Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 6.1 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
1. Install YUM and the dependency RPMs.
2. Mount the DTK iso to /mnt/cdrom.
3. Create a repository file (for example, dtk.repo) for the required operating system in a writable location. The corresponding
RPMs for the operating system are located at /mnt/cdrom/RPMs/<OS>, where OS can be the supported Linux operating
system.
For example, to deploy DTK RPMs on RHEL 6.x, you can use the following content in dtk.repo file:
[DTK_RHEL6]
name=DTK_RHEL6
baseurl=file:///mnt/cdrom/RPMs/rhel6/
enabled=true
4. Use the following command to install DTK RPMs: yum install -c dtk.repo -y <RPM>, where <RPM> can be DTK
binaries.
NOTE: For both installations, the raidcfg and syscfg binaries and libraries are installed at /opt/dell/toolkit/
bin. The racadm binaries are installed at /opt/dell/srvadmin/bin and /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin.
Installing DTK RPMs using DTK tools
To install DTK RPMs using DTK tools:
1. Mount the DTK media at /mnt/cdrom.
2. Navigate to the /mnt/cdrom/SYSMGMT/dtktools/ directory.
NOTE: The /mnt/cdrom/SYSMGMT/dtktools directory contains all DTK RPMs and the dependency RPMs.
3. Install the required DTK RPMs using dtktools-setup.sh.
NOTE:
To resolve the RPM dependency-related issues, install the missing RPMs from the /mnt/cdrom/SYSMGMT/
srvadmin/linux/RPMS directory. If the RPMs are not available in this directory, install these RPMs from the
operating system media.
Post installation of RPMs
After installing the RPMs, perform the following:
1. For the binaries syscfg and raidcfg, export the PATH environment variable /opt/dell/toolkit/bin.
2. To start the services, navigate to /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin, and type: srvadmin-services.sh start
NOTE: If the services are already running, restart the services.
NOTE: To execute the commands to configure the system as per the requirements, see the Dell EMC OpenManage
Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Deployment using USB
1. Download the ISO image of the embedded Linux from www.dell.com/support.
2. Download any third-party USB creator tool.
3. Install and launch the tool.
4. Select the downloaded ISO image, and select the option to convert the image to a bootable USB format.
Deployment using customized embedded Linux
Make sure that you have the following basic libraries, Dell toolkit libraries, tools, and utilities required for DTK and integrate them
to your embedded Linux deployment environment to proceed with the deployment:
● Drivers for all hardware installed in the embedded Linux. These drivers are available at www.dell.com/support.
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Running the deployment scripts