Owner's Manual
To customize the script for deployment:
1. On the My Repositories tab select the specific repository, click Open.
2. Click the Bundles tab.
3. Select the bundle(s) you want to export from the list of displayed bundle(s), and click Export.
4. In the Export Bundle(s) window, click Next.
5. In the Export Destination window, select Deployment Media (Using Linux Bundles), and click Next.
NOTE: The Deployment Media (Using Linux Bundles) option is enabled only for Linux bundle(s).
6. The version number of available plug-in displays. Click Next.
7. In the Browse For Folder window, navigate to the folder on your local drive, where your customized script is
located, and click
OK.
8. In the Select custom Bundle Script window, select Yes to include a custom script in the deployment media.
9. Under Select custom script, select one of the following:
– Replace default script with custom script to execute the customized script instead of the Dell default script.
Click Browse to navigate to the folder where the customized script is located.
– Append custom script to default script to execute the customized script after the Dell default script is
executed.
NOTE: Ensure the customized script is of ’.sh’ format.
NOTE: Ensure that the script is edited and saved in UNIX format. Scripts with Windows end-line
characters are unusable.
10. Click Next.
11. The Export Summary window displays details of the selected bundle(s), destination properties, and custom bundle
script used.
12. Click Finish.
13. A Jobs Queue message is displayed, click OK to close.
Creating Bootable USB Keys For Deployment Updates
You can create bootable USB keys for deployment updates, using any third party or free tool. You can start your
managed system by the bootable CD or USB storage. After the system starts up, it automatically runs the selected
updates. After the update is done, you can remove the CD or USB storage, and reboot the system to your host operating
system.
You can use bootable ISO to apply the updates if:
• you have a server running an operating system that is not supported by Repository Manager, such as BSD,
Solaris, or older versions of Microsoft Windows, RedHat Linux or SuSE Linux.
• you are using Linux versions such as Ubuntu or Debien.
• you prefer to do your updates (regardless of OS) in an out-of-band method.
To create bootable USB keys, using the tool - UNetBootIn as an example:
1. Download the UNetBootIn for Windows available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/files/UNetbootin/ .
2. Run Repository Manager and generate the deployment media.
3. Start UNetBootIn and select the Diskimage option.
4. Click […] adjacent to the ISO dropdown and navigate to the ISO created by Repository Manager.
5. Ensure that the type setting is equal to USB Drive and the location where you want to download the USB key
displays in the drive dropdown.
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