Users Guide

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 specied 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 specied 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 les.
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 le (in UEFI mode).
The W2K12INST.BAT script uses the UNATTEND2K12.XML le (in BIOS mode) and UNATTEND2K12_UEFI.XML le (in UEFI mode) with
SETUP.EXE utility to install the operating system les. The W2K16INST.BAT script uses the UNATTEND2K16.XML le (in BIOS mode) and
UNATTEND2K16_UEFI.XML le (in UEFI mode) with SETUP.EXE utility to install the operating system les. For more information, about
preparing the UNATTEND.XML le, 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
Preparing the script
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