ofproxyservers.The

amountmustnotexceed

ﬁve.

Thissettingstorestheproxyserverlocationsuchas

http=10.10.1.1:8080orsocks=10.10.1.1:1080.

Connection

Proxy/*/ProxyEnable

Note:*referstotheamount

ofproxyservers.The

amountmustnotexceed

ﬁve.

Thissettingspeciﬁeswhetherproxyisenabled.“0”

standsforthedisabledstatusand“1”standsforthe

enabledstatus.

RepositoryLocationThissettingspeciﬁestherepositorylocationthatupdate

packageswillbedownloadedfromandinstalled.The

defaultsettingisSUPPORTCENTERandenables

SystemUpdatetodownloadupdatesfromtheLenovo

HelpCenter.Y oucanalsospecifyarepositorypathona

networksharedrive,andthiswillenableSystemUpdate

tosearchforupdatepackagesinthenetworkshare

repositoryfolder.Formoreinformationonsettingup

repositories,see“Repositoryconﬁgurations”onpage23.

General

UNCMaxAttemptsThissettingspeciﬁesthemaximumnumberoflocal

repositoryauthenticationattemptsallowed.

IgnoreLocalLicenseThissettingenablesyoutoshoworhidethelicense

dialogwhenSystemUpdateisdownloadingandinstalling

anupdatepackagelocatedinarepositoryfoldersuchas

thenetworksharerepository.

•IfYES,thelicensedialogwillnotbedisplayedwhena

repositoryisusedtostoreupdatepackages.

Note:IfyouobtainpackagesdirectlyfromtheLenovo

HelpCenteranddonotusearepositoryforupdate

packagestorage,theIgnoreLocalLicensevaluewill

beignoredandthelicensedialogwillbedisplayed.

General

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Table11.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UserSettings

(continued)

•IfNO,thelicensedialogwillbedisplayedwhena

repositoryisusedtostoreupdatepackages.

IgnoreRMLicCRCSizeThissettingenablesyoutoenableordisablethefollowing

functionswhenSystemUpdatedownloadsupdate

packagesfromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite:

•CRC:checksforﬁlecorruptionofreadmeandlicense

agreementﬁleswhenyoudownloadupdatepackages

fromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite.

•Filesize:checkstheﬁlesizeofreadmeandlicense

agreementﬁles.

YoucansetthevaluetoYESorNO:

•IfYES,SystemUpdatewillignoretheseﬁlesandwill

notcheckfortheﬁlecorruptionandﬁlesize.

•IfNO,SystemUpdatewillcheckfortheﬁlecorruption

andﬁlesize.

Note:SystemUpdatedoesnotcheckﬁlesizeand

corruptionofreadmeﬁlesandlicenseagreementﬁles

whenyoudownloadpackagesfromalocalrepository

evenifyousetthisvaluetoNO.

NotifyIntervalThissettingspeciﬁestheamountoftimebetweenrestart

notiﬁcationswhenyoudownloadandinstallupdate

packagesthatrequireareboot.

Youcanspecifyanyvaluebetween60secondsand86

400seconds.Bydefault,youwillbepromptedwitha

restartnotiﬁcationevery300secondswhenyoubeginto

downloadandinstallanupdatepackagethatforcesa

rebootordeferthedownloadandinstallationprocess.

SystemUpdatewillusethedefaultvaluewhenaninvalid

valueisset.Forexample,ifyousetavaluegreaterthan

86400seconds(24hours),SystemUpdatewillusethe

defaultvalueof300seconds.

MetricsEnabledThissettingenablesordisablestheMetricscollection.

AdministratorCommand

Line

Thissettingenablestheadministratortospecifythe

desiredcommandlinewhenlaunchingthetvsu.exeﬁle

withtheparameter/CM.

Scheduler

Note:SystemUpdate

forWindows7andlater

operatingsystemsprovides

aweeklyscheduler

setting.However,youalso

canusetheTaskScheduler

toolonWindows7andlater

operatingsystemstocreate

acustomizedscheduler

forSystemUpdateto

providemorescheduler

optionstoachievethe

bestschedulingpractice.

Fordetailedinformation

SchedulerLockThissettingenablesyoutoshow,hide,disable,orlock

theScheduleupdatesoptionintheSystemUpdateuser

interface.

•IfSHOW,theScheduleupdatesoptionisavailablein

theleftnavigationpane.

•IfHIDE,theScheduleupdatesoptionisnotvisible

totheenduser.

•IfDISABLE,theScheduleupdatesoptionintheleft

navigationpaneisdisplayedbutappearsdimmed.

•IfLOCK,theScheduleupdatespanelcanbeopened,

butthesettingsinitaredisabledandcannotbe

changed.

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Table11.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UserSettings

(continued)

aboutusingtheTask

SchedulertoolonWindows

7operatingsystems,see

“\UserSettings\Scheduler”

onpage21.

UNCThissettingspeciﬁestheUNClocationforthemapped

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

isnone.

UserThissettingenablesyoutousethemapdrv.exe/view

commandtocreateanencryptedvalueforthisﬁeld.The

defaultvalueisnone.

MappedNetworkDrive

PasswordThissettingenablesyoutousethemapdrv.exe/view

commandtocreateanencryptedvalueforthisﬁeld.The

defaultvalueisnone.

UCSettings

ThistableprovidesthesettingsfortheGeneralpolicyofSystemUpdate.

Table12.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UCSettings>General

PolicySettingDescription

BillboardLiveFeedThissettingenablesyoutodisableorenableSystemUpdateto

checktheLiveFeedtogetthebillboardsetting.Y oucanremovethe

billboardfunctionfromSystemUpdatebyclearingthisvalue.

GeneralDisableThissettingisusedtodetermineifSystemUpdateshouldignore

requeststorunSystemUpdate.

•IfNO,SystemUpdatewillrunnormally.

•IfYES,SystemUpdatewillnotrun.

GeneralExtrasTabTheExtrastabenablesyoutoeasilyﬁndtherightsoftware,

hardware,andsolutionstohelpyoukeepyoursystemup-to-date

andhaveyoursystemtoperformtoitsfullcapacity.SystemUpdate

analyzesyoursystemandthenrecommendssolutionsthatcanbe

usedtoenhanceyoursystem.

ThissettingenablesyoutoshoworhidetheExtrastabonthe

SystemUpdateuserinterface.

•IfYES,theExtrastabwillbedisplayedintheSystemUpdate

workspace.

•IfNO,theExtrastabwillnotbedisplayedintheSystemUpdate

workspace.

ThedefaultvalueisYES.

ThistableprovidesthepolicysettingfortheUpdateThyselffunctionofSystemUpdate.

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Table13.ComputerConﬁguration>AdministrativeTemplates>ThinkVantage>SystemUpdate>UCSettings>

HTTPSHelloSettings

PolicySettingDescription

HTTPSHelloSettingsUpdateThyselfSystemUpdatecheckstheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitefor

updatesforitself,evenifitisconnectingtoanetworkshare

repository.

ThissettingistoenableordisabletheUpdateThyself

function.Y oucanremovetheUpdateThyselffunctionfrom

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

Note:IfyouareusinganADMﬁleandtheGroupPolicyEditortosetpolicysettingsforSystemUpdate,

makesurethatyouareusingtheADMﬁlereleasedspeciﬁcallyforeachversion.Forexample,ifyouare

customizingpoliciesforSystemUpdate3.2,youmustusetheADMﬁledesignedforSystemUpdate3.2.

2.Onyourserver,launchActiveDirectory.

3.Clickservername.comandthenclickProperties.

4.OntheGroupPolicytab,highlightNewGroupPolicyObjectandclickEdit.

Note:Youcanalsotypegpedit.mscintheOpenorStartSearchboxtolaunchtheGroupPolicyEditor.

5.Right-clickAdministrativeTemplates.

6.SelectAdd/RemoveTemplates.

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.

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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

4.Double-clickUpdateThyself.

5.ClickEnabled.

