Chapter 4. working with easyupdate, About easyupdate, Extras tab – Lenovo ThinkServer RS110 User Manual
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Chapter
4.
Working
with
EasyUpdate
This
chapter
provides
information
on
working
with
update
packages,
using
the
EasyUpdate
program,
and
the
Web
upgrade
for
EasyUpdate.
About
EasyUpdate
When
you
search
for
updates
using
EasyUpdate
the
request
goes
to
a
repository
or
the
Lenovo
Help
Center
(depending
on
how
EasyUpdate
is
configured).
In
response,
EasyUpdate
provides
a
list
of
new
candidate
updates.
EasyUpdate
then
checks
to
determine
which
of
the
candidate
updates
are
applicable
to
the
hardware
and
software
on
your
computer
and
displays
a
list
of
applicable
updates.
EasyUpdate
will
also
display
packages
in
order
of
severity
that
are
related
to
other
packages.
Once
you
select
updates
of
interest,
EasyUpdate
downloads
the
updates
from
the
repository
or
from
the
Lenovo
Help
Center,
and
then
provides
an
installation
method.
If
two
or
more
packages
are
related,
EasyUpdate
downloads
and
installs
all
packages.
Designed
to
help
you
keep
your
system
up-to-date,
EasyUpdate
provides
the
following
functions:
v
Get
new
updates
v
Install
deferred
updates
v
Schedule
updates
Extras
tab
As
a
feature
of
the
EasyUpdate
program,
the
Extras
tab
enables
you
to
easily
identify
the
applicable
software,
hardware,
and
solution
offerings
to
help
you
keep
your
entire
system
performing
to
its
fullest
capacity.
EasyUpdate
analyzes
your
system,
and
then
recommends
solutions
that
can
be
used
to
enhance
your
system.
Examples
of
what
the
Extras
tab
may
recommend:
v
Memory
upgrades
v
Printer
recommendations
v
Warranty
recommendations
Working
with
update
packages
An
update
package
is
made
by
bundling
several
files
together.
Updates
packages
consist
of
a
self-extracting
installer
program,
an
XML
Descriptor
file
that
defines
the
update,
and
one
or
more
National
Language
Support
(NLS)
translated
readme
files.
An
update
may
also
optionally
include
one
or
more
NLS
translated
license
files
and
one
or
more
external
detection
files.
Applicable
update
packages
must
match
the
triplet
on
the
client
system.
Triplets
are
the
combination
of
the
machine
type,
operating
system,
and
language.
Note:
If
you
have
multiple
machine
type/model
numbers
selected
on
the
Update
Retriever
main
window,
all
packages
common
to
the
multiple
systems
that
you
select
on
the
Applicable
Updates
window
will
result
in
a
check
mark
next
to
each
system.
Clearing
the
check
box
for
one
system
will
clear
the
check
boxes
for
all
of
the
systems.
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