Users Guide

Preparing and populating the network share
This process includes:
• Creating a network share on a system that is always available over the network for the target systems to be deployed.
• Ensuring that a large amount of space is available for storing operating system installation les.
• Ensuring that proper permissions are assigned to this share so that the target systems can read les from and write les to the share.
You can also use the bootable media to call the deployment components from the directory structure on the media and the remaining
components from the network share.
1 Boot the target system with the bootable deployment media.
2 Execute the master batch le, which calls individual task scripts and utilities from the network share to complete the deployment
process.
Deployment using removable boot media without a
network media-based connection for systems running
windows
For media-based deployment without a network connection:
1 Create a deployment media containing a bootable image with the appropriate drivers. The media must also include the complete
deployment directory structure, which contains all DTK utilities, scripts, and conguration les, an operating system installation answer
le, and the required operating system installation les and drivers.
2 Insert the bootable media into the media drive of the system to be deployed (the target system).
3 Boot or reboot the target system.
The deployment process begins and the following tasks are completed:
• Windows PE or embedded Linux, as the case maybe, is installed from the media.
• The DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the media.
• Conguration information is read from the media.
• The operating system is installed from the media.
Network based deployment for systems running
windows
For Windows PE environments, deployment using Remote Installation Services (RIS) is recommended. For details, see the Microsoft RIS
documentation. You can also use any other deployment tool such as Automated Deployment Services (ADS).
Using a third-party deployment solution framework
for systems running windows
You can use DTK with any existing third-party deployment solution framework that provides an Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
booting infrastructure for Windows Deployment Services (WDS). Because each third-party deployment framework is unique, these
solutions fall outside the scope of this document. If you plan to utilize a third-party deployment solution framework, keep in mind that DTK
is a Windows PE-based set of tools and scripts, so the deployment solution framework must also support Windows PE as a pre-operating
system environment.
Running the deployment scripts
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