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Has anyone had any luck configuring System update to automatically download and install updates form a local repository.

I have downloaded the ciritical updates to a network share and configured System Update to look in that location. If I manually run System Update it looks in the local repository and only displays the critical updates I approved. However, the scheduling pice does not work.

I even tried running it from a command line, but it says I have no applicable packages available, when I know I do.

Does anyone have any experieince actually getting the auto download and install piece working. I need to push out the latest BIOS updates to about 75 machines. Some T60, X60 and T60 widescreen laptops.

Thanks

Have you downloaded the admin tools?

If not you can find them here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... ADMIN#tvsu

Yes, I have the admin tools.

The software works when I run it manually. It uses my local repository, which is on stored on a shared network drive. The updates I approval are available and can be installed.

The issue I am having is with the scheduling and auto install. Even though I have it setup to run weekly on a Tuesday it doesn't run. Or if it does run it always says that no applicable packages are available, which I know there are.

Lenovo is basically useless when calling them. They just read me the book on how to use the product instead of actually helping me fix it. Then they give me the BS speach of, well you are not using an IBM image, so that is your problem. To prove them wrong I even loaded their pre-installed OS and it still didnt' work. After tellign him that the tech was speachless and had no idea what to do or say.