
Forsystemswithvarioustriplets,updatesareassignedtomatchingmachinetypes,operatingsystems,and
languagevalues.Thetripletvalueforanupdateissavedintherepositorywhentheupdateisdownloaded
fromtheLenovoHelpCenterWebsitebyUpdateRetriever.
Onceatripletvalueisspecified,UpdateRetrieversearchestheLenovoHelpCenterWebsiteanddisplaysa
listofpackagestargetedtothespecifiedtripletvalue.Afteryousearchforupdates,therewillbeabrief
timeintervalbeforeyoucanselecttheapplicableupdatestodownload.Onceyouselecttheupdatesto
download,youcanreviewyourselections.Afteryouconfirmtheselections,theupdateswillbedownloaded
toaspecifiedrepository.
Schedulingthesearchforupdates
YoucanconfigureUpdateRetrievertosearchfornewupdatesautomaticallyonascheduledbasis.The
schedulerinitiatesasearchfornewupdates.TheadministratorisnotifieddependingonhowUpdate
Retrieverwasconfigured,intheformofane-mailoraballoontooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthe
notificationarea.
Configuringanautomaticsearch
WhenyouconfigureUpdateRetrievertosearchfornewupdatesautomaticallyonascheduledbasis,the
followingoptionsareavailable:
•Schedule:Y oucanchoosetosearchfornewupdatesweeklyormonthly.Forweeklychecks,adayofthe
weekandtimemustbeselected.Formonthlychecks,adateinthemonthandtimemustbeselected.
•Notification:Forrecommendedandoptionalupdates,youcanbenotifiedwhennewupdatesarefound
andhavethechoicetoeitherdownloadtheupdatesordeferthedownloadatalatertime.Forcritical
updates,youcanconfiguretheapplicationtoautomaticallydownloadandnotifyyouafterthedownload
iscompleted,oryoucanconfiguretodownloadandinstallallnewupdatesandtogetnotifiedafterthe
downloadandinstallationiscompleted.
Configuringthenotificationoptionforanautomaticsearch
Ifperforminganautomaticsearch,youcanconfiguretheapplicationwithoneofthefollowingnotification
optionsforcritical,recommended,andoptionalupdates:
•Providesnotificationwhennewupdatesarefoundsothatyoucanmanuallyinitiatethedownloadand
installation.
•Downloadsandinstallsthenewupdatesandprovidesnotificationwhencompleted.
•Automaticallydownloadsupdatesandnotifiesyouwhentheupdatesarereadytoinstall.
Thenotificationcanbeintheformofaballoontooltipfromtheapplicationiconinthenotificationareaor
ane-mail.Thee-mailnotificationincludesthedateandtimeofthecheck,thenumberofpackagesfound,
andalistofupdates.
Automaticsearchingfornewupdates
Ifyouareperforminganautomaticsearchforcriticalupdates,youcanconfiguretheapplicationtoprovide
notificationwhennewupdatesarefoundsothatyoucanmanuallyinitiatethedownloadlater,orto
automaticallydownloadthenewupdatesandprovidenotificationwhenthedownloadingiscomplete.
Ifyouareperforminganautomaticsearchforrecommendedupdates,youcanconfiguretheapplicationto
providenotificationwhennewupdatesarefoundsothatyoucanmanuallyinitiatethedownloadlater.
Note:SystemUpdatewillonlyallowupdatestobeinstalledonsystemsforwhichtheupdatewasdesignated.
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