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Table 11. User Settings\Scheduler (continued) Configurable item Description Value Action Note: If you use If the setting is NOTIFY the 'Recommended' in the scheduler will search for new search mode, updates and notify the end user 'NOTIFY' is the only when new updates are available option available. All for download and installation. other settings will Note: For stop the execution of DOWNLOADANDINSTALL, System Update. ensure no spaces separate the value. Frequency RunOn RunAt When the DOWNLOADANDINSTALL -INCLUDEREBOOT setting is used, System Update will download and install update packages and then prompt you to restart your system. The interval in which the scheduler is set to run: Weekly or Monthly. Default value: MONTHLY Possible values: v MONTHLY v WEEKLY This setting along with the SchedulerRunEvery are used to set how often System Update must be run. If the value of this setting is "WEEKLY″, the interval will be calculated in weeks. If the value of this setting is ″MONTHLY″, the interval will be calculated in months. The specific Default value: 1 day when the System Update scheduler must run. Possible values: 1 to 28 When the scheduled time has been reached, System Update runs on the specified day. When the frequency is Weekly, the possible values for this setting are: SUNDAY, MONDAY,... SATURDAY. When the frequency is Monthly, the possible values for this setting are from 1 to 28. The specific Default value: 11 When the scheduled time has time when the been reached, System Update System Update runs on the specified time. scheduler must run. This value is specified in hourly Possible values: Any number from 0 to 23 (0 indicates 12AM and 23 indicates 11PM) intervals. Example: \SCHEDULER\ \SchedulerAbility = NO \SchedulerLock = SHOW \SearchMode = CRITICAL \NotifyOptions = NOTIFY \Frequency = WEEKLY \RunOn = MONDAY \RunAt = 12 24 System Update Solution Deployment Guide

Section	Page
Contents	3
Preface	5
Chapter 1. Overview	7
System Update	7
Update Retriever	7
Managing the update process	7
System Update	8
System Update and Update Retriever	8
Deploying updates/packages to client systems	9
System Update and Update Retriever with customized update packages	9
Non-Lenovo	10
Chapter 2. Installation	11
Installation requirements	11
.Net	12
Installation components	12
System Update languages	12
Update Retriever languages	13
Installation considerations	13
System Update standard installation procedures and command-line parameters	14
Windows Vista considerations	15
List of parameters	15
Installing System Update or Update Retriever	16
Uninstall	16
Silent uninstall for Windows Vista	17
Chapter 3. Configurations	19
Connection configurations	19
Configuring System Update	20
Configuring System Update with the registry	20
UC Settings configurable items	21
UC Settings\\HTTPSHelloSettings configurable items	22
UC Settings\\HTTPSPackageSettings configurable items	23
Proxy server configurations	24
User Settings\\General configurations	24
User Settings\\Scheduler	28
Repository configurations	31
Version control for System Update	33
Configuring System Update with Active Directory	34
Administrative (ADM) template files	35
Group Policy settings	36
Managing network share repositories with Active Directory®	40
System Update version control using Active Directory	41
Configuring System Update with start.reg	41
Configuring multiple repository locations using the start.reg file	43
System Update version control with start.reg	43
System Update billboard and the start.reg file	44
Chapter 4. Working with System Update	45
About System Update	45
Extras tab	45
System Update billboard	45
Working with update packages	46
Downloading and installing updates	46
Using the Lenovo Help Center Web site	46
Using a repository on a client system	46
Using a repository on a network share	46
Working with license agreements	47
Using System Update	47
Scheduling the search for updates	48
Automatic search for new updates	48
Automatic search for new updates with download	49
Automatic search for new updates with download and install	49
Viewing the download and installation history	49
Hiding and restoring hidden updates	49
Working with updates that force a reboot	49
Keyboard shortcuts	49
Chapter 5. Working with Update Retriever	51
About Update Retriever	51
Update Retriever setup	51
Using Update Retriever	52
Search for updates with Update Retriever	52
Manual check for new updates	52
Modify settings	52
Configuring automatic check for new updates	53
Automatic search and download of new updates	53
Viewing the download history	53
Show updates in a repository	54
Hiding updates	54
Importing updates	54
Importing an update package into network share repository	54
Scheduling updates	55
Scheduling search for critical updates	55
Scheduling search for critical and recommended updates	55
Assigning triplets to an update	55
Generating a contents report of the network share repository	55
Creating and modifying an update package	55
About update packages	55
Creating an update package	57
Modifying an update package	57
Keyboard shortcuts	58
Chapter 6. Working with Thin Installer	59
About Thin Installer	59
Downloading Thin Installer	59
System requirements	59
.Net	59
Using Thin Installer	60
Log file	62
Windows Vista considerations	63
Return codes	64
Keyboard shortcuts	64
Configuring Thin Installer	64
Configuring Thin Installer with XML	64
Uninstall	67
Chapter 7. Best practices	69
Scenario 1 - Managing the update process	69
Step 1 - Installing the programs	69
Step 2 - Customizing the programs	70
Step 3 - Working with the programs	70
Scenario 2 - Deploying specific packages	71
Creating repository folders	71
Configuring System Update on client systems	71
Working with Update Retriever	71
Deploying the packages	72
Scenario 3 - Deploy onto non-Lenovo systems	72
Scenario 4 - Disabling the Web upgrade for System Update	73
Scenario 5 - Installing specific packages with the MSDOS Command Prompt	73
Scenario 6 - Deploying packages to client system repositories	74
Step 1 - Administrator system setup	74
Step 2 - Configuring System Update on client systems	74
Scenario 7 - Working with firewalls and the Scheduler function	74
Scenario 8 - Working with Thin Installer	75
Deploying the packages using USB or CD	75
Deploying the packages using network share repository	75
Deploying the packages using a system management tool	75
Integrating Thin Installer with ImageUltra Builder (IUB)	76
Integrating Thin Installer with a Sysprep Image	76
Appendix A. Command line parameters	77
Automatic search	77
Command line scripts	77
Search modes	83
Notification parameters	84
Map Drive utility	86
Command line interface	87
Using the MapDrv utility	87
Displaying encrypted user name and password strings	87
Storing network share information for a TVT	88
Connecting to the network share for a TVT	88
Disconnecting the network share for a TVT	88
Appendix B. Notices	89

