
•Tvsukernel.exe
Note:SystemUpdateforWindows7operatingsystemsdoesnotprovideschedulersettingsastheTask
SchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystemshasthesamefunction.Fordetailedinformationaboutusing
theTaskSchedulertoolonWindows7operatingsystems,see“\UserSettings\Scheduler”onpage23
.
Scenario8-WorkingwithThinInstaller
ThinInstalleralwaysfirstchecksforthedatabase.xmlfileintherepositoryfolder.Ifyouhavecreateda
repositoryusingUpdateRetriever,thedatabase.xmlfileiscreatedinthesamefolder.Thedatabase.xmlfile
associateseachmachinetype,operatingsystem,andlanguagewiththeupdatepackages.Intheabsence
ofthedatabase.xmlfileintherepository,ThinInstallerassumesallupdatepackagesintherepositoryare
candidatepackages.Candidatepackagesarepackagesthatmaybeapplicabletoclientcomputers.Refer
toChapter5“WorkingwithUpdateRetriever”onpage45
tolearnmoreaboutUpdateRetriever.
DeployingthepackagesusingUSB,CD,orDVDmedia
Thismethodisidealforstandaloneinstallationofupdatepackagesbyasystemadministrator.
1.Createarepositoryfolderwithupdatepackagesthatneedtobeinstalledontheclientcomputer.
2.InstallThinInstallerasaparentfolderoftherepositoryfolderascreatedinstep1.
3.CopythefolderstructuretoanyexternalmediasuchasaUSBkey,aCD,oraDVD.
4.LaunchtheThinInstaller.exefileandselecttheupdatepackagesthatneedtobeinstalled.
Deployingtheupdatepackagesusinganetworksharerepository
Thisisaconvenientwayofmanagingdifferenttypesofsystemsusingacentralrepository.Theclient
computershouldhavereadaccesstothenetworksharerepository.
1.CreatetherepositoryfoldersanddownloadtheupdatepackageswithUpdateRetrieveronthenetwork
share.ForinformationabouthowtouseUpdateRetriever,referto“Step1-Installingtheprograms”
onpage63
.
2.InstallThinInstalleronaclientcomputer.
3.PushacommandscripttotheclientcomputerstoruntheThinInstaller.exefilefromthenetworkshare.
Forinformationaboutavailableoptions,referto“UsingThinInstaller”onpage58.
Deployingtheupdatepackagesusingasystemmanagementtool
Thismethodisusefulwhentheupdatepackagesforsystemsarealreadyknown.
1.Createarepositoryfolderwithsystem-specificupdatepackagesthatneedtobedeployed.
2.ExtracttheThinInstallerexecutableasaparentfolderoftherepositoryfolderascreatedinstep1.
3.Usethesystemmanagementtooltobuildamoduleoutoftheabovefolderstructureanddeploy.
Note:TheerrorcodereturnedbyThinInstallercanbeusedtotrackthestatusoftheupdatepackages
ontargetsystems.
IntegratingThinInstallerwiththeImageUltraBuilderprogram
Thisistheidealwaytodeploycommondriversandapplicationsduringanimagerollout.Thesystem
administratormaintainsonecentralrepositoryandoneimagefordifferenttypesofsystems.
1.CreateanetworksharerepositoryandinstallThinInstaller.Forinformationabouthowtocreatea
repositoryfolderonanetworkshare,referto“Creatingrepositoryfolders”onpage65.
2.CreateabatchfiletoruntheThinInstallerexecutablefilefromthenetworksharedrive.
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