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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To install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent:
1. Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program
2. Click Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent
3. Follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen
4. The wizard will ask you for Acronis License Server. Browse to the server, or enter its name or
IP address, or let the server be found automatically on the network.
There must be at least one Acronis Snap Deploy license of appropriate type on the license server.
A license for the server product is needed to install the agent on a server operating system. A
license for the workstation product is needed to install the agent on a workstation operating
system. A server license can be used instead of a workstation license through a prompt. The
management agent installation will decrease the number of free licenses by one.
5. Reboot on prompt.
3.10 Installation of Acronis Universal Deploy
Acronis Universal Deploy is an add-on to Acronis Snap Deploy. It is purchased separately and
installed from a separate setup file.
Acronis Universal Deploy can be installed only on a computer where Acronis OS Deploy Server is
installed.
Acronis Universal Deploy can