Configuring automatic check for new updates, Automatic search and download of new updates, Viewing the download history – Lenovo ThinkServer RS110 User Manual

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You

can

customize

the

location

of

the

repository

folder.

If

a

network

share

is

specified

(using

the

Universal

Naming

Convention),

you

can

provide

a

user

name

and

password

to

authenticate

without

requiring

a

prompt

when

making

the

actual

connection.

Configuring

automatic

check

for

new

updates

The

end

user

can

configure

the

application

to

check

for

new

updates

automatically

on

a

scheduled

basis.

The

following

options

are

available:

v

Schedule

You

can

choose

to

check

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.

v

Notification

You

can

choose

to

be

notified

when

new

updates

are

found

(without

downloading).

For

critical

updates

only,

an

additional

option

is

available

to

automatically

download

all

new

updates

and

get

notified

after

the

downloading

is

complete.

The

notification

can

be

in

the

form

of

a

balloon

popup

from

a

system

tray

icon,

or

an

email.

The

email

notification

includes

the

date

and

time

of

the

check,

the

number

of

packages

found,

and

the

list

of

updates.

Automatic

search

and

download

of

new

updates

The

scheduler

initiates

a

check

for

new

updates.

The

administrator

is

notified

depending

on

how

Update

Retriever

is

configured,

email

or

a

balloon

message

through

the

system

tray

icon.

EasyUpdate

will

only

allow

updates

to

be

installed

on

systems

for

which

the

update

was

designated.

Viewing

the

download

history

View

download

history

shows

the

status

of

updates

that

were

downloaded

to

your

repository.

You

can

sort

the

updates

based

on

the

title

in

the

column

headers

of

the

table.

Show

updates

in

a

repository

You

can

view

updates

in

the

repository

by

choosing

Manage

repository

and

then

selecting

Update

view

.

You

can

view

updates

in

the

repository

by

filtering

by

operating

system,

language,

machine

type,

severity,

and

status.

In

the

Update

view

,

you

can

sort

the

list

of

updates

by

update

ID,

title,

version,

reboot

type,

severity,

license,

or

status.

You

can

select

one

or

more

packages

and

modify

or

delete

them.

You

can

also

select

non-Lenovo

packages

and

modify

the

triplets.

Hiding

updates

You

can

hide

updates,

which

means

that

the

hidden

updates

including

the

current

and

future

versions

will

not

be

displayed

as

relevant

(from

the

Lenovo

Help

Center)

in

the

future.

If

in

the

future

you

want

to

have

those

updates

displayed

again,

you

can

unhide

them.

Chapter

5.

Working

with

Update

Retriever

47

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