Capture and deploy RAID configuration and Linux image with sample jobs

The IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition provides sample Altiris jobs to perform operating system imaging tasks, such as capturing a copy of an installed operating system and deploying that image to a target server. You might need to configure the target server before you deploy the image.

Note: To deploy the captured RAID configuration and Linux image, the donor and target systems must be configured identically in order.

The sample jobs capture a RAID configuration along with the operating system (OS) image, so that you can use both to redeploy the image. To run the RAID configuration and Linux image sample capture job, you must first install the Altiris agent on the donor system. The Toolkit scripted OS installation jobs automatically install the Altiris agent.

The sample capture job captures the RAID configuration of the server and then captures an OS image from the target server and then stores both on the Altiris server.

Each sample deployment job deploys the captured RAID configuration and OS image to the target server. The sample job configures RAID, calls a reboot, and then deploys the image.

You can customize the following variable for these jobs within the Altiris Console: TK_pRAID_File="/sgdeploy/sgtklinux/ini/praid/\$Machine_Type/raid_capture.ini"