HP t505 Administrator Guide 7 - Page 71

Viewing the Automatic Update website, Creating an Automatic Update profile, Updating thin clients

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1. Go to http://www.hp.com/support. 2. Search for the thin client model. HP Smart Client Services can be found under the Software - System Management category of the Drivers, Software & Firmware page. Viewing the Automatic Update website 1. On the server desktop, select Start > Control Panel, and then click Administrative Tools. 2. Double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. 3. In the left pane of the IIS Manager, expand the following items: "Server name" > Sites > HP Automatic Update > auto-update NOTE: The physical location where the Automatic Update files are stored is as follows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Smart Client Service\auto-update Creating an Automatic Update profile This section describes how to create an Automatic Update profile for a single MAC address. 1. Obtain the MAC address of the thin client using the system info. For example, the following steps use the MAC address 00fcab8522ac. 2. Use the Profile Editor to create or modify a ThinPro profile (see Using the Profile Editor on page 62) until you are ready to save the ThinPro profile. 3. In the Profile Editor, click the Finish link in the left-hand pane to access the Current profile pane. 4. Click Save profile as to save the ThinPro profile as the following: C:\Program Files (x86) Hewlett-Packard\HP Smart Client Service\autoupdate\PersistentProfile\MAC\00fcab8522ac.xml 5. Click the Finish button in the Current profile pane to exit the Profile Editor. 6. Restart the thin client that uses the specified MAC address to initiate the Automatic Update process. Updating thin clients ● Using the broadcast update method ● Using the DHCP tag update method ● Using the DNS alias update method ● Using the manual update method Using the broadcast update method To do a broadcast update, plug the thin client into the same network as the update server. A broadcast update relies on HP Smart Client Services, which works with IIS to automatically push updates to the thin client. NOTE: Broadcast updates work only if the thin client is on the same subnet as the server. TIP: To verify that the broadcast updates are working, run the Profile Editor and make some changes. Connect the thin client and verify that it has downloaded the new profile. If it has not, see Troubleshooting on page 67. Viewing the Automatic Update website 59

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1.
Go to
support
.
2.
Search for the thin client model. HP Smart Client Services can be found under the
Software - System
Management
category of the
Drivers, Software & Firmware
page.
Viewing the Automatic Update website
1.
On the server desktop, select
Start > Control Panel
, and then click
Administrative Tools
.
2.
Double-click
Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
.
3.
In the left pane of the IIS Manager, expand the following items:
“Server name” > Sites > HP Automatic Update > auto-update
NOTE:
The physical location where the Automatic Update
files
are stored is as follows:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Smart Client Service\auto-update
Creating an Automatic Update
profile
This section describes how to create an Automatic Update
profile
for a single MAC address.
1.
Obtain the MAC address of the thin client using the system info. For example, the following steps use the
MAC address
00fcab8522ac
.
2.
Use the
Profile
Editor to create or modify a ThinPro
profile
(see
Using the
Profile
Editor
on page
62
)
until you are ready to save the ThinPro
profile.
3.
In the
Profile
Editor
, click the
Finish
link in the left-hand pane to access the
Current
profile
pane.
4.
Click
Save
profile
as
to save the ThinPro
profile
as the following:
C:\Program Files (x86) Hewlett-Packard\HP Smart Client Service\auto-
update\PersistentProfile\MAC\00fcab8522ac.xml
5.
Click the
Finish
button in the
Current
profile
pane to exit the
Profile
Editor.
6.
Restart the thin client that uses the
specified
MAC address to initiate the Automatic Update process.
Updating thin clients
Using the broadcast update method
Using the DHCP tag update method
Using the DNS alias update method
Using the manual update method
Using the broadcast update method
To do a broadcast update, plug the thin client into the same network as the update server. A broadcast update
relies on HP Smart Client Services, which works with IIS to automatically push updates to the thin client.
NOTE:
Broadcast updates work only if the thin client is on the same subnet as the server.
TIP:
To verify that the broadcast updates are working, run the
Profile
Editor and make some changes.
Connect the thin client and verify that it has downloaded the new
profile.
If it has not, see
Troubleshooting
on page
67
.
Viewing the Automatic Update website
59