Version control for easyupdate, Version, Control – Lenovo ThinkServer RS110 User Manual

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For

example:

\\Server_X\TSEU_repository\

4.

Set

the

access

permissions

of

the

new

repository

folder

to

read

only

access

for

end

users.

Administrator

functions

will

require

read

and

write

access.

5.

Navigate

to

the

following

registry

location:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\EasyUpdate\Preferences\UserSettings\General\

Note:

There

will

be

a

default

key

for

the

RepositoryLocation1

entry.

6.

From

the

Registry

Editor

main

menu,

click

Edit

and

then

click

New

.

7.

Scroll

down

and

click

String

Value

and

then

type

RepositoryLocation2

.

8.

Repeat

step

5

and

create

another

string

value

and

then

type

RepositoryLocation3

.

9.

Double-click

the

RepositoryLocation2

string.

10.

Type

the

file

path

for

your

local

system

repository,

for

example:

%ANYDRV%\EasyUpdate1_x\

11.

Double-click

the

RepositoryLocation3

string.

12.

Type

the

network

share

repository

path

of

your

server

and

share,

for

example:

\\Server_X\TSEU_repository\

Note:

To

edit

registry

configurations,

close

the

EasyUpdate

application.

If

EasyUpdate

is

running

while

changes

are

made

in

the

registry,

the

old

registry

entries

will

be

recovered.

UNC:

The

user

name

and

password

used

by

EasyUpdate

and

Update

Retriever

to

access

a

network

shared

should

only

be

used

by

EasyUpdate

and

Update

Retriever.

If

you

map

the

repository

location

or

log

on

to

it

using

the

same

user

name

and

password

that

is

used

by

EasyUpdate

or

Update

Retriever,

the

MapDrv

utility

used

to

connect

to

the

network

share

will

not

be

able

to

access

the

network

share

repository.

Should

this

occur,

EasyUpdate

and

Update

Retriever

will

fail

in

the

attempt

to

access

the

network

share

repository.

For

more

information,

see

“Using

the

MapDrv

utility”

on

page

73.

Version

control

for

EasyUpdate

When

new

releases

of

EasyUpdate

are

available,

EasyUpdate

connects

to

the

Lenovo

Help

Center

Web

site,

detects

and

downloads

the

new

version,

and

then

installs

that

version.

This

process

is

done

automatically,

without

user

interaction,

but

can

be

disabled.

For

information

on

disabling

the

upgrade,

see

“UC

Settings\HTTPSHelloSettings

configurable

items”

on

page

16.

If

you

want

to

control

the

version

of

EasyUpdate

available

to

your

users,

you

can

use

your

network

repository

to

store

specific

versions

of

EasyUpdate.

Storing

packages

locally

will

enable

the

EasyUpdate

application

to

search

for

upgrades

within

your

network

repository.

This

version

control

function

is

compatible

with

EasyUpdate

1.0

and

future

releases.

To

configure

the

registry

for

EasyUpdate

version

control,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

Download

the

SSClientCommon.zip

file

from

the

following

Lenovo

Support

Web

site:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/easyupdate

2.

Create

a

folder

to

be

used

as

a

repository

that

will

store

update

packages.

For

example:

26

EasyUpdate

Solution

Deployment

Guide

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