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5.2 Browsing logs

Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server and Acronis PXE Server store the log of the operations they

have performed.

The view the log of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server

1. Connect the management console to the machine with Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server.

2. Do either of the following:

 In the left pane, click Deployment tasks, and then click Log on the toolbar.

 On the Help menu, click View log.

3. In the left pane, select a log. In the right pane, examine the events recorded in the log.

The left pane shows up to 50 log entries. If there are more log entries, you can browse the list by

using the buttons with the left and right arrows.

To delete a log entry, select it and click the Delete the selected log entry button.

If any step was terminated by an error, the corresponding log entry will be marked by a red circle

with a white “X” inside.

The right window shows the list of events contained in the selected log entry. The three buttons to

the right control message filters: the white “X” in the red circle filters error messages, the

exclamation sign in a yellow triangle filters warnings, and the “i” in a circle filters information

messages.

To select columns to display (such as the date and time of an event), right-click the table header, and

then select the columns.

To sort the events by a particular column, click the desired column name. To reverse the sort order,

click the column again.

You can also change column width by dragging the borders.

To view the log of Acronis PXE Server

1. Connect the management console to the machine with Acronis PXE Server.

2. In the left pane, click PXE server.

3. Examine the log entries in the lower part of the view.

5.3 Checking for software updates

Each time you start the management console, Acronis Snap Deploy 5 checks whether a new version

of the software is available on the Acronis Web site. If so, the software provides a link for

downloading the setup program of the new version.

To check for updates manually, start the management console and then click Help -> Check for

update. In that window, you also can disable the automatic checks for updates.