I'm a big believer in simple tools with flexibility to create solutions for your needs. As a technical person I find nothing more satisfying than hacking a piece of code to create a unique solution. Dell Repository Manager allows you to create custom
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I'm a big believer in simple tools with flexibility to create solutions for your needs.
As a technical person I find nothing more satisfying than hacking a piece of code to create a unique solution.
Dell Repository Manager allows you to create custom repositories that contain the Dell Update Packages (DUPs) which are then exported to either an ISO file or a lightweight deployment script for Windows or Linux.
I've created two demos that show both. The first one is an overview of the product and shows exporting to lightweight script for use in Windows.
In the second demo I hack on one of the files to automate the deployment after exporting the ISO and mounting across multiple blades in the chassis. The changes to the script eliminate the user input and also reboot the blades if the updates were successful. The nice thing is it is a simple shell script you can edit. If you are familiar with simple scripting I'm sure you'll find yourself building more intelligence into the code. I've also included details on editing the script used by Repository Manager to automate the execution and reboot after completion.
Watch the demos here.
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