6.IntheUpdateThyselftextbox,typetheUNCpathofyourrepository,forexample:

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\

Note:Ifyourrepositoryfolderrequiresauthentication,setthepolicesfortheMappedNetworkDrive.

ForinformationabouttheMappedNetworkDrivepolicies,see“GroupPolicysettings”onpage29.

7.ClickOK.

8.Deploythesesettingstoclientcomputers.

Note:SystemUpdateversioncontroliscompatiblewithSystemUpdate3.02andlaterversions.

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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.Youcanturnthislivefeedoffby

clearingthevalueintheregistry.Formoreinformationonconﬁguringthissettingwiththeregistryorthe

ADMﬁle,seeChapter3“Conﬁgurations”onpage13.

Note:TheregistrationfunctionisavailabletousersinUnitedStatesonly.

Workingwithupdatepackages

Anupdatepackageismadebybundlingseveralﬁlestogether.Anupdatespackageconsistsofa

self-extractinginstallerprogram,anXMLdescriptorﬁlethatdeﬁnestheupdate,oneormoreNLSreadme

ﬁles,anypackagelicenseﬁle,andanyoptionaldetectionmodules.

Applicableupdatepackagesmustmatchthetripletofaclientcomputer.Atripletisthecombinationofthe

operatingsystem,machinetype(MT),andoperatingsystemlanguage.Anexampleofatripletvalueis:

©CopyrightLenovo2009,201735

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.Youwillhavetheoptiontodeferupdates,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”onpage78.

Thefollowingkeysareusedtostoretheusernameandpassword:

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

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

•HKLM\Software\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION\Pwd=

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IfanActiveDirectorypolicyisused,thesevaluesarestoredat:

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

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

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

Workingwithlicenseagreements

Uponsearchingforupdatepackages,SystemUpdatewillprovideupdatepackagestodownloadandinstall.

Updatepackagescancontainlicenseagreements.Ifyoustoreupdatepackagesinarepository,youcan

savetimeandeffortbyusingsilentcommandscriptsandbyconﬁguringSystemUpdatetorecognize

theselicenseagreementsautomatically.ToconﬁgureSystemUpdatetorecognizelicenseagreements

automatically,setthefollowingregistryvaluetoYES:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

\Preferences\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.

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•Extrapackagescanconsistofsoftware,hardware,orsolutionofferingstohelpyoukeepyourentire

systemperformingtoitsfullcapacity.Anextrapackagecanbe,forexample:

–Memoryupgrades

–Printerrecommendations

–Warrantyrecommendations

Schedulingthesearchforupdates

Youhavetheoptiontomanuallyinitiatethesearchfornewupdatesorscheduleanautomaticsearchfornew

updatesataspeciﬁedtimeintervalwhenSystemUpdateisconﬁguredtosearchfromcustomrepositories.

Whenyouenabletheautomaticsearchforupdates,youcandeﬁnethepackagetype,thesearchfrequency,

andthetimeofdaywhenSystemUpdatesearchesfornewupdates.

UsingSystemUpdate,youwillbeenabledtodothefollowingautomaticsearchesonascheduledbasis:

•“Automaticsearchingfornewupdates”onpage38

•“Automaticsearchingforanddownloadingnewupdates”onpage39

•“Automaticsearchingfor,downloading,andinstallingnewupdates”onpage39

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.

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Automaticsearchingforanddownloadingnewupdates

YoucanconﬁgureSystemUpdatetoautomaticallysearchforanddownloadnewupdatesavailabletoyour

systemonaspeciﬁedschedule.Newupdateswillbefoundandautomaticallydownloadedtothelocal

cacheofdeferredupdates.Whenthedownloadiscompleted,youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfrom

theapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea.Ifyouclicktheballoontooltip,SystemUpdatewillbelaunched

andshowthenewupdatesthatweredownloadedandarereadytoinstall.YoucanalsolaunchSystem

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:

Table14.Keyboardshortcuts

FunctionShortcut

GetnewupdatesCTRL+U

InstalldeferredupdatesCTRL+D

ScheduleupdatesCTRL+S

ViewinstallationhistoryCTRL+H

RestorehiddenupdatesCTRL+R

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Table14.Keyboardshortcuts(continued)

FunctionShortcut

CloseCTRL+E

ContextHelpF1

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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

–Targetapplications

•Installationdetection

–Add/Removeprograms

–BIOS

–BIOSdate

–CPUaddresswidth

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–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.Todotheﬁrst

timesetupofUpdateRetriever,dothefollowing:

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1.LaunchUpdateRetriever.

Note:WhenyoulaunchUpdateRetriever,youmustbeloggedonasauserwhobelongstoalocal

administratorgroup.

2.OntheWelcomescreen,specifyarepositoryfolderandsetthelogoninformationbydoingthefollowing:

a.Typeorbrowsearepositorypathforthesharedriveusedasthenetworksharerepositoryinthe

Repositorypathﬁeld.

Note:TheWelcomescreenwillnotopenthenexttimeyoulaunchUpdateRetriever.However,you

canchangetherepositorypathanddefaultstatusofupdatesbyusingtheModifysettingsoptionin

theUpdateRetrievernavigationpane.

b.Typeausernameandpasswordforthesharedriveusedasthenetworksharerepositoryintheuser

nameandpasswordﬁelds.

3.IntheGetnewupdatespanel,clickAdd.

4.IntheAddnewsystemswindow,setthetripletinformationforasystembydoingthefollowing:

a.Typetheapplicablemachinetype.Youcanﬁndthemachinetypeonthebottomofanotebook

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:IfyouinstallUpdateRetrieveronanotebookcomputerthatisrunningtheWindows7andlater

operatingsystemsinonecountryandthendownloadupdatepackagesinanothercountry,thelicenseﬁles

withthoseupdatepackagesmaynotbedisplayedcorrectly.Toavoidthisproblem,donotdownloadupdate

packagesinanycountryexcepttheonewhereyouinstalledUpdateRetriever.

UsingUpdateRetriever

WithUpdateRetriever,youcanmanuallyinitiatethesearchforupdatepackages,orscheduleanautomatic

searchfornewupdatepackagesataspeciﬁedtimeinterval.

ThefollowingsectionsprovideinformationonusingUpdateRetrievertosearchforupdatepackages,

scheduleanautomaticsearch,viewdownloadhistory,andrestorehiddenupdates.

Manualsearchingfornewupdates

Youcanmanuallyinitiateasearchfornewupdatesusingawizard-likeinterface.Updatepackagesare

speciﬁctothetripletvalueofeachclientcomputer.Atripletisthecombinationoftheoperatingsystem,

machinetype(MT),andoperatingsystemlanguage.Anexampleofatripletvalueis:

WindowsXP,2373,USEnglish

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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.

•Notiﬁcation:Forrecommendedandoptionalupdates,youcanbenotiﬁedwhennewupdatesarefound

andhavethechoicetoeitherdownloadtheupdatesordeferthedownloadatalatertime.Forcritical

updates,youcanconﬁguretheapplicationtoautomaticallydownloadandnotifyyouafterthedownload

iscompleted,oryoucanconﬁguretodownloadandinstallallnewupdatesandtogetnotiﬁedafterthe

downloadandinstallationiscompleted.

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.

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Managingtherepository

UpdateRetrieverenablesyoutomanagetheupdatesinyourrepository.

Viewingupdatesinarepository

YoucanviewupdatesintherepositorybychoosingManagerepositoryandthenselectingUpdateview.

Youcanviewupdatesbyﬁlteringbyoperatingsystem,language,machinetype,severity,andstatus.In

theUpdateviewpanel,youcansortthelistofupdatesbyupdateID,title,version,reboottype,severity,

license,orstatus.Y oucanselectoneormorepackagesandmodifyordeletethem.Youcanalsoselect

non-Lenovopackagesandmodifythetriplets.

Modifyinganupdatepackage

Youcanmodifythereboottype,severity,license,andstatusofoneormoreupdatepackagesinthe

repository.

Thefollowingtableprovidesthevaluesthatyoucansetfortheselectedupdatepackage(s).

