Lenovo System Update Solution - Manual (Page 54)

For systems with various triplets, updates are assigned to matching machine types, operating systems, and
language values. The triplet value for an update is saved in the repository when the update is downloaded
from the Lenovo Help Center Web site by Update Retriever.
Once a triplet value is specified, Update Retriever searches the Lenovo Help Center Web site and displays a
list of packages targeted to the specified triplet value. After you search for updates, there will be a brief
time interval before you can select the applicable updates to download. Once you select the updates to
download, you can review your selections. After you confirm the selections, the updates will be downloaded
to a specified repository.
Scheduling the search for updates
You can configure Update Retriever to search for new updates automatically on a scheduled basis. The
scheduler initiates a search for new updates. The administrator is notified depending on how Update
Retriever was configured, in the form of an e-mail or a balloon tooltip from the application icon in the
notification area.
Configuring an automatic search
When you configure Update Retriever to search for new updates automatically on a scheduled basis, the
following options are available:
• Schedule: You can choose to search for new updates weekly or monthly. For weekly checks, a day of the
week and time must be selected. For monthly checks, a date in the month and time must be selected.
• Notification: For recommended and optional updates, you can be notified when new updates are found
and have the choice to either download the updates or defer the download at a later time. For critical
updates, you can configure the application to automatically download and notify you after the download
is completed, or you can configure to download and install all new updates and to get notified after the
download and installation is completed.
Configuring the notification option for an automatic search
If performing an automatic search, you can configure the application with one of the following notification
options for critical, recommended, and optional updates:
• Provides notification when new updates are found so that you can manually initiate the download and
installation.
• Downloads and installs the new updates and provides notification when completed.
• Automatically downloads updates and notifies you when the updates are ready to install.
The notification can be in the form of a balloon tooltip from the application icon in the notification area or
an e-mail. The e-mail notification includes the date and time of the check, the number of packages found,
and a list of updates.
Automatic searching for new updates
If you are performing an automatic search for critical updates, you can configure the application to provide
notification when new updates are found so that you can manually initiate the download later, or to
automatically download the new updates and provide notification when the downloading is complete.
If you are performing an automatic search for recommended updates, you can configure the application to
provide notification when new updates are found so that you can manually initiate the download later.
Note: System Update will only allow updates to be installed on systems for which the update was designated.
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