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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2.5.3 Deployment ................................................................................................................................................... 25
2.6 What is Acronis Universal Deploy ............................................................................................26
2.6.1 Acronis Universal Deploy purpose ............................................................................................................... 26
2.6.2 Acronis Universal Deploy in Windows ......................................................................................................... 27
2.6.3 Acronis Universal Deploy in Linux ................................................................................................................ 27
2.6.4 Acronis Universal Deploy and Microsoft Sysprep ....................................................................................... 28
2.7 How to .....................................................................................................................................28
3 Getting started with Acronis Snap Deploy 5 .................................................................... 29
4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 5.............................................................................. 43
4.1 Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................43
4.2 System requirements ...............................................................................................................44
4.3 Used ports and IP addresses ....................................................................................................44
4.4 Typical installation ...................................................................................................................45
4.5 Custom installation ..................................................................................................................45
4.5.1 Installation procedure ................................................................................................................................... 46
4.5.2 Common installation configurations ........................................................................................................... 47
4.5.3 Installation of components ........................................................................................................................... 48
4.6 Other ways of installation ........................................................................................................51
4.6.1 Installing components remotely .................................................................................................................. 51
4.6.2 Extracting the components of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ............................................................................... 53
4.7 Upgrading Acronis Snap Deploy 5............................................................................................53
4.7.1 Upgrading from a previous product version ............................................................................................... 53
4.7.2 Upgrading from the trial to full product version ......................................................................................... 54
4.8 Uninstalling Acronis Snap Deploy 5 .........................................................................................54
5 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console ........................................................ 56
5.1 Connecting to a machine .........................................................................................................56
5.1.1 Connect to a local machine .......................................................................................................................... 56
5.1.2 Connect to another machine ....................................................................................................................... 56
5.2 Browsing logs ...........................................................................................................................58
5.3 Checking for software updates ................................................................................................58
6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 5 License Server .................................................................... 59
6.1 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 5 License Server ............................................................59
6.2 Adding licenses by using Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console .................................59
6.3 Viewing information about licenses ........................................................................................60
6.4 Removing licenses....................................................................................................................61
6.5 Adding licenses in the command-line mode............................................................................61
6.6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 5 License Server Management Tool .............................................62
7 Deployment tools .......................................................................................................... 64
7.1 Bootable components..............................................................................................................64
7.2 Creating a bootable media ......................................................................................................64
7.2.1 Acronis bootable media ................................................................................................................................ 65
7.2.2 WinPE-based bootable media ...................................................................................................................... 68
7.3 Configuring Acronis PXE Server ...............................................................................................71