Table15.Thevaluesforanupdatepackage

OptionPossiblevalue

Reboottype•(Blank)

•Noreboot:reboottype0

•Forcesareboot:reboottype1

•Reserved

•Requiresareboot:reboottype3

•Shutdown:reboottype4

Severity•(Blank)

•Critical

•Recommended

•Optional

License•(Blank)

•Display

•Nodisplay

Status•(Blank)

•Test

•Active

Attention:Y oumustchangethevaluetoActivetoindicatethatthe

packageisinproduction,sothatSystemUpdatecanrecognizeit.

Note:ThedefaultvaluewassetintheﬁrsttimesetupofUpdateRetriever.Youcansetthedefaultvalue

byusingtheModifysettingsoptionintheUpdateRetrievernavigationpane.See“Modifyingsettings”

onpage47.

Creatinganupdatepackage

YoucancreateanupdatepackagebyclickingCreateanUpdateintheUpdateviewpanel.

Tocreateanupdatepackage,dothefollowing:

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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.Testtheexecutableyoucreatedinstep1.

5.CreatetheXMLdescriptorﬁlewithUpdateRetriever.Formoreinformation,seetheUpdateRetriever

helpsystem.

6.FromtheDeﬁneﬁlespanel,addtheinstallersuchasanexecutable,alicenseﬁle,areadmeﬁle,and

anyoptionalorrequiredﬁles.UpdateRetrieverautomaticallybuildsthepackageforyouwhenyou

completetheXMLdescriptor.

7.VerifythepackagecreatedintheUpdateRetrieverrepository.

8.ImportthepackagetothenetworksharerepositoryusingUpdateRetriever.See“Importinganupdate

packageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage46.

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.

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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:Y oucancustomizethelocationoftherepositoryfolder.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.

•TargetLocation:Thedirectorywheretheexporteddriverupdateissaved.

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•SubfolderName:Thenameofsubfolderwheretheexporteddriverupdateissaved.Forthedriver

updatethatfailstobeexported,thesubfoldernamejustindicatesitstitleandversionnumber.

Hidingupdates

Youcanhideupdates,whichmeansthatthehiddenupdatesincludingthecurrentandfutureversionswill

notbedisplayedasrelevant(fromtheLenovoHelpCenter)inthefuture.Youhavetwooptions:

•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.TypethedirectoryofthetargetfolderintheFolderﬁeld,orclickBrowsetolocatethetargetfolder.You

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.Topreventthedialogfrombeingdisplayed,youcanchangetheLocalintranetsettingsin

theMicrosoftInternetExplorerWebbrowser,eithertemporarilyorpermanentlyasyouneed.

TochangetheLocalintranetsettingsintheMicrosoftInternetExplorerWebbrowser,dothefollowing:

1.OpentheMicrosoftInternetExplorerWebbrowser.

2.ClickToolsandselectInternetOptions.

3.ClicktheSecuritytab.

4.ClicktheLocalintraneticonandclickSites.

5.TheLocalintranetdialogboxisdisplayed.IftheAutomaticallydetectintranetnetworkcheckboxis

selected,clearitandthenselectIncludeallnetworkpaths(UNCs).Itisrecommendedthatyoualso

selectIncludealllocal(intranet)sitesnotlistedinotherzonesandIncludeallsitesthatbypassthe

proxyserverunlessotherwiseinstructedbyyoursystemadministrator.

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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.Tocustomizethesecuritysetting,dothefollowing:

a.ClickCustomlevel.TheSecuritySettings-InternetZonedialogisdisplayed.

b.LocatetheLaunchingapplicationsandunsafeﬁlesoption.

c.SelectEnable.

d.ClickOK.Adialogboxforconﬁrmationisdisplayed.

e.ClickYestoconﬁrmyourselection.

f.ClickOKtoexittheInternetOptionsdialogbox.

Keyboardshortcuts

ThefollowingtableprovidesthekeyboardshortcutsforthemainfunctionsofUpdateRetriever:

Table16.Keyboardshortcuts

FunctionShortcut

GetnewupdatesCTRL+G

Updateview(Showupdates)CTRL+U

CreatereportsCTRL+R

ImportupdatesCTRL+I

ScheduleupdatesCTRL+S

Updateview(Restorehiddenupdates)CTRL+H

Updateview(Managearchive)CTRL+A

ModifysettingsCTRL+E

ViewdownloadhistoryCTRL+T

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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:

•Windows10

•Windows8

•Windows8.1

•Windows7

Note:ThinInstallerrequiresMicrosoft.NETFramework3.5oralaterversion.

ConﬁguringThinInstaller

ThinInstallerprovidesanXMLﬁle,ThinInstaller.exe.conﬁguration,toconﬁguresettings.TheXMLﬁleis

locatedattherootoftheThinInstallerfolder.

Thedefaultconﬁgurationisshownasfollows:

<Conguration>

<ContentMode>Active</ContentMode>

</Conguration>

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Table17.Descriptionofconﬁgurableitems

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

RepositoryPathSpeciﬁestherepositorypath.By

default,ThinInstallersearchesfor

updatesinasubdirectoryunderthe

ThinInstallerfolder.

Defaultvalue:blankIfspeciﬁed,ThinInstaller

searchesforupdatesfrom

thespeciﬁedrepository

path.

LogPathSpeciﬁesthelogpath.Bydefault,

thelogiscreatedinasubdirectory

undertheThinInstallerfolder.

Defaultvalue:blankIfThinInstallerdoesnot

havewriteaccesstothe

speciﬁedlogpath,Thin

Installerwillcreatethelog

atthedefaultlocation.

Defaultvalue:EN

LanguageOverrideSpeciﬁesthelanguagetobeused.

Possiblevalues:

•DA

•NL

•EN

•FI

•FR

•DE

•IT

•JP

•KO

•NO

•PT

•ES

•SV

•CHS

•CHT

Changesthelanguageto

thespeciﬁedone.

Defaultvalue:4096

BlockSizeSpeciﬁesthenumberofbytestobe

readeachtimedataisdownloaded.Possiblevalues:

•4096

•8192

Setsthenumberofbytes

tothespeciﬁedone.

Defaultvalue:NO AskBeforeClosingPromptstheuserwhethertoclose

ThinInstaller.Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,adialogboxwill

prompttoaskwhether

tocloseThinInstaller.

•IfNO,nodialogboxwill

prompttoaskwhether

tocloseThinInstaller,

andThinInstallerwill

closedirectly.

Defaultvalue:NO

DisplayLicenseNoticeEnablesyoutoskipthelicense

agreementthatisdisplayedbefore

theupdatepackagepicklistis

populated.

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,thelicense

agreementscreenwill

bedisplayedpriortothe

updatepackagepick

list.

•IfNO,thelicense

agreementscreenwill

notbedisplayed.

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Table17.Descriptionofconﬁgurableitems(continued)

ConﬁgurableitemDescriptionValueAction

Defaultvalue:YES

IgnoreLocalLicenseShowsorhidesthelicensedialog

whenThinInstallerisdownloading

andinstallinganupdatepackage.Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,thelicense

dialogwillnotbe

displayedwhenThin

Installerisdownloading

andinstallinganupdate

package.

•IfNO,thelicense

dialogwillbedisplayed

whenThinInstaller

isdownloadingand

installinganupdate

package.

Note:SomeMicrosoft

updatesmayrequire

theendusertoaccept

thelicense,andthis

cannotbedisabledby

theIgnoreLocalLicense

conﬁgurableitem.

Defaultvalue:YES IgnoreRMLicCRCSizeUsethissettingtoenableordisable

thefollowingfunctionswhenThin

Installerdownloadspackages:

•CRC-checkstheﬁlecorruption

ofreadmeandlicenseagreement

ﬁleswhenyoudownload

packages.

•Filesize-checkstheﬁlesizeof

readmeandlicenseagreement

ﬁles.

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,ThinInstaller

skipscheckingthe

corruptionorthesizeof

theseﬁles.

•IfNO,ThinInstaller

checksthecorruptionor

thesizeoftheseﬁles.

