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Refreshing the OS device-driver catalog

The OS device-driver catalog contains information about all Windows UpdateXpress System Packs (UXSPs) and device drivers that are available for all Lenovo servers that support Windows device driver updates.

Before you begin

Ensure that Lenovo XClarity Administrator is connected to the Internet.

About this task

When you refresh the catalog, XClarity Administrator retrieves information about the available UXSPs from the Lenovo Data Center Support website (including the metadata .xml and readme .txt files) and stores the information to the repository. The payload file (.exe) is not downloaded. You must download the desired UXSP and OS device-driver payloads before updating device drivers on managed servers. For more information about downloading device drivers, see Downloading Windows device drivers.

Note
Refreshing the catalog might take several minutes to complete.

Procedure

To refresh the catalog, complete the following steps.

  1. From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Provisioning > Windows Driver Updates: Repository to display the Windows Driver Updates Repository page.
  2. Click Refresh Catalog, and then click one of the following options to obtain information about the latest available UXSPs.

    • Refresh Selected - Latest Only. Retrieves information about the most current UXSP versions that are available for only the selected servers.

    • Refresh All - Latest Only. Retrieves information about the most current UXSP versions for all supported servers.

    • Refresh Selected. Retrieves information about all UXSP versions that are available for only the selected servers.

    • Refresh All. Retrieves information about all UXSP versions that are available for all supported servers.

  3. Click Refresh Catalog to refresh immediately, or click Schedule to schedule this refresh to run at a later time.