Operation Manual

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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INFORMATION................................................................................................6
1.1. KEY FEATURES ....................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2. NEW IN ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY 2.0 .......................................................................................................7
1.3. ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY ARCHITECTURE................................................................................................. 7
1.4. ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY QUICK START....................................................................................................8
1.5. SOFTWARE USAGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ...........................................................................................9
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION AND OPERATION...............................................................................10
2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................................................10
2.2 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS.........................................................................................................10
2.3 SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS AND MEDIA .................................................................................................11
2.4 USED PORTS AND IP ADDRESSES ..........................................................................................................11
2.5 LICENSE POLICY.................................................................................................................................... 12
2.6 ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY COMPONENTS INSTALLATION ......................................................................... 12
Acronis Universal Deploy installation .........................................................................................................14
2.7 ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY COMPONENTS EXTRACTION ............................................................................14
2.8 USING ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY TRIAL VERSION....................................................................................15
2.9 RUNNING ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY........................................................................................................15
2.10 COMPONENTS MODIFICATION ...............................................................................................................15
2.11 REPAIRING COMPONENTS......................................................................................................................16
2.12 REMOVING COMPONENTS ..................................................................................................................... 16
2.13 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................16
CHAPTER 3. USING THE ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY MANAGEMENT CONSOLE.......................17
3.1 KEY FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................17
3.2 CONNECTING TO A REMOTE COMPUTER ................................................................................................18
3.3 INSTALLING ACRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE PC.........................................................................19
3.4 BROWSING LOGS...................................................................................................................................20
CHAPTER 4. USING ACRONIS LICENSE SERVER.............................................................................22
4.1 OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................................ 22
4.2 INSTALLATION AND RUNNING............................................................................................................... 22
4.2.1 Supported operating systems...........................................................................................................22
4.2.2 Typical, Custom and Complete Acronis License Server installation...............................................22
4.3 ADDING LICENSES TO ACRONIS LICENSE SERVER.................................................................................23
4.4 VIEWING INFORMATION ABOUT LICENSES ............................................................................................ 24
4.5 REMOVING LICENSES ............................................................................................................................25
4.6 USING THE ACRONIS LICENSE SERVER MANAGEMENT TOOL...............................................................25
CHAPTER 5. PRE-DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS ...............................................................................27
5.1 CREATING BOOTABLE MEDIA................................................................................................................27
5.2 THE MASTER OS PREPARATION ............................................................................................................29
5.3 CREATING MASTER IMAGE....................................................................................................................30
5.3.1 Local vs. remote operation..............................................................................................................30
5.3.2 Running Acronis Master Image Creator on a local computer......................................................... 30
5.3.3 Running Acronis Master Image Creator on a remote computer......................................................32
5.3.4 Selecting disks .................................................................................................................................33
5.3.5 Selecting image location..................................................................................................................34
5.3.6 Setting options ................................................................................................................................. 35
5.3.7 Providing comments ........................................................................................................................38
5.3.8 Image creation summary .................................................................................................................38
5.4 CHECKING MASTER IMAGE.................................................................................................................... 39
5.5 CONFIGURING ACRONIS PXE SERVER..................................................................................................40
CHAPTER 6. DEPLOYMENT....................................................................................................................42