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Table 11. User Settings\Scheduler (continued)

Configurable

item

Description

Value

Action

Note:

If you use

’Recommended’ in the

search mode,

’NOTIFY’ is the only

option available. All

other settings will

stop the execution of

System Update.

If the setting is NOTIFY the

scheduler will search for new

updates and notify the end user

when new updates are available

for download and installation.

Note:

For

DOWNLOADANDINSTALL,

ensure no spaces separate the

value.

When the

DOWNLOADANDINSTALL

-INCLUDEREBOOT setting is

used, System Update will

download and install update

packages and then prompt you

to restart your system.

Frequency

The interval in

which the

scheduler is

set to run:

Weekly or

Monthly.

Default value:

MONTHLY

This setting along with the

SchedulerRunEvery are used to

set how often System Update

must be run. If the value of this

setting is "WEEKLY

″

, the

interval will be calculated in

weeks. If the value of this

setting is

″

MONTHLY

″

, the

interval will be calculated in

months.

Possible values:

MONTHLY

WEEKLY

RunOn

The specific

day when the

System Update

scheduler

must run.

Default value: 1

When the scheduled time has

been reached, System Update

runs on the specified day. When

the frequency is Weekly, the

possible values for this setting

are: SUNDAY, MONDAY,...

SATURDAY. When the

frequency is Monthly, the

possible values for this setting

are from 1 to 28.

Possible values: 1 to

RunAt

The specific

time when the

System Update

scheduler

must run. This

value is

specified in

hourly

intervals.

Default value: 11

When the scheduled time has

been reached, System Update

runs on the specified time.

Possible values: Any

number from 0 to 23

(0 indicates 12AM and

23 indicates 11PM)

Example:

\SCHEDULER\

\SchedulerAbility = NO

\SchedulerLock = SHOW

\SearchMode = CRITICAL

\NotifyOptions = NOTIFY

\Frequency = WEEKLY

\RunOn = MONDAY

\RunAt = 12

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