Defaultvalue:NO

DebugEnableSpeciﬁeswhetherThinInstaller

shouldcreatethelogﬁlenamed

ApplicabilityRulesTrace.log.See

“ApplicabilityRulesTrace.log”on

page57.

Possiblevalues:

•YES

•NO

•IfYES,ThinInstallerwill

createthelogﬁle.

•IfNO,ThinInstallerwill

notcreatethelogﬁle.

Defaultvalue:Active

ContentModeReferstothestatusoftheupdate

packages.Setthevaluedepending

onthestatusofupdatepackagesin

therepository.

Possiblevalues:

•Active

•Test

•IfActive,ThinInstaller

willsearchtheUpdate

Retrieverrepositoryfor

updatepackagesin

activestatus.

•IfTest,ThinInstaller

willsearchtheUpdate

Retrieverrepositoryfor

updatepackagesintest

status.

Note:Ifthereisno

database.xmlﬁlein

theUpdateRetriever

repositoryfolder,Thin

Installerwillignorethe

valueofContentMode

andsearchforallthe

updatepackages.

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UsingThinInstaller

TouseThinInstaller,extracttheexecutablefromtheLenovoSupportWebsiteandconﬁgurethepathofthe

repository.Tocreatetherepository,seeChapter5“WorkingwithUpdateRetriever”onpage41.Bydefault,

theprogramsearchesforupdatesinasubdirectoryundertheThinInstallerfolder.

Figure6.Defaultrepository

Tospecifyadifferentlocation,usetheconﬁgurationﬁlelocatedintheThinInstallerfolderorusethe

commandlineparameters.

Note:Iftherepositorylocationisspeciﬁedinboththeconﬁgurationﬁleandthecommandline,thecommand

linewilltakehigherprecedence.

ThinInstallerrequiresadministrativeprivileges.IfThinInstallerisinvokedbyasoftwaredistribution

agent,ThinInstallerwillrunwiththesameprivilegesasthesoftwaredistributionagent,whichusually

hasadministrativeprivileges.

ThefollowingtableprovidesthecommandlinescriptsforThinInstaller.%ANYPATH%denotesthedirectories

wheretheThinInstallerﬁlesarelocated.

Table18.Commandlinescripts

ScriptsDescription

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM–searchC

–actionLIST

Searchesthedefaultrepositoryforcriticalupdate

packagesandnotiﬁesyouwithaballoontooltip

fromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea

priortoinstallation.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM–searchR

–actionINSTALL

Searchesthedefaultrepositoryforcriticaland

recommendedupdatepackagesandinstallsthose

thatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto

NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis

displayed.

Youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafterthe

updatepackagesareinstalled.

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Table18.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM–searchA

–actionINSTALL-noicon

Installsallcritical,recommended,andoptional

packagesthathavenorebootrequirementand

suppressestheballoontooltipfromthenotiﬁcation

areaiconaftertheinstallationiscompleted.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM–searchC

–actionINSTALL–noicon

–includerebootpackages1,3,4

Installsallcriticalpackageswithspeciﬁedreboot

typeswithoutdisplayingaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafterthe

installationiscompleted.Packageswithareboot

typewillforcethesystemtorebootorshutdown.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM–searchR

–actionINSTALL–noicon

–includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Installsallcriticalandrecommendedpackages

withspeciﬁedreboottypeswithoutdisplayinga

balloontooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthe

notiﬁcationareaaftertheinstallationiscompleted,

andsuppressesthesystemrebootforpackages

withreboottype3.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM–searchA

–actionLIST–repositoryC:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,

andoptionalupdatepackagesandnotiﬁesyou

withaballoontooltipfromtheapplicationiconin

thenotiﬁcationareapriortoinstallation.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM–searchC

–actionINSTALL–repositoryC:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatepackages

andinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense

agreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto

NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis

displayed.

Youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafterthe

updatepackagesareinstalled.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM-searchA

-actionINSTALL-repositoryC:\MyRepository

-noicon-includerebootpackages1,3,4

-noreboot

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,

andoptionalupdatepackagesandtheninstalls

thosewithspeciﬁedreboottypesthatdonot

containalicenseagreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto

NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis

displayed.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfrom

theapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafter

theupdatepackagesareinstalled.Reboottype3

willsuppressasystemreboot.

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Table18.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

%ANYPATH%\ThinInstaller.exe/CM–searchC

–actionINSTALL–repositoryC:\MyRepository

–log"C:\MyLogFolder\MyLogFile.txt"

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatepackages

andinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense

agreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto

NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementbeforetheupdatepackagepicklistis

displayed.

Youwillbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaafterthe

updatepackagesareinstalled.Theloginformation

iswrittenintoaspeciﬁedlogﬁle.

%ANYPATH%\ThinInstaller.exe/CM–searchR

–actionINSTALL–repositoryC:\MyRepository

–noicon–includerebootpackages1,3,4

-noreboot

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

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,

andoptionalupdatepackagesandtheninstalls

thosewithspeciﬁedreboottypesthatdonot

containalicenseagreement.

Ifyoudonotsetthevalueinthe

DisplayLicenseNoticeconﬁgurableitemto

NO,youwillbepromptedtoagreetoalicense

agreementafterthesearchiscompleted.

Progressbarswillbedisplayedtoindicatethe

installationprogressforeachupdateandthe

overallprogress.Reboottype3willsuppressa

systemreboot.

%ANYPATH%\Thininstaller.exe/CM-searchA

-actionLIST-repositoryC:\MyRepository

-showprogress

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,

andoptionalupdatepackagesanddisplaysa

progressbarwhilesearchingtherepositoryfor

updates.

Notes:

1.TheBIOSinstallationrequiresuser’sattentionandcannotbedeployedinunattendedmode.

2.TheBIOSinstallationforcesthesystemtorebootandcannotbesuppressedbythecommandline

parameter–noreboot.

3.ThinInstallerinstallstheBIOSupdatesafterallotherupdatestoreducethenumberofreboots.

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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...Fail"

if"%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0"@echo"ErrorLevel0...Successful"

Logs

ThinInstallercreatesthefollowinglogsduringthedeployment:

•%Temp%SetupLogY-M-D.txt

•ApplicabilityRulesTrace.log

•Update_log_YYMMDDHHMMSS.txt

%Temp%SetupLogY-M-D.txt

Thislogiscreatedbydefaultunderthe%temp%directoryandmaintainsthehistoryofThinInstaller's

installationprocess.

ApplicabilityRulesTrace.log

ThislogiscreatedwhentheDebugEnableconﬁgurableitemintheconﬁgurationﬁleissettoYes.Thislog

helpstoﬁndwhyaparticularupdateisnotapplicabletotheclientcomputer.Foreachupdate,thereare

twoentriesinthislog:

•DetectInstall:IfTrue,thisindicatesthattheupdatealreadyexistsontheclientcomputer.IfFalse,this

indicatesthattheupdatedoesnotexistandmaybeapplicabletotheclientcomputer.

•Dependencies:IfTrue,thisindicatesalldependenciesaremet.IfFalse,thisindicatesoneormore

dependenciesarenotmet.Dependenciescanbethecombinationoftheoperatingsystem,32-bitor

64-bit,registrykeys,theversion,oranyprerequisites.Thislogiscreatedinthesubdirectoryunder

theThinInstallerfolder.

Update_log_YYMMDDHHMMSS.txt

Bydefault,thislogiscreatedinthesubdirectoryundertheThinInstallerfolder.

Windows7andlateroperatingsystemsconsiderations

WhenThinInstallerﬁnishesinstallinganupdatepackagewithreboottype1or4,thesystemreboots

automatically.Ifthereareanyupdatepackagesremainingtobeinstalled,theprogramcontinuestoinstall

theseupdatepackagesautomaticallyafterthereboot.

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WithconsiderationsforWindows7andlateroperatingsystems,afteryoulogintotheWindowsdesktop,

theUACmightstoptheprogramfromcontinuingtoinstalltheremainingupdatepackages.Toinstallthe

remainingupdatepackages,youneedtomanuallyclicktheWindowshasblockedsomestartupprograms

messageonthesystemtrayandselectRunblockedprogramtorunThinInstaller.

