Lenovo ThinkServer RS110 Deployment Guide

Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . .1
EasyUpdate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Update Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Managing the update process . . . . . . . . .1
EasyUpdate . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
EasyUpdate and Update Retriever . . . . . .2
Non-Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . .5
Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . .5
.Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Installation components . . . . . . . . . . .6
EasyUpdate languages . . . . . . . . . .6
Update Retriever languages . . . . . . . .7
Installation considerations . . . . . . . . . .7
EasyUpdate standard installation procedures and
command-line parameters . . . . . . . . .8
Installing EasyUpdate or Update Retriever . . . .10
Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Chapter 3. Configurations . . . . . .13
Connection configurations . . . . . . . . .13
Configuring EasyUpdate . . . . . . . . . .14
Configuring EasyUpdate with the registry . . .14
Configuring EasyUpdate with Active Directory 27
Configuring EasyUpdate with the start.reg file .34
Chapter 4. Working with EasyUpdate 39
About EasyUpdate . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Extras tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Working with update packages . . . . . . . .39
Downloading and installing updates . . . . .40
Using EasyUpdate . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Scheduling the search for updates . . . . . .42
Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . .43
Chapter 5. Working with Update
Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
About Update Retriever . . . . . . . . . .45
Update Retriever setup . . . . . . . . . .45
Using Update Retriever . . . . . . . . . .46
Search for updates with Update Retriever . . .46
Manual check for new updates . . . . . . .46
Modify settings . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Configuring automatic check for new updates . .47
Automatic search and download of new updates 47
Viewing the download history . . . . . . .47
Show updates in a repository . . . . . . .47
Hiding updates . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Importing updates . . . . . . . . . . .48
Scheduling updates . . . . . . . . . . .48
Creating and modifying an update package . .49
Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . .52
Chapter 6. Working with
Mini-EasyUpdate . . . . . . . . . .53
About Mini-EasyUpdate . . . . . . . . . .53
Downloading Mini-EasyUpdate . . . . . . .53
System requirements . . . . . . . . . .53
.Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Using Mini-EasyUpdate . . . . . . . . . .55
Log file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Return codes . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . .58
Configuring Mini-EasyUpdate . . . . . . . .58
Configuring Mini-EasyUpdate with XML . . .58
Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Appendix A. Command line parameters 63
Automatic search . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Command line scripts . . . . . . . . . . .63
Search modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Notification parameters . . . . . . . . . .69
Map Drive utility . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Command line interface . . . . . . . . .72
Using the MapDrv utility . . . . . . . . .73
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . .75
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
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Lenovo ThinkServer RS110 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer RS110
Category	Server
Language	English