Deployment Guide

Utilities used

SETUP.EXE — Used to install the operating system in conjunction with the UNATTEND.XML and UNATTEND_UEFI.XML answer files.

External dependencies

W2K8INST.BAT,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 2008 or the Windows

Server 2012 operating system source and the UNATTEND.XML (in BIOS mode) or UNATTEND_UEFI.XML file (in UEFI mode).

The W2K8INST.BAT script uses the UNATTEND.XML file (in BIOS mode) and UNATTEND_UEFI.XML file (in UEFI mode) with

SETUP.EXE utility to install the operating system files. 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 W2K8INST.BAT or

W2K12INST.BAT:

:: Location of Unattend.xml file

set DT_UNATTEND=%DT_SYSTEMS%\%DT_PLATFORM%\unattend.xml

UNATTEND.XML aND UNATTEND_UEFI.XML

The UNATTEND.XML (in BIOS mode) and UNATTEND_UEFI.XML file (in UEFI mode) are the default name of the answer files for

automating the Windows setup during an unattended installation. A sample copy of the UNATTEND.XML and UNATTEND_UEFI.XML file

is provided as part of the DTK download in the \Toolkit\Template\Configs directory.

UNATTEND.XML and UNATTEND_UEFI.XML contains the headings and parameters that instruct Windows setup to perform various

configuration tasks. In UNATTEND.XML and UNATTEND_UEFI.XML, specify various setup options, including how to partition disks and

the location of the Windows image you want to install. Before a full deployment can be run, edit all appropriate headings and parameters,

as necessary.

NOTE:

On systems running Windows Server 2012 operating system, save the default answer files as

UNATTEND2K12.XML or UNATTEND2K12_UEFI.XML.

NOTE: See your operating system documentation for instructions on modifying the options in the operating system

unattended installation file to customize the scripted installation of your operating system.

On systems running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012 operating system, save the completed file in the \Toolkit

\os_deploy\<target system> directory after you have completed all necessary modifications to the UNATTEND.XML or

UNATTEND_UEFI.XML file.

After you have successfully edited your deployment scripts, you are ready to create your deployment media and run your deployment. For

instructions on creating the deployment media and running a full deployment, see Running The Deployment Scripts.

Linux scripts

The lininst.sh (for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6) and lininst7.sh (for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) sample scripts are used to

perform an unattended installation of the supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system in both BIOS and UEFI mode. The

variables and paths must be specified before the operating system can be installed.

Utilities used by Linux scripts

grub — Used with the kernel image and initial ramdisk files, along with the unattended answer file to install the operating

system in BIOS mode.

Preparing the script files