Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 5.3 User's Guide
- Introduction
- Pre-requisites and deployment
- Downloading DTK
- DTK Seamless package
- Setting up a directory structure for deployment
- Preparing the script files
- Using the sample DTK scripts to run a full deployment
- Editing the sample batch files to perform a complete system deployment
- Scripts for deployment on systems running windows
- Scripts for deployment on systems running Linux
- Replication scripts for deployment on systems running windows operating system
- Replication scripts for deployment on systems running Linux operating system
- Deployment scripts for systems running windows operating systems
- Deployment scripts for systems running Linux operating systems
- Other scripts for systems running Windows operating systems
- Other scripts for systems running Linux operating systems
- Editing example of TKENVSET and tkenvset
- Editing DTK task scripts
- Using DTK sample scripts to capture configuration information
- Preparing the operating system installation scripts
- Running the deployment scripts
- Deployment using removable boot media with a network connection media-based for systems running windows
- Media-based local deployment for systems running Microsoft Windows
- Media-Based local deployment with Networking enabled for systems running windows
- Deployment using removable boot media without a network media-based connection for systems running windows
- Network based deployment for systems running windows
- Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows
- Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB files for systems running Windows
- Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux
- Deployment using customized embedded Linux
- Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux
- Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux
- Known issues and frequently asked questions
Preparing the operating system installation scripts
The W2K12INST.BAT script (on systems running supported Windows operating systems), the linux scripts (on systems running
supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system), and suseinst.sh sample script (on systems running supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system) are used to perform an installation. The variables and paths must be
specified before the operating system can be installed. For more information on installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Installation Guide available at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals.
NOTE: It is recommended that you consult your Windows or Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system
documentation and unattended deployment documentation to develop a thorough understanding of the unattended
installation process before attempting to perform a full scripted deployment.
NOTE: While installing Linux, ensure that you install grub in the boot partition. Otherwise, you cannot boot to the utility
partition by pressing the <F10> key during reboot.
W2K12INST.BAT and W2K16INST.BAT
The W2K12INST.BATand W2K16INST.BATsample scripts are used to perform an unattended installation of the Windows
Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 operating systems respectively. The variables and paths must be specified before the
operating system can be installed.
NOTE: It is recommended that you consult your Windows operating system documentation and unattended deployment
documentation to develop a thorough understanding of the Windows unattended installation process before attempting to
perform a full scripted deployment.
The syntax for W2K12INST.BATand W2K16INST.BATare w2k12inst.batand w2k16inst.bat respectively.
Utilities used
SETUP.EXE — Used to install the operating system in conjunction with the UNATTEND.XML and UNATTEND_UEFI.XML
answer files.
External dependencies
W2K12INST.BATand W2K16INST.BATscripts uses two environment variables: DT_PLATFORM and DT_DRIVE.
The DT_PLATFORM variable is set by TKENVSET.BAT using platform discovery.
The DT_DRIVE denotes the network drive letter to the network shared path containing the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating
system source and the UNATTEND.XML (in BIOS mode) or UNATTEND_UEFI.XML file (in UEFI mode).
The W2K12INST.BAT script uses the UNATTEND2K12.XML file (in BIOS mode) and UNATTEND2K12_UEFI.XML file
(in UEFI mode) with SETUP.EXE utility to install the operating system files. The W2K16INST.BAT script uses the
UNATTEND2K16.XML file (in BIOS mode) and UNATTEND2K16_UEFI.XML file (in UEFI mode) with SETUP.EXE utility to
install the operating system files. For more information, about preparing the UNATTEND.XML file, see UNATTEND.XML AND
UNATTEND_UEFI.XML.
Specifying the windows installation variables and installation paths
To edit the Windows operating system installation variables (in BIOS mode), locate the following lines in W2K12INST.BAT:
:: Location of Unattend.xml file
set DT_UNATTEND=%DT_SYSTEMS%\%DT_PLATFORM%\unattend.xml
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Preparing the script files