This section describes how to install the Linux Scripting Toolkit. It includes information about
the prerequisites, instructions for installation, and instructions
for removal.
Prerequisites
The
ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition for Altiris Deployment Solution has
three components:
- The IBM Pre-boot environment
- The IBM Scripting Toolkit Scripts and Utilities
- The IBM Scripting Toolkit Altiris jobs within the Altiris Deployment Solution console
When you install or reinstall the
ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition for Altiris Deployment Solution, these components are updated
as a group. After the update, the Altiris Deployment Solution jobs
associated with the previous version of the
ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition for Altiris Deployment Solution no longer work.
To
install and create the
IBM Linux x64 PE environment,
the
Linux Scripting Toolkit requires the following
components:
- Altiris Linux Automation Environment for Deployment Solution
BDCgpl_6.9.xxxx.frm,
where xxxx is the version number
- IBM Linux Pre-installation Environment
boot files for x64
ibm_utl_boot_tools-xxx_anyos_x64-full.zip where xxx is
the version number.
The Linux Scripting Toolkit also requires
that the target server on which the deployment is to be executed has
at least 1 GB of memory.