Lenovo System Update Solution (Deployment Guide) - Manual (Page 72)

a. Type the applicable machine type. You can find the machine type on the
bottom of a laptop or on the rear of a desktop machine.
b. Select the applicable operating system from the drop down menu.
c. Select the applicable language from the drop down menu.
d. Click Add and then click Save.
5. On the Get New Updates panel, select the check box for the applicable machine
type. To import all machine type packages, select the check box Select all.
6. Click Next and then click Finish to search for applicable packages. Update
Retriever will place the update packages in the designated repository folder.
Deploying the packages
After you have created your repository folders, configured System Update on
client systems, and downloaded update packages with Update Retriever, complete
the following steps to deploy specific packages to client systems:
1.
On the Modify Settings panel of Update Retriever, change the Repository path
to the System Update repository path that you created in Step 1 under
“Creating repository folders” on page 65.
2. Using Update Retriever, import your packages into the System Update
repository.
Note: For additional information on how to import packages into a repository
folder, see “Importing an update package into network share repository” on
page 48.
3. Launch System Update on client systems.
4. Use System Update to search the System Update repository for update
packages.
Note: Ensure you assign machine types to packages after you import the
packages into a repository folder. This enables System Update to search for
packages specific to the machine type. For more information about importing
packages, see “Importing an update package into network share repository” on
page 48.
5. Download and install update packages to client systems.
Scenario 3 - Deploy onto non-Lenovo systems
Packages originating from the Lenovo Web site cannot be deployed to a
non-Lenovo system. Complete the following steps to create custom packages that
can be deployed to non-Lenovo systems:
1. Install Update Retriever and System Update on an administrator computer.
2. Reboot the computer after installation.
3. Run install.bat to install the required hotfixes.
4. Launch System Update to get the machine type of the non-Lenovo system.
For example,
'Machine type’ = 'Presario R3000’
5. Launch Update Retriever and set the repository path.
Note: Enter user name and password if required for the repository.
6. Add systems for assigning the updates and save the machine information for
non-Lenovo systems. Enter the machine family information consisting of the
first four letters or the last four letters of the machine type and model.
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