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10.3 Deployment templates
A deployment template is a set of configuration parameters of the deployment operation. These
parameters include:
 A path to the master image.
 The operation mode (multicast or unicast, how to handle the target disk free space, and so on).
 Settings to be applied to the deployed systems (for example, machine names and user accounts).
 Operations to be performed on the deployed systems (transfer files, run applications, shut down,
restart).
All deployment templates are saved on Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server. You can use a saved
template in the future.
When setting up a deployment operation (deployment task), you must specify a deployment
template. You can simply select a saved template and set up the condition for starting deployment.
Alternatively, you can create a new template.
Templates also enable user-initiated deployment (p. 117). In this mode, users can perform one-click
deployment to their machines without the administrator’s assistance. To set up this mode, the
administrator must create one or more deployment templates.
To view or edit the list of saved templates, open the Templates window (p. 102).
10.3.1 Creating a deployment template
You can create a deployment template when you create a deployment task or set up user-initiated
deployment (p. 119).
Alternatively, you can create a deployment template in the Templates window (p. 102).
This section describes how to use the Create Deployment Template Wizard.
10.3.1.1 Master image selection
In this step, specify the following:
 The master image
 The user name and password for the network folder if the image is on the network. The best
practice is to map the network folder as a local drive (on the desktop, right-click Computer or My
Computer, and then click Map Network Drive)
In addition to images created by Acronis Snap Deploy 5, you can perform deployment from disk-level
backups created by other Acronis products and from Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) files. For details, see
“Files supported as master images” (p. 84).
Image location
Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server can deploy an image located:
 In a network folder.
 On the internal hard disk of the deployment server.
 On a USB or FireWire (IEEE-1394) storage device (such as a flash drive) attached to the
deployment server.