Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 6.0.1 User's 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 files 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 configuration information), and the target system (to deploy).

If you plan to run a scripted deployment from DTK sample scripts, make sure that the DTK files 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.