(Contributors: Devin McDermott)
The Lenovo Updates Catalog has been upgraded to the V3 format. The catalog remains to be hosted on the identical URL:
https://obtain.lenovo.com/luc/v2/LenovoUpdatesCatalog2v2.cab
The URL and file identify didn’t change in order to keep away from all subscribers having to vary their subscription settings. The V3 format merely provides some extra recordsdata that enable the updates within the catalog to be categorized.
Beforehand when subscribing to the V2 catalog, all of the updates within the catalog would mechanically be printed with meta knowledge solely. Now with the V3 catalog, you may specify a number of classes to mechanically publish as an alternative of publishing all updates. The classes within the Lenovo Updates Catalog are damaged down into Mannequin and Replace Sort (BIOS, driver, utility).
The classes could be chosen when initially syncing the catalog or right-clicking on the catalog and choosing properties.
As soon as classes are chosen, the content material could be staged which suggests will probably be mechanically downloaded to the highest stage software program replace level. This may take away the necessity to obtain the content material via the Configuration Supervisor console previous to deployment.
Abstract
With the introduction of the V3 format, you now have extra granular management over what content material from the catalog is printed into your surroundings. With 1000’s of updates in a third-party catalog, this will make an enormous distinction within the quantity of knowledge managed in your surroundings in addition to the quantity of processing your shoppers carry out throughout their scan cycles.
