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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Operating system
Imaging and
deployment
Changing
settings
License type
(No Service Pack or Service Pack 1)
Windows Vista Home Basic (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)
Yes
Yes
Workstation
Windows Vista Home Premium (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)
Yes
Yes
Workstation
Windows Vista Business (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)
Yes
Yes
Workstation
Windows Vista Ultimate (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)
Yes
Yes
Workstation
Windows XP Home
(Any Service Pack or no Service Pack)
Yes
Yes
Workstation
Windows XP Professional
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, or Service
Pack 3)
Yes
Yes
Workstation
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)
Yes
Yes
Workstation
Windows 2000 Server
(Any Service Pack or no Service Pack)
Yes
No
Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
(Any Service Pack or no Service Pack)
Yes
No
Server
Windows 2000 Professional
(Any Service Pack or no Service Pack)
Yes
No
Workstation
Windows NT/4.0 Server
Yes
No
Server
Windows 98/Me
Yes
No
Workstation
Linux (kernel 2.4.9 and later)
Yes
No
Workstation
Acronis Snap Deploy 5 enables imaging and deployment of any PC-based operating system. However,
for certain operating systems, some operations or options will not be available. For example,
Windows 98/NT/ME, NT/4.0 Server, Windows 2000, and Linux (kernel 2.4.9 and later) can be
deployed only as is; on-the-fly settings adjustment is not performed.
Deploying an unrecognized operating system or a disk without an operating system requires a
workstation license.
Acronis Universal Deploy is not applicable to the Windows 2000, Windows 98/NT/ME, and Windows
NT/4.0 Server operating systems.
1.6 Licensing policy
Acronis Snap Deploy 5 licensing is based on the number of machines (servers or workstations) that
you deploy. For example, to deploy a system on 100 machines, you need 100 licenses.
1.6.1 Machine licenses and deployment licenses
In terms of the number of allowed deployments, a license can be one of two types: