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13 Managing deployment tasks (the Deployment
tasks view)
The Deployment tasks view contains the list of deployment tasks (p. 102) that you previously created
on Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server.
To open the Deployment tasks view
1. Start Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console.
2. Click Deployment tasks. If prompted, specify the name or IP address of the machine with Acronis
Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server, and the user name and password of an administrator on that
machine.
13.1 List of deployment tasks
The upper part of the view shows the list of deployment tasks and related information, such as the
name of the master image that will be deployed by the task.
The list of deployment tasks is divided into three categories:
 Scheduled: Tasks that will run once or more at a time you specified. For details about creating
such tasks, see “Deployment to specific machines” (p. 103).
 Upon event: Tasks that will perform deployment as soon as a specified number of machines
becomes ready for deployment. For details about creating such tasks, see “Deployment to any
ready machines” (p. 108).
One of these tasks may be already running and waiting for the machines. If none of these tasks is
running, you can start any of them manually.
 Manual start: Tasks that perform deployment to specific machines (p. 103) and have no schedule.
These are tasks that you chose to run Manually, and completed tasks that you chose to run Now
or Once later.
To start any of the deployment tasks manually, select the task, and then click Run on the toolbar.
The lower part of the view shows the machines that are related to the selected task. The list depends
on the type of task.
 For a task that performs deployment to specific machines (p. 103): the list of machines to which
the task performs deployment. Deployment will start on a schedule or when you start the task
manually.
 For a task that performs deployment to any ready machines (p. 108): the list of machines that are
currently ready for deployment (have the Ready (p. 129) state). Deployment will start as soon as
a sufficient number of machines become ready (or after a time-out), even if you start the task
manually.
13.2 Actions on deployment tasks
To perform an action on a deployment task, select the task in the list. The available actions appear on
the toolbar.
The actions are the following:
 Create: Starts the Create Deployment Task Wizard (p. 102).