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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deploy
Deploys disks and
volumes, including the
master boot record
(MBR), from an image
/filename:<file name>
/password:<password>
/net_user:<user name>
/net_password:<password>
/oss_numbers
/reboot
/shutdown
/log:<file name>
/log_net_user:<remote user>
/log_net_password:<password>
/harddisk:<disk number>
/partition:<disk number>-<volume
number>
/target_harddisk:<disk number>
/target_partition:<disk
number>-<volume number>
/start:<start sector>
/fat16_32
/size:<volume size in sectors>
/type:<active|primary|logical>
/preserve_mbr
/preserve_disk_layout
/license_server:<server IP address>
/grant_server_license
/use_machine_license
/use_deployment_license
When using Acronis Universal Deploy:
/ud_path:<path>
/ud_username:<user name>
/ud_password:<password>
/ud_driver:<inf-file name>
verify
Verifies the image
integrity
/filename:<file name>
/password:<password>
/net_user:<user name>
/net_password:<password>
/reboot
/shutdown
/log:<file name>
/log_net_user:<remote user>
/log_net_password:<password>
list
Lists available drives
and volumes. With the
filename parameter,
lists the contents of the
image
/password:<password>
/net_user:<user name>
/net_password:<password>
/filename:<file name>
email_n
Turns on e-mail
notifications about
deployment
/email_from:<sender address>
/email_to:<recipient address>
/email_subject:<message subject>
/email_smtp:<SMTP server address>
/email_port:<SMTP server port>
/email_user:<SMTP server user name>
/email_password:<SMTP server user
password>
/email_encryption:<no|ssl|tls>
email_n_test
Sends a test e-mail
message
The same as for the email_n command