HP t5325 HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide
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Administrator's Guide Table of Contents: Introduction ...1 Setup Overview ...2 Setting Up the FTP Server 2 Uploading a Profile Using HP ThinState 3 Other Update Methods 4 Downloading New Packages 4 Uploading an Image Using HP ThinState 4 Creating a Custom Update 5 Setting up a Thin Client - HP t5325 | HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide - Page 2
problems. The examples in this white paper have been validated on servers running Windows® XP Professional Edition and the Debian 5.0 ("lenny") operating systems. This administration guide applies to the following HP thin clients: • t5735 with HP ThinPro image M6CL0007 • t5745 with HP ThinPro image - HP t5325 | HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide - Page 3
. Updates will be installed in the order given in the previous step. Uploading a Profile Using HP ThinState Now we can configure our first thin client and upload its configuration to the server. This configuration can be downloaded by the other thin clients. 1. Configure the thin client exactly - HP t5325 | HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide - Page 4
to set up a new thin client. In some situations, however, additional configuration may be desirable. For these circumstances, HP ezUpdate supports several other update methods. Downloading New Packages New software and updates to HP ThinPro are made available on the HP Web site as Debian package - HP t5325 | HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide - Page 5
-specific ezUpdate root directory, for example, t5745/Custom/SampleUpdate. 2. Create a file called install.sh in the Custom/SampleUpdate directory. This script will be downloaded and run on the thin client. 3. Add the following lines to install.sh: #!/bin/bash set -e # Error out if any command - HP t5325 | HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide - Page 6
line in the order in which updates should be installed. Note: Install.sh is a standard bash script that is downloaded by HP ezUpdate and run locally on the thin client. All thin client command line tools and configuration options available to a local administrator can be run, thus providing complete - HP t5325 | HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide - Page 7
. Image, package, custom, and Persistent Profile updates will still be performed before stateless mode is activated, which allows administrators to provide system updates to a thin client with stateless mode enabled. Note: Enabling stateless mode does not reset the thin client to factory defaults - HP t5325 | HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide - Page 8
= ftp server = 16.1.1.1 path = /ezupdate user = ezupdate_user password = *password* protocol = ftp model = t5745 URL=ftp://ezupdate_user:*password*@16.1.1.3/ezupdate/t5745 Connected to 16.1.1.1! Checking for image... Getting directory listing for Image on server No image found. Checking for packages - HP t5325 | HP ezUpdate Administrator's Guide - Page 9
Enable ezUpdate on system start is selected in the ezUpdate configuration and restart the client. You can also run ezUpdate manually by running /usr/bin/ezupdate from the terminal. c. HP ezUpdate also keeps track of what updates it has installed. o Image: HP ezUpdate stores the file name of the last
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HP ezUpdate
Administrator
’s
Guide
Table of Contents:
Introduction
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1
Setup Overview
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2
Setting Up the FTP Server
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2
Uploading a Profile Using HP ThinState
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3
Other Update Methods
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4
Downloading New Packages
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4
Uploading an Image Using HP ThinState
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4
Creating a Custom Update
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5
Setting up a Thin Client
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6
Installing Updates
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7
Stateless Mode
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7
Troubleshooting
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Introduction
HP ezUpdate is a flexible tool designed to automatically distribute new images,
packages, profiles, and custom updates to a group of HP thin clients running the HP
ThinPro Operating System. It is best used in combination with HP ThinState to distribute
customizations to a group of thin clients when a full management solution such as HP
Device Manager is not needed.
HP ezUpdate also provides stateless mode support. In stateless mode, the thin client
does not save any connection information or settings to the thin client. Instead, the thin
client downloads a profile from an FTP server and starts up in a special RAM-only
mode. When the thin client is turned off, all connection information and settings are
erased, leaving no information on the thin client for a potential thief.