User guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 What's new in Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 1.3 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 1.3.1 Taking an image of the master system
- 1.3.2 Deployment to specific machines (immediate, manual, and scheduled deployment)
- 1.3.3 Deployment to any ready machines (event-driven deployment)
- 1.3.4 Stand-alone deployment
- 1.3.5 Deployment with individual deployment settings
- 1.3.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment)
- 1.3.7 Deployment of a disk volume and MBR
- 1.3.8 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE
- 1.4 Features of Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 1.4.1 List of machines
- 1.4.2 List of deployment tasks
- 1.4.3 Per-deployment licensing
- 1.4.4 Support for the VHD format
- 1.4.5 Graphical user interface in WinPE
- 1.4.6 E-mail notifications about deployment
- 1.4.7 Compatibility with images created by other Acronis products
- 1.4.8 Support for multiple network adapters
- 1.4.9 Multicast TTL and network bandwidth throttling
- 1.4.10 Falling back to unicast
- 1.4.11 Encrypted communication
- 1.4.12 Password protection
- 1.5 Supported operating systems for imaging and deployment
- 1.6 Licensing policy
- 1.7 Upgrading to Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 1.8 Technical Support
- 2 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 3 Getting started with Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 4.1 Supported operating systems
- 4.2 System requirements
- 4.3 Used ports and IP addresses
- 4.4 Typical installation
- 4.5 Custom installation
- 4.5.1 Installation procedure
- 4.5.2 Common installation configurations
- 4.5.3 Installation of components
- 4.5.3.1 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console
- 4.5.3.2 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 License Server
- 4.5.3.3 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server
- 4.5.3.4 Installation of Acronis PXE Server
- 4.5.3.5 Installation of Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy
- 4.5.3.6 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Agent
- 4.6 Other ways of installation
- 4.7 Upgrading Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 4.8 Uninstalling Acronis Snap Deploy 5
- 5 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console
- 6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 5 License Server
- 7 Deployment tools
- 8 Creating a master image
- 9 Validating a master image
- 10 Deploying a master image
- 10.1 Files supported as master images
- 10.2 Licenses for deployment
- 10.3 Deployment templates
- 10.4 Deployment through a deployment task
- 10.5 Stand-alone deployment
- 10.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment)
- 10.7 Deploying BIOS-based systems to UEFI-based and vice versa
- 11 Managing the list of machines (the Machines view)
- 12 Individual deployment settings
- 13 Managing deployment tasks (the Deployment tasks view)
- 14 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE
- 15 Collecting system information
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10.3.1.5 Summary window
Check your settings in the summary window, and then click Save.
The summary window
10.3.2 Configuring default deployment settings
In the Default Deployment Settings window, you can specify the values that will be used by default
when you create a deployment template (p. 85).
To view or change the default deployment settings
1. Start Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console.
2. On the Tools menu, click Configure default settings. If prompted, specify the name or IP address
of the machine where Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server is installed, and the user name
and password of an administrator on that machine.
Each default setting has a preset value. To reset all default settings to their preset values, click Reset
all.
List of default settings
The following is the list of default deployment settings and their preset values.
Target disk layout (p. 89)
The preset is: Perform deployment to the first hard disk in the BIOS
Disk space utilization (p. 90)
The preset is: Extend or reduce the volumes being deployed, according to the available space on
the target disk