Users Guide

Command to create Bootable ISO by the available
repository
dsucreateiso --source=/root --output=bootabledsu.iso
Command to customize the working directory
dsucreateiso --output=/root/bootabledsu.iso --workspace=/root/myworkspace
Command to create Bootable ISO with offline network and
local repository
dsucreateiso --dellbootplugin=/root/dellbootplugin.tar.gz --source=/root --
output=bootabledsu.iso
Command to create Bootable ISO for particular platform
dsucreateiso --input-platformlist=PER730|PER830
Command to create Bootable ISO with the action for
components
dsucreateiso --apply-action='upgrade|downgrade'
Command to create Bootable ISO with the given custom-
script
dsucreateiso --input-custom-script=/root/apply_bundles.sh
Using the Script
Ensure that you assess the following before using the script:
1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (x86_64) or later
2. Python 2.6.6
3. mkisofs 2.01 (genisoimage 1.1.9)
You can generate a bootable ISO using the following script:
• To create ISO using custom catalog
./dsucreateiso --dellbootplugin=/root/dell-boot-plugin-8.3.0-16.08.00.noarch.rpm
--catalog=/root/Catalog.xml --baseurl=ftp://downloads.dell.com/ --dsu=/root/dell-system-
update-1.3.1-16.09.00.x86_64.rpm
--output=bootabledsu.iso
• To create ISO by providing previously created repository
./dsucreateiso --dellbootplugin=/root/dell-boot-plugin-8.3.0-16.08.00.noarch.rpm
--catalog=/root/Catalog.xml --baseurl=ftp://downloads.dell.com/ --dsu=/root/dell-system-
update-1.3.1-16.09.00.x86_64.rpm
--repo=/usr/libexec/dell_dup/repository --output=bootabledsu.iso
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Sample scripts using DSU