Note:IftheWindowshasblockedsomestartupprogramsmessagedoesnotdisplayonthesystemtray,

youneedtomanuallyrunThinInstaller,searchfortheremainingupdatepackages,andinstallthem.

Webserverconﬁguration

TheIIS(InternetInformationServer)6.0orabovedoesnotserveunknownMIME(MultipurposeInternetMail

Extensions)types.WhenThinInstallerrequestsaMIMEtypethatisnotdeﬁnedontheWebserver,for

example,.sys,theMIMEtypeneedstobeaddedtotheMIMEtypelistontheWebserver.ToaddtheMIME

type,refertothedetailedprocedureavailableonthefollowingWebsiteat:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725608(WS.10).aspx

Bestpractices

ForbestpracticesofworkingwithThinInstaller,see“Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller”onpage64in

Chapter7“Bestpractices”onpage59.

UninstallingThinInstaller

NoregistrykeysortemporaryﬁlesrelatingtoThinInstallerarecreatedwhentheprogramﬁnishesinstalling

updatepackages.Therefore,touninstallThinInstaller,youonlyneedtodeletetherepositoryfolderandall

relatedﬁles.

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Chapter7.Bestpractices

Thischapterprovidesstep-orientedscenariostohelpyouunderstandtheupdateprocess.Thescenarios

providedinthischapterare:

“Scenario1-Managingtheupdateprocess”onpage59

“Scenario2-Deployingspeciﬁcupdatepackages”onpage60

“Scenario3-Deployingtonon-Lenovosystems”onpage62

“Scenario4-DisablingtheWebupgradeforSystemUpdate”onpage62

“Scenario5-InstallingspeciﬁcupdatepackageswiththeMSDOSprompt”onpage63

“Scenario6-Deployingupdatepackagestoclientcomputerrepositories”onpage63

“Scenario7-Workingwithﬁrewallsandtheschedulerfunction”onpage64

“Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller”onpage64

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:

[UpdateRetrieverinstallationlename].exe/VERYSILENT/NORESTART

WhenyoulaunchUpdateRetriever,youmustbeloggedonasauserwhobelongstoalocal

administratorgroup.

6.DownloadSystemUpdatefromthefollowingLenovoWebsite:

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

7.InstallSystemUpdatesilentlybyenteringthefollowingcommandatthecommandprompt:

[SystemUpdateinstallationlename].exe/VERYSILENT/NORESTART

Note:SystemUpdateforWindows7andlateroperatingsystemsprovidesaweeklyscheduler

setting.However,youalsocanusetheTaskSchedulertoolonWindows7andlateroperatingsystems

tocreateacustomizedschedulerforSystemUpdatetoprovidemorescheduleroptionstoachievethe

bestschedulingpractice.FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheTaskSchedulertoolonWindows

7operatingsystems,see“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage21.

Step2-Customizingtheprograms

CustomizethesettingsforSystemUpdatewithActiveDirectoryortheregistry.Foradditionalinformation

abouthowtocustomizeSystemUpdatewiththeregistry,see“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewiththeregistry”

onpage14.ForinformationabouthowtocustomizeSystemUpdateusingActiveDirectory,see“Conﬁguring

SystemUpdatewithActiveDirectory”onpage27.

Step3-Workingwiththeprograms

Completethefollowingstepstodownloadpackagestoyournetwork,editXMLdescriptorﬁlesusingUpdate

Retriever,andthendownloadandinstallpackagesusingSystemUpdate:

1.GetupdatepackageswithUpdateRetriever.

2.EdittheXMLdescriptorﬁleoftheupdatepackagesusingUpdateRetriever.

3.ImporttheupdatepackagesbackintothenetworksharerepositoryusingUpdateRetriever.

4.UseSystemUpdatetosearchthenetworksharerepositoryforupdatepackages.

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:

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\\Server_X\UpdateRetriever_repository\

ConﬁguringSystemUpdateonclientcomputers

ToconﬁgureSystemUpdatetodownloadspeciﬁcupdatepackagestoclientcomputers,dothefollowing:

1.Onclientcomputers,navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Preferences\

UserSetting\General\RepositoryLocation1

2.Changethissettingbyreplacingthedefaultvalue,SUPPORTCENTER,withyourserverandsharename

oftheSystemUpdaterepositoryfolderthatyoucreatedinstep1of“Creatingrepositoryfolders”on

page60,forexample:

\\Server_X\SystemUpdate_repository\

Note:YoucanalsouseActiveDirectorytodeploythisregistrychangeusingGroupPolicy.Formore

informationaboutworkingwithActiveDirectoryandGroupPolicy,see“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewith

ActiveDirectory”onpage27.

WorkingwithUpdateRetriever

CompletethefollowingstepstouseUpdateRetrievertodownloadupdatepackagesfromtheLenovoHelp

CenterWebsitetoyourUpdateRetrieverrepositorythatyoucreatedinstep4under“Creatingrepository

folders”onpage60:

1.LaunchUpdateRetrieveronanadministratorsystem.

2.OntheWelcomescreen,completethefollowingFirsttimesetuprequirements:

a.IntheRepositorypathﬁeld,typethedirectorypathforthenewUpdateRetrieverrepositorythat

youcreatedinstep4.

b.IntheUsernameandPasswordﬁelds,typetheusernameandpasswordforthenetworkshare

driveusedasUpdateRetrieverrepository.

3.IntheGetnewupdatespanel,clickAdd.

4.IntheAddnewsystemswindow,completethefollowingstepsforthetripletsettings:

a.Typetheapplicablemachinetype.Youcanﬁndthemachinetypeonthebottomofanotebook

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”onpage60.

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2.UsingUpdateRetriever,importyourupdatepackagesintotheSystemUpdaterepository.

Note:Foradditionalinformationabouthowtoimportupdatepackagesintoarepositoryfolder,see

“Importinganupdatepackageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage46.

3.LaunchSystemUpdateonclientcomputers.

4.UseSystemUpdatetosearchtheSystemUpdaterepositoryforupdatepackages.

Note:Makesurethatyouassignmachinetypestoupdatepackagesafteryouimporttheupdate

packagesintoarepositoryfolder.ThisenablesSystemUpdatetosearchforupdatepackagesspeciﬁc

tothemachinetype.Formoreinformationaboutimportingupdatepackages,see“Importinganupdate

packageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage46.

5.Downloadandinstallupdatepackagestoclientcomputers.

Scenario3-Deployingtonon-Lenovosystems

UpdatepackagesoriginatingfromtheLenovoWebsitecannotbedeployedtoanon-Lenovosystem.

Completethefollowingstepstocreatecustompackagesthatcanbedeployedtonon-Lenovosystems:

1.InstallUpdateRetrieverandSystemUpdateonanadministratorcomputer.

2.Rebootthecomputerafterinstallation.

3.Runtheinstall.batﬁletoinstalltherequiredhotﬁxes.

4.LaunchSystemUpdatetogetthemachinetypeofthenon-Lenovosystems,forexample:

‘Machinetype’=‘PresarioR3000’

5.LaunchUpdateRetrieverandsettherepositorypath.

Note:Enterusernameandpasswordifrequiredfortherepository.

6.Addsystemsforassigningtheupdatesandsavethemachineinformationofthenon-Lenovosystems.

Enterthemachinefamilyinformationconsistingoftheﬁrstfourlettersorthelastfourlettersofthe

machinetypeandmodel.

7.Createapackageforthenon-LenovosystemsusingUpdateRetriever.

Note:AddtheSupportedSystemsmethodintheDependenciessectionoftheXMLdescriptor

ﬁletoapplytheupdatestoaparticularmodel.

8.SavetheXMLdescriptor.

9.ImportthepackagetotheUpdateRetrieverrepositoryandassigntheupdatestothetripletsofthe

non-Lenovosystems.See“Importinganupdatepackageintoanetworksharerepository”onpage46.

10.ConﬁguretheSystemUpdaterepository.

