Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introducing Acronis® Snap Deploy®
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 3
- 1.2.1 Take an image of the master system (Acronis Snap Deploy 2.0 functionality)
- 1.2.2 Manual deployment (Acronis Snap Deploy 2.0 functionality)
- 1.2.3 Scheduled deployment (new in v 3)
- 1.2.4 Event-driven deployment (new in v 3)
- 1.2.5 Command line and scripting under Win PE (new in v 3)
- 1.2.6 Standalone deployment (new in v 3)
- 1.2.7 Custom Deployment (User-initiated deployment) (new in v 3)
- 1.2.8 Deployment of a disk partition or MBR (new in v 3)
- 1.2.9 Selective deployment (MAC filtering) (new in v 3)
- 1.2.10 Password protection (new in v 3)
- 1.2.11 Manage a remote computer (Acronis Snap Deploy 2.0 functionality)
- 1.3 What else is new in v 3?
- 1.4 Supported operating systems
- 1.5 License policy
- 1.6 Upgrade to v 3
- 1.7 Technical support
- 2. Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy
- 3. Installation
- 3.1 System requirements
- 3.2 Used ports and IP addresses
- 3.3 General rules of installation
- 3.4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console
- 3.5 Installation of Acronis License Server
- 3.6 Installation of Acronis OS Deploy Server
- 3.7 Installation and setup of Acronis PXE Server
- 3.8 Installation of Acronis WOL Proxy
- 3.9 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent
- 3.10 Installation of Acronis Universal Deploy
- 3.11 Extracting the Acronis Snap Deploy components
- 3.12 Using Acronis License Server
- 4. Using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console
- 5. Creating Acronis bootable media
- 6. Configuring PXE Server
- 7. Taking an image
- 8. Checking the master image
- 9. Deployment templates
- 9.1 Why save templates?
- 9.2 Creating templates
- 9.2.1 Master image selection
- 9.2.2 Disk/partition selection
- 9.2.3 Target disk and partition selection
- 9.2.4 User accounts
- 9.2.5 Computer names and domain/workgroup
- 9.2.6 Network settings
- 9.2.7 Security identifiers
- 9.2.8 Transferring files
- 9.2.9 Executing applications
- 9.2.10 Using Acronis Universal Deploy
- 9.2.11 Deployment options
- 9.2.12 Comments and summary
- 10. Standalone deployment
- 11. Manual deployment
- 12. Event-driven deployment
- 13. Scheduled deployment
- 14. Custom deployment mode
- 15. Command line and scripting under Win PE and Bart PE
- 16. Managing a remote computer
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3. Installation
3.1 System requirements
The Acronis Snap Deploy components can be installed on computers running the following operating
systems:
The type of license required for the
Acronis Snap Deploy Management
Agent installation
MS Windows Server 2008 R2
S
MS Windows Server 2008 (x86,x64)
S
MS Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (x86, x64)
S
MS Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86, x64)
S
MS Windows Small Business Server 2003
S
MS Windows Storage Server 2003 R2
S
MS Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions
S
MS Windows 2000 Server
S
MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server
S
MS Windows 2000 Professional SP4
WS
MS Windows 7 Professional (x86, x64)
WS
MS Windows 7 Ultimate (x86, x64)
WS
MS Windows Vista Business (x86, x64)
WS
MS Windows Vista Ultimate (x86, x64)
WS
MS Windows XP Professional
WS
MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
WS
MS Windows XP Professional SP3
WS
* - S – server license, WS – workstation license.
3.2 Used ports and IP addresses
The Acronis OS Deploy Server and the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console use the following
ports and IP addresses for remote operation:
- UDP port: 9876
- TCP port: 9876, if busy, choose a port at random
- IPv4 multicast address: 239.255.219.45
- Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console UDP port: 9877, if busy, choose a port at random
The Acronis PXE Server uses the following ports and IP addresses:
- UDP port: 67, 68, 69.
- Broadcast address: 255.255.255.255
For a remote installation, the TCP port 25001 is used.
If you are using a firewall, you might have to set the appropriate access options.