Chapter 7. best practices, Scenario 1 - managing the update process, Step 1 - installing the programs – Lenovo System Update Solution User Manual
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Chapter 7. Best practices
This chapter provides step-oriented scenarios to help you understand the update process. The scenarios
provided in this chapter are:
“Scenario 1 - Managing the update process” on page 63
“Scenario 2 - Deploying specific update packages” on page 65
“Scenario 3 - Deploying to non-Lenovo systems” on page 66
“Scenario 4 - Disabling the Web upgrade for System Update” on page 67
“Scenario 5 - Installing specific update packages with the MSDOS prompt” on page 67
“Scenario 6 - Deploying update packages to client computer repositories” on page 68
“Scenario 7 - Working with firewalls and the scheduler function” on page 68
“Scenario 8 - Working with Thin Installer” on page 69
Scenario 1 - Managing the update process
The following steps provide the best practices for managing the update process using System Update
and Update Retriever. For conceptual information about the update process, see “Managing the update
process” on page 1.
Step 1 - Installing the programs
Complete the following steps to install System Update and Update Retriever:
1. Create a new folder on the server to use as the repository.
2. Share the new repository folder using the UNC path. The UNC path provides connectivity to all
computers that have been mapped to the repository. The format for a UNC path is:
\\server\share
for example:
\\Server_X\TVSU_repository\
3. Set the access permissions of the new repository folder to read-only access for end users.
4. Download Update Retriever to the administrator computer. Update Retriever can be downloaded from
the following Lenovo Web site:
5. Install Update Retriever silently by entering the following command for each program at the command
prompt:
setup.exe -s -a /s /v"/qn" /L1033
L1033 is the language code for English. Language codes used with silent scripts must coincide with
the language set in the regional settings of the applicable system. For information about using other
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