Owner's Manual

Setting Up a Directory Structure for Deployment 43

Setting Up a Directory Structure for

Deployment

To perform a DTK-enabled deployment, you must create a deployment

directory structure on either a network share or your local workstation hard

drive. The deployment directory structure is a central repository for all

deployment files and can be used successively as a testing space, a repository

for a network deployment, and a repository to build a bootable deployment

media. If you plan to perform a network-based deployment, you must set up

the directory structure on a network volume that is accessible from your

workstation, the source system (to generate configuration information), and

the target system (to deploy).

If you plan to run a scripted deployment from DTK sample scripts, make sure

that the following files are correctly structured in the deployment directory.

DTK sample scripts use this structure to set the default paths for

deployment. If you make changes to the directory structure, you must also

make changes to the sample scripts.

The deployment directory structure consists of the following files:

• DTK Utilities and Files

• System-Specific Files

• Operating System Installation Files

NOTE: Do not create your DTK directory structure on a NetWare network volume.

DTK network-based deployment is not supported from mapped NetWare systems.