Scenario4-DisablingtheWebupgradeforSystemUpdate

SystemUpdatecheckstheLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteforupgradesofitself,evenifitisconnectedtoa

localrepositoryoneitherthelocalsystemoranetworkshare.Ifthereisnointernetconnectivity,System

Updatewillnotcheckforitsapplicationupgrade.

Todisablethisfeature,dothefollowingtocleartheregistryvalue:

1.Navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

\Preferences\UCSettings\HTTPSHelloSettings\ServerName

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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.Typetheﬁlepath,theapplicationexecutableﬁlename,andthenameoftheTXTﬁle,forexample:

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”onpage46.

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6.Deploythefolderbeingusedastheclientcomputerrepositorytoclientcomputers.

Step2-ConﬁguringSystemUpdateonclientcomputers

ToconﬁgureSystemUpdatetodownloadspeciﬁcpackagestoclientcomputers,dothefollowing:

1.Onclientcomputers,navigatetothefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate\Preferences\

UserSetting\General\RepositoryLocation1

2.Changethissettingbyreplacingthedefaultvalue,SUPPORTCENTER,withyourclientcomputer

repositorypath,forexample:

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate_repository\

Note:YoucanalsouseActiveDirectorytodeploythisregistrychangeusingGroupPolicy.Formore

informationaboutworkingwithActiveDirectoryandGroupPolicy,see“ConﬁguringSystemUpdatewith

ActiveDirectory”onpage27.

Scenario7-Workingwithﬁrewallsandtheschedulerfunction

Whenyouutilizesecurityprogramswithaﬁrewall,makesurethatthesecurityapplicationenablesInternet

accesstotheSystemUpdateschedulerfunction.ToenabletheInternetaccesstotheSystemUpdate

schedulerfunction,dothefollowing:

1.AllowSystemUpdatetocommunicatethroughyourﬁrewallapplication.

2.Navigatetothefollowingpath:%PROGRAMFILES%\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

3.Enablethefollowingprograms:

•TvsuCommandLauncher.exe

•Tvsukernel.exe

Note:SystemUpdateforWindows7andlateroperatingsystemsprovidesaweeklyscheduler

setting.However,youalsocanusetheT askSchedulertoolonWindows7andlateroperatingsystemsto

createacustomizedschedulerforSystemUpdatetoprovidemorescheduleroptionstoachievethebest

schedulingpractice.FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheTaskSchedulertoolonWindows7operating

systems,see“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage21.

Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller

ThinInstalleralwaysﬁrstchecksforthedatabase.xmlﬁleintherepositoryfolder.Ifyouhavecreateda

repositoryusingUpdateRetriever,thedatabase.xmlﬁleiscreatedinthesamefolder.Thedatabase.xmlﬁle

associateseachmachinetype,operatingsystem,andlanguagewiththeupdatepackages.Intheabsence

ofthedatabase.xmlﬁleintherepository,ThinInstallerassumesallupdatepackagesintherepositoryare

candidatepackages.Candidatepackagesarepackagesthatmaybeapplicabletoclientcomputers.Refer

toChapter5“WorkingwithUpdateRetriever”onpage41tolearnmoreaboutUpdateRetriever.

DeployingthepackagesusingUSB,CD,orDVDmedia

Thismethodisidealforstandaloneinstallationofupdatepackagesbyasystemadministrator.

1.Createarepositoryfolderwithupdatepackagesthatneedtobeinstalledontheclientcomputer.

2.InstallThinInstallerasaparentfolderoftherepositoryfolderascreatedinstep1.

3.CopythefolderstructuretoanyexternalmediasuchasaUSBkey,aCD,oraDVD.

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4.LaunchtheThinInstaller.exeﬁleandselecttheupdatepackagesthatneedtobeinstalled.

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusinganetworksharerepository

Thisisaconvenientwayofmanagingdifferenttypesofsystemsusingacentralrepository.Theclient

computershouldhavereadaccesstothenetworksharerepository.

1.CreatetherepositoryfoldersanddownloadtheupdatepackageswithUpdateRetrieveronthenetwork

share.ForinformationabouthowtouseUpdateRetriever,referto“Step1-Installingtheprograms”

onpage59.

2.InstallThinInstalleronaclientcomputer.

3.PushacommandscripttotheclientcomputerstoruntheThinInstaller.exeﬁlefromthenetworkshare.

Forinformationaboutavailableoptions,referto“UsingThinInstaller”onpage54.

Deployingtheupdatepackagesusingasystemmanagementtool

Thismethodisusefulwhentheupdatepackagesforsystemsarealreadyknown.

1.Createarepositoryfolderwithsystem-speciﬁcupdatepackagesthatneedtobedeployed.

2.ExtracttheThinInstallerexecutableasaparentfolderoftherepositoryfolderascreatedinstep1.

3.Usethesystemmanagementtooltobuildamoduleoutoftheabovefolderstructureanddeploy.

Note:TheerrorcodereturnedbyThinInstallercanbeusedtotrackthestatusoftheupdatepackages

ontargetsystems.

IntegratingThinInstallerwiththeImageUltraBuilderprogram

Thisistheidealwaytodeploycommondriversandapplicationsduringanimagerollout.Thesystem

administratormaintainsonecentralrepositoryandoneimagefordifferenttypesofsystems.

1.CreateanetworksharerepositoryandinstallThinInstaller.Forinformationabouthowtocreatea

repositoryfolderonanetworkshare,referto“Creatingrepositoryfolders”onpage60.

2.CreateabatchﬁletoruntheThinInstallerexecutableﬁlefromthenetworksharedrive.

3.CreateanImageUltraBuildermodule,auditboottype,andusethebatchﬁlecreatedinstep2.

4.AddthemoduletotheImageUltraBuilderBaseMap.

5.Deploytheimage.ThinInstallerwillinstallthedriversandapplicationsontheclientcomputers.

Notes:

1.NetworkdriversstillneedtobeinstalledbeforeThinInstallercanaccessthenetworksharerepository.

2.YoumayberequiredtoinstallsomedriversusingtheImageUltraBuilderprogram.

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”onpage60.

Chapter7.Bestpractices65

2.CreateabatchﬁletoruntheThinInstallerexecutableﬁlefromthenetworksharedrive.

3.Deploytheimage.ThinInstallerwillinstallthedriversandapplicationsontheclientcomputers.

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AppendixA.Commandlineparameters

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutcommandlineparameters,searchmodes,notiﬁcationparameters,

andtheMapDrvutility.

Automaticsearch

Thefollowingtableprovidestheregistryentriesandvaluesthatanautomaticsearchcanusetosearchfor

updatesfromarepositoryfolderonalocalsystem,anetworkshare,aremovabledevices,ortheLenovo

HelpCenterWebsite.

Table19.Repositorylocationandcommandline

RepositoryLocationregistryentryCommandlineRepositorysearched

RepositoryLocation<N>Where%N%is

anumberbetween1and20.

SUPPORTCENTERLenovoHelpCenter

Website

RepositoryLocation<N>Where%N%is

anumberbetween1and20.

\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\Networkshare

repository

RepositoryLocation<N>Where%N%is

anumberbetween1and20.

%ANYDRV%\SystemUpdate3_xLocalsystemrepository

RepositoryLocation<N>Where%N%is

anumberbetween1and20.

%XMEDIA%\SystemUpdate3_xRepositoryonany

removabledevice

Note:Whenyoudownloadorinstallupdatepackagesthathaveindividualpackagelicenseagreements,

thoseupdatepackagesarenotprocessedbecauseyouarenotabletoapprovetheindividualpackage

licenseagreements.Further,ifyouhavenotpreviouslyindicatedthatyoudonotwanttoseethelicense

agreementinthefuture,thelicenseagreementwillbedisplayedpriortothedownload.

Commandlinescripts

ThefollowingtableprovidesthecommandlinescriptssupportedbySystemUpdatewhenusingthedefault

repositorylocation,SUPPORTCENTER.

Table20.Commandlinescripts

ScriptsDescription

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

-searchC-actionDOWNLOAD

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalupdatesand

downloadsthosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

downloaded.

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

-searchC-actionLIST

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalupdates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand

installation.

