User's Manual

66 Preparing the Script Files for Deployment Using Microsoft Windows PE

RACCAP.BAT

The RACCAP.BAT sample script captures RAC configuration settings and saves

them to a specified location. An optional user input can be passed as a

parameter. You can provide the path or file name as an input to this script.

The default variable values used in this script are set in the script to the

correct default values to perform a scripted deployment. The RACCAP.BAT

script uses the RACADM.EXE utility to retrieve RAC configuration settings

from the source system and to save the settings in a file named raccfg.ini in

the \Toolkit\Systems\<target system> directory.

NOTE: Ensure that you run RACCAP.BAT in a writable environment. If you run

RACCAP.BAT in a read-only environment, DTK displays the message

<filename.ini> has been generated even though no new file is

created.

Perform the following steps to run the RACCAP.BAT sample script to capture

RAC configuration information in the raccfg.ini file:

Edit the

startnet.cmd

file on your Windows PE image to call the

RACCAP.BAT

script after the network share with the prebuilt DTK

directory structure is mounted. For example, add:

call

Z:\Dell\x32\Toolkit\Template\Scripts\RACCAP.BAT

\Z:\raccfg.ini

Boot the source system into Windows PE.

The script runs and saves configuration information in the

\Toolkit\Systems\<target system>

directory.

Edit the

startnet.cmd

file in your Windows PE image to remove the text

you added in step 1.

NOTE: The RAC configuration file is referred to as the .cfg file in the Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Enterprise for Blade Servers User Guide and

the Dell Remote Access Controller 4 User’s Guide. See these guides for additional

information about manually creating a RAC configuration file.

NOTE: Do not replicate the RAC IP address when creating a .cfg file. Replicating

the RAC IP address can leave the system inaccessible because multiple systems

are configured with the same IP address.