Lenovo ThinkServer RS110 - Manual (Page 55)

Scheduling search for critical and recommended updates
You can schedule an automatic search for critical and recommended updates by
selecting a schedule, and by specifying how and when to be notified.
Assigning triplets to an update
You can assign custom updates to one or more systems. When viewing updates in
the repository, you can select one or more updates and assign those updates to one
or more systems by selecting the relevant triplets.
Generating a contents report of the network share repository
You can generate a report of the contents in the network share repository that will
be in an Excel spreadsheet format (CSV file). In this report, you can choose to
include active updates, archived updates, hidden updates, and test updates.
Creating and modifying an update package
This section provides information about update packages, and how to create and
modify an update package.
About update packages
Update Retriever enables you to modify or create update packages. An update
package comprises an XML Descriptor file, the update itself, a readme file, any
package license file, and any optional detection modules. Each update package has
an XML Descriptor file that contains metadata used to describe the conditions that
must exist on the client system and how to install the update on the client system.
If an update meets the requirements you define with the XML Descriptor file, it is
considered an applicable update for the targeted system. An XML Descriptor file
contains the necessary information for an update package to be recognized and
handled by EasyUpdate.
Note: To modify an update package, you must use Update Retriever to edit the
XML Descriptor file.
The following list provides the metadata of an update package that you can
customize using Update Retriever:
v Package identity
– Name
– Version
– Vendor
– Software release date
– Disk space needed to install the package
– Title, description, summary, and language for a package
– Version detection
– Target applications
v Installation detection
– Add remove programs
– BIOS
– BIOS date
– CPU address width
– Driver
– Embedded controller version
– External detection
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