Table of Contents 1. What is Acronis® Snap Deploy® ............................................................................................... 3 2. Acronis Snap Deploy components............................................................................................. 3 3. Upgrade to v 3.0...................................................................................................................... 4 3.1 Upgrading licenses........................................................................
1. What is Acronis® Snap Deploy® Acronis Snap Deploy is a flexible, efficient software solution for deployment of a fully configured operating system (with or without application software and any other data) to multiple computers. Because the product uses disk imaging technology, it is ideal for rapid bare-metal installations and flexible centralized provisioning. 2. Acronis Snap Deploy components Acronis Snap Deploy includes the following components: 1.
3. Upgrade to v 3.0 To upgrade from Acronis Snap Deploy version 2.0 or 1.0 to version 3.0, upgrade both the licenses and the program components. 3.1 Upgrading licenses Buy the necessary number of upgrade licenses and import the licenses to your license server. The table below illustrates how the various combinations of licenses will be upgraded. Use the table to calculate the number of 3.0 upgrade licenses you need. What you can do with ASD 3.
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The installation window The Acronis Universal Deploy option installs from its own installation file. 6. Common installation configurations Acronis Snap Deploy components can be installed in various configurations, in terms of distributing the components and features among the networked computers. 1.
Acronis PXE Server all on the same computer. On the target computers, no Acronis components are required. This is the recommended elementary configuration that enables most of the Acronis Snap Deploy functionality. In case physical access to the powerful server is limited, you can install the console on a separate computer.
7. Installing the Acronis Snap Deploy Components 7.1 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is an administrative tool for remote access to Acronis servers and Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent. Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console on any networked computer from which you prefer to operate. To 1. 2. 3.
2. Click Install Acronis License Server 3. Follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen. 4. Reboot on prompt. After installation, Acronis License Server launches automatically as Windows service. Before installing Acronis OS Deploy Server, import serial numbers to Acronis License Server either in command-line mode or using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console. 7.2.2 Adding licenses using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 1. 2. 3. 4. Run the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console.
This will add the serial numbers from C:\AcronisEnglish.txt to the license server Ltest-2. 7.3 Installation of Acronis OS Deploy Server Acronis OS Deploy Server is a component that performs centralized deployment through the network with the help of Acronis Snap Deploy Agents. Before installing Acronis OS Deploy Server, you need to install the Acronis License Server and import license numbers to it (for more information see the previous section). To 1. 2. 3. 4.
1. Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program 2. Click Install Acronis PXE Server 3. Follow the on screen Install Wizard instructions. Acronis PXE Server runs as a service immediately after installation. Later on it will automatically launch at each system restart. You can stop and start this program in the same way as other services. 7.4.2 Setting up a computer to boot from PXE For bare metal, it is enough that the machine’s BIOS supports network booting.
7.4.4 Setting up the PXE to work in other subnet To enable the Acronis PXE Server to work in other subnet (across the switch), configure the switch to relay the PXE traffic. The PXE server IP addresses are configured on a per-interface basis using IP helper functionality in the same way as DHCP server addresses. For more information please refer to: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/257579 7.
4. The wizard will ask you for Acronis License Server. Browse to the server, or enter its name or IP address, or let the server be found automatically on the network. There must be at least one Acronis Snap Deploy license of appropriate type on the license server. A license for the server product is needed to install the agent on a server operating system. A license for the workstation product is needed to install the agent on a workstation operating system.
