Configuring RAID

Before installing an operating system, you can configure RAID on the target server by using the Linux Scripting Toolkit and the PRAID utility.

About this task

Linux Scripting Toolkit provides sample jobs to perform a number of RAID configurations. These jobs are located in the IBM Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition 9.6 > Modular Deployment Tools > Step 1 - Pre-installation Hardware Configuration > RAID Configuration folder, and are named according to the RAID configuration they will create, such as, Configure RAID [RAID 0], and Configure RAID [RAID 1 + Hot Spare].

Procedure

To perform RAID configuration using the modular tools:

Start the Altiris Deployment Solution console.
Navigate to the IBM Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition 9.6 > Modular Deployment Tools > Step 1 - Pre-installation Hardware Configuration > RAID Configuration folder.
Run the appropriate job against the target system to create the RAID configuration you want.