Easyupdate; Easyupdate And Update Retriever - Lenovo ThinkServer TD100 Deployment Manual

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EasyUpdate

The following illustration shows the communication path of update packages from
the Lenovo Help Center to a client system when using only EasyUpdate:
Figure 1. Update process using EasyUpdate only

EasyUpdate and Update Retriever

For multiple systems, you can use Update Retriever on an administrative system to
download packages from the Lenovo Help Center to your network. EasyUpdate
can be configured to obtain updates from a repository folder. Your repository
folder provides the storage for update packages. This allows greater control of the
updates that are available over your network. The following illustration provides
the communication path of update packages from the Lenovo Help Center to your
administrative system using Update Retriever:
Figure 2. Using Update Retriever to control the update process
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EasyUpdate Solution Deployment Guide
EasyUpdate, Update Retriever enables you to search the Lenovo Help Center
Web site for update packages, and then download those packages to your
network.
4 - If you use Update Retriever and EasyUpdate, you can create or edit update
packages with Update Retriever to customize the update content relevant to
your enterprise.