Table20.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

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

-searchC-actionINSTALL

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalupdatesandinstalls

thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

installed.

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

-searchR-actionLIST

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand

installation.

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

-searchR-actionDOWNLOAD

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updatesanddownloadsthosethatdonotcontaina

licenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

downloaded.

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

-searchR-actionINSTALL

Searchestherepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense

agreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

installed.

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

-searchA-actionLIST

Searchestherepositoryforcritical,recommended,and

optionalupdates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand

installation.

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

-searchA-actionDOWNLOAD

Searchestherepositoryforcritical,recommended,and

optionalupdatesanddownloadsthosethatdonot

containalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

downloaded.

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Table20.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

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

-searchA-actionINSTALL

Searchestherepositoryforcritical,recommended,and

optionalupdatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontaina

licenseagreementandarebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

installed.

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

-searchC-actionINSTALL-noicon

Installsallcriticalpackagesthathavenoreboot

requirementandsuppressestheballoontooltipfrom

thenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallationhasbeen

completed.

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

-searchR-actionINSTALL-noicon

Installsallcriticalandrecommendedpackagesthathave

norebootrequirementandsuppressestheballoontooltip

fromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallationhas

beencompleted.

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

-searchA-actionINSTALL-noicon

Installsallcritical,recommended,andoptionalpackages

thathavenorebootrequirementandsuppressesthe

balloontooltipfromthenotiﬁcationareaiconafterthe

installationhasbeencompleted.

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

-searchC-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Installsallcriticalpackageswithspeciﬁedreboottypes

andsuppressestheballoontooltipfromthenotiﬁcation

areaiconaftertheinstallationhasbeencompleted.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcethesystemto

rebootorshutdown.

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

-searchR-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Installsallcriticalandrecommendedpackageswith

speciﬁedreboottypesandsuppressestheballoontooltip

fromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallationhas

beencompleted.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcethesystemto

rebootorshutdown.

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

-searchA-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Installsallcritical,recommended,andoptionalpackages

withspeciﬁedreboottypesandsuppressestheballoon

tooltipfromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallation

hasbeencompleted.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcethesystemto

rebootorshutdown.

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

-searchC-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Installsallcriticalpackageswithspeciﬁedreboottypes,

suppressestheballoontooltipfromthenotiﬁcation

areaiconaftertheinstallationhasbeencompleted,and

suppressesthesystemrebootforpackageswithreboot

type3.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters69

Table20.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

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

-searchR-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Installsallcriticalandrecommendedpackageswith

speciﬁedreboottypes,suppressestheballoontooltip

fromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallationhas

beencompleted,andsuppressesthesystemrebootfor

packageswithreboottype3.

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

-searchA-actionINSTALL-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Installsallcritical,recommended,andoptionalpackages

withspeciﬁedreboottypes,suppressestheballoon

tooltipfromthenotiﬁcationareaiconaftertheinstallation

hascompleted,andsuppressesthesystemrebootfor

packageswithreboottype3.

ThefollowingtableprovidesthecommandlinescriptssupportedbySystemUpdatewhenusingarepository

tostoreupdatepackages.Ifyoudonotspecifytherepository,SystemUpdatewillgotothedefault

repository.

Table21.Commandlinescripts

ScriptsDescription

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

-searchC-actionLIST-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand

installation.

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

-searchC-actionDOWNLOAD-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesanddownloads

thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

downloaded.

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

-searchC-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesandinstalls

thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

installed.

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

-searchR-actionLIST-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand

installation.

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Table21.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

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

-searchR-actionDOWNLOAD-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updatesanddownloadsthosethatdonotcontaina

licenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

downloaded.

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

-searchR-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense

agreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

installed.

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

-searchA-actionLIST-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and

optionalupdates.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareapriortodownloadingand

installation.

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

-searchA-actionDOWNLOAD-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and

optionalupdatesanddownloadsthosethatdonot

containalicenseagreement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

downloaded.

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

-searchA-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and

optionalupdatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontaina

licenseagreementandarebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youarenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromtheapplication

iconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdateshavebeen

installed.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters71

Table21.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

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

-searchC-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesandinstalls

thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreementanda

rebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates

havebeeninstalled.

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

-searchR-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updatesandinstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense

agreementandarebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates

havebeeninstalled.

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

-searchA-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and

optionalupdates,andinstallsthosethatdonotcontaina

licenseagreementandarebootrequirement.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates

havebeeninstalled.

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

-searchC-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesandtheninstalls

thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreementwith

speciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates

havebeeninstalled.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcesystemtoreboot

orshutdown.

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Table21.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

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

-searchR-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updatepackages,andtheninstallsthosethatdonot

containalicenseagreementwithspeciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates

havebeeninstalled.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcesystemtoreboot

orshutdown.

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

-searchA-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4

Searchesarepositoryforcritical,recommended,and

optionalupdatepackages,andtheninstallsthosethat

donotcontainalicenseagreementwithspeciﬁedreboot

types.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates

havebeeninstalled.

Packageswithareboottypewillforcesystemtoreboot

orshutdown.

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

-searchC-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalupdatesandinstalls

thosethatdonotcontainalicenseagreementwith

speciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates

havebeeninstalled.

Reboottype3willsuppressasystemreboot.

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

-searchR-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

Searchesarepositoryforcriticalandrecommended

updatestheninstallsthosethatdonotcontainalicense

agreementwithspeciﬁedreboottypes.

Youarepromptedtoagreetothelicenseagreements

beforethedownloadstartsifyouhavenotdisabledthe

licenseagreementdialogbox.

Youwillnotbenotiﬁedwithaballoontooltipfromthe

applicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareaaftertheupdates

havebeeninstalled.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters73

Table21.Commandlinescripts(continued)

ScriptsDescription

Reboottype3willsuppressasystemreboot.

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

-searchA-actionINSTALL-repository

C:\MyRepository-noicon

-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noreboot

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

\Preferences\UserSettings\General\IgnoreLocalLicense

ForSystemUpdate5.07.0032anditslaterversions,userscannotruncommandlinesdirectlyonclient

computersusingadministrativeprivileges.UsershavetoruncommandlinesthroughGroupPolicysettings

ontheActiveDirectoryserverbydoingthefollowing:

1.DownloadtheSystemUpdateAdministratorToolspackagefromthefollowingWebsiteandinstallthe

packagetoyourActiveDirectoryserver:

https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/thinkvantage_en/zb59_tvsu_win7_win8_admin029.exe

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

•FortheadministrativeXMLtemplate(ADMX)ﬁle:Copythetvsu.admxﬁlefrom

C:\SWTOOLS\TOOLS\AdmintoC:\Windows\PolicyDenitions.ThenCopythetvsu.admlﬁlefrom

C:\SWTOOLS\TOOLS\Admin\en-ustoC:\Windows\PolicyDenitions\en-US.

•FortheADMﬁle:Right-clickAdministratorT emplatestoaddtheADMﬁle.Formoreinformation,

see“Addingadministrativetemplates”onpage28.

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3.Rungpedit.mscontheActiveDirectoryservertolaunchtheGroupPolicyEditorandlocate

AdministratorCommandLineasshown:

4.EnableandconﬁgureAdministratorCommandLinewithdesiredcommandlineandthenclickOK.For

example,youcantype/CM-searchC-actionINSTALL-includerebootpackages1,3,4-noicon-noreboot

-nolicense-defaultupdateasshown:

5.Applyyourgrouppolicysettingstoclientcomputers.Formoreinformation,see“Applyinggrouppolicy

immediately”onpage29.

6.Onclientcomputers,runthecommandlinetvsu.exe/CM.

Searchmodes

ThefollowingtableprovidesalistofsearchmodessupportedbySystemUpdate.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters75

Table22.Searchmodes

SearchmodeDescription

-searchC

EnablesSystemUpdatetosearchforcriticalupdates.

-searchR

EnablesSystemUpdatetosearchforcriticaland

recommendedupdates.

-searchA

EnablesSystemUpdatetosearchforcritical,

recommended,andoptionalupdateswhensearching

theLenovoHelpCenter.

Note:Ifyouareusinganetworksharerepository,use

the-searchAcommand.ThenSystemUpdatewill

searchforcritical,recommended,andoptionalupdate

packagesfromthenetworksharerepositoryfolder.

Notiﬁcationparameters

ThenotiﬁcationparameterusedonthecommandlinespeciﬁesthewaySystemUpdatehandlesupdate

packagesandthennotiﬁesyouwhenpackageshavebeenprocessed.

Thefollowingtableprovidestheparametersandtheirdescriptions.

Table23.Notiﬁcationparameters

ParameterDescription

-actionLIST

EnablesSystemUpdatetonotifyyouwithaballoon

tooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea

whenupdatepackagesareavailableontheLenovoHelp

CenterWebsite.

Ifyouclicktheballoontooltip,SystemUpdatedisplays

thelicenseagreementdialogbox,ortheUpdatesfor

YourSystempanel.IfyouselecttheDonotshowagain

checkboxinthelicenseagreementdialogbox,System

Updatewillnotdisplaythisdialogboxagain.

-actionDOWNLOAD

EnablesSystemUpdatetonotifyyouwithaballoon

tooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationarea

whenupdatepackageshavebeendownloadedtoyour

systemandarereadyforinstallation.

IfyouhavenotselectedtheDonotshowagaincheck

box,SystemUpdatewillpromptyoutoapprovealicense

agreementpriortodownloading.Afterdownloading,

SystemUpdatenotiﬁesyouwithaballoontooltip.When

youclicktheballoontooltip,SystemUpdatewilldisplay

theInstallDeferredUpdatespanelandenableyouto

installupdatesofinterest.

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Table23.Notiﬁcationparameters(continued)

ParameterDescription

-actionINSTALL

EnablesSystemUpdatetonotifyyouwithaballoontooltip

fromtheapplicationiconinthenotiﬁcationareawhen

updatepackageshavebeendownloadedandinstalled.

IfyouhavenotselectedtheDonotshowagaincheck

box,SystemUpdatewillpromptyoutoapprovealicense

agreementpriortodownloading.Afterdownloadingand

installingupdatepackages,SystemUpdatenotiﬁesyou

withaballoontooltip.Toviewthestatusofthedownload

andinstallationprocess,clicktheballoontooltipand

SystemUpdatedisplaysthemessage,saying"Your

systemhasbeenupdated."

Ifanupdatepackagehasareboottype1or4,System

Updatepromptsyouwithaballoontooltipatdesignated

intervalstonotifyyouthatapackagewillrestartyour

system.Thedesignatedintervalfortherestartnotiﬁcation

issetintheregistrywiththeNotifyIntervalsetting

inTable9“\UserSettings\General”onpage18.Ifan

updatepackagehasareboottype3,SystemUpdate

willdownloadandinstalltheupdatepackageandthen

promptsyouwitharestartnotiﬁcationbutdoesnot

continuewithrestartnotiﬁcationsatdesignatedintervals.

Otherwise,itwilldownloadandinstalltheupdate

packages,andthendisplaytheresult.

-SCHEDULER

EnablesSystemUpdatetorunfromthescheduler

function.

Note:Thisparameterisaregistryentrythathastobe

updatedintheregistryandnotontheuserinterface.

-repository<path>

Enablesyoutospecifytherepositoryfoldertostore

updatepackages.

SystemUpdatewillsearchforupdatepackagesstoredin

therepositoryfolderyouspeciﬁed.

-NoIcon

Enablesyoutoturnofftheballoontooltipthatwillbe

displayedwhenpackagesarefound,downloaded,or

installedwithSystemUpdate.

-IncludeRebootPackages1,3,4

EnablesSystemUpdatetoinstallupdatepackageswith

thespeciﬁedreboottypes.

Thereboottypecanbe1,3,or4.Thefollowinglist

providesthevalueforreboottypessupportedbySystem

Update:

•1:Therebootthatisforcedbythepackage.

•3:Therebootthatisrequiredforthepackagetotake

effect.Thesoftwaredistributionclientwillforcea

rebootafterallpackagesareinstalled.

•4:Theshutdownthatisforcedbythepackage.

-NoReboot

EnablesSystemUpdatetopreventarebootafterthe

systeminstallsanupdatepackagewithreboottype3.

However,thisparametercannotsuppressarebootor

shutdownwhenpackageshaveareboottype1or4.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters77

Table23.Notiﬁcationparameters(continued)

ParameterDescription

-clearhistory

Enablesyoutocontrolwhetherthehistoryandsession

folderarepreservedordeletedduringanupgradeor

over-installation.Thedefaultistopreservethehistory

andsessionfolder.

-clearsettings

Enablesyoutocontrolwhetherconﬁgurablesettings

arepreservedordeletedduringanupgradeor

over-installation.Thedefaultistopreserveyoursettings.

-showprogress

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.

•-IncludeRebootPackages1,3,4-downloadsandinstallsupdatepackagesthatrequireareboot.

Notes:

1.Ifyoudonotinclude-IncludeRebootPackages1,3,4,SystemUpdatewillnotdetectpackagesthat

requireareboot.

2.ToconﬁgureSystemUpdatetorecognizelicenseagreementsautomaticallywhenyouareusingalocal

repositorybutnottheLenovoHelpCenterWebsite,setthefollowingregistryvaluetoYES:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\SystemUpdate

\Preferences\UserSettings\General\IgnoreLocalLicense

Formoreinformationaboutworkingwithlicenseagreements,see“Workingwithlicenseagreements”on

page37.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\TVSUAPPLICATION

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IfanActiveDirectorypolicyisused,thesevaluesarestoredinthefollowingregistryentry:

HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\MND\TVSUAPPLICATION

ThestringsstoredintheTVSUAPPLICATIONkeyare:

Table24.TheMapDrvsettingsandvalues

StringDescription

UNCThevalueofthisstringspeciﬁesthestorednetworkshare.

UserThevalueofthisstringspeciﬁesthestoredencryptedusername

forthisshare.

PwdThevalueofthisstringspeciﬁesthestoredencryptedpassword

forthisshare.

NetPathThevalueisgeneratedbytheMapDrvutilitytoindicatethe

actualconnectionpath.ItmightbeinIPdottedformatifthe

ServerNamestringisnotworking.Theactualconnectionpath

maynotbethesameasthestoredUNCvalue.

TheMapDrvutilityalsoenablesanadministratortousetheencryptionenginetogenerateanencrypteduser

nameandpassword,whichcanbeusedtopre-populatenetworkshareinformationonmultiplesystems.

Usingtheencryptionengineinthismannerdoesnotupdatetheregistryonthesystem.

Commandlineinterface

ThecommandlineinterfacetotheMapDrvutilityisasfollows:

mapdrv/<function><appid>/unc<sharename>/user<username>/pwd<password>

[/timeout<seconds>][/s]

Table25.Parameters

ParameterDescription

/function

Identiﬁesthefunctiontoprovide.Validvaluesarestore,connect,disconnect,and

display.

appidIdentiﬁestheapplication.Thevaluespeciﬁedisusedtoformtheregistrykeynamethat

containsthenetworkshareinformation,forexample:TVSUAPPLICATION.

/uncsharename

Identiﬁesthenetworksharenametostore.ThesharenameshouldbeintheUNC

form,forexample:

\\myserver\myshare

/userusername

Speciﬁestheusernametostore.

/pwpassword

Speciﬁesthepasswordtostore.

/timeoutseconds

Speciﬁestheconnectiontimeoutvaluetostore.Thedefaultis30seconds.

Enablesasilentoperation.

Thereturncodeis0ifanoperationwassuccessful.Otherwise,thereturncodeisgreaterthan0.

AppendixA.Commandlineparameters79

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:

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.

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thatdoesnotinfringeanyLenovointellectualpropertyrightmaybeusedinstead.However,itistheuser's

responsibilitytoevaluateandverifytheoperationofanyotherproduct,program,orservice.

Lenovomayhavepatentsorpendingpatentapplicationscoveringsubjectmatterdescribedinthis

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