Users Guide

Setting up a directory structure for deployment

To perform a Deployment ToolKit (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 les that can be used for

network deployment and to build a bootable deployment media. It can also be used successively as a testing space. For 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 conguration information), and the target system (to deploy).

If you plan to run a scripted deployment from DTK sample scripts, make sure that the DTK les 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 les:

• DTK Utilities And Files

• System-Specic 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.

Topics:

• DTK utilities and les

• System-specic les

• Operating system installation les

DTK utilities and les

All the necessary DTK les are provided as part of the initial installation. It is recommended that you use the default directory structure

created in the initial installation of DTK components. The sample scripts provided with DTK are set up to use these default paths.

NOTE

: If you choose to create a directory structure for DTK components, that is dierent from the one provided in the initial

installation, carefully review and edit each sample script (wherever necessary) to reect the dierent directory structure.

System-specic les

The directory Toolkit\Systems in systems running Microsoft Windows and /opt/dell/toolkit/systems/system name in systems running Linux

acts as a central repository for all the system-specic deployment information. On systems running Linux, the /systems folder acts as a

repository for the common les required for the systems. On systems running Windows, you can store all prole conguration les for an

optimally congured PowerEdge server in the directory Toolkit\Systems\<server_name>. These les can then be accessed from this

directory when deploying multiple similar PowerEdge servers.

NOTE

: If you choose to create a directory structure for the system-specic les that is dierent from the one suggested in this

guide, ensure that you carefully review and edit each sample script (wherever necessary) to reect the dierent directory

structure.

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