Reinstalling the IBM Deployment Pack

Should you decide to reinstall the Deployment Pack after uninstalling it, you must address two issues before you can reuse your existing task sequences.

1. Right-click a task sequence that you intend to reuse and click Edit.
2. Identify the source package for the Diskpart clean custom action.
   If the task sequence used the Diskpart clean custom action, a Missing Objects dialog is displayed:

   Figure 1. Missing Objects dialog

   

   Notice that the Diskpart clean item is flagged with a red ‘X’ icon – this is the item that needs attention.
   1. Click OK to dismiss the Missing Objects warning.
   2. Click Diskpart clean to edit the item.
   3. Click Browse (for Package).
   4. Click the IBM Custom Reboot Script 1.0 package.
      Figure 2. Selecting the IBM Custom Reboot script 1.0 package

      

      After identifying the source package for the Diskpart clean custom action, the Diskpart clean custom action is flagged with a green icon.

3. Re-import custom drivers that the task sequences might use.

   Uninstalling removes any drivers that were originally imported during installation of the Deployment Pack. Because the drivers are removed from the driver repository, they no longer show up in any existing driver packages.

   1. Re-import the custom drivers into the driver repository.
   2. Check the Add Driver Package step in the task sequence to ensure that the correct driver is still selected.

      Unlike the diskpart clean step, the Apply Driver Package step might not be flagged with a red X icon. However, even though the icon flag is green, the Apply Driver Package step fails at run-time.

   3. Check the Apply Driver Package step in any task sequence that uses the IBM® Deployment Pack, if you uninstall and reinstall the Deployment Pack.
   4. Update the Distribution Points with the updated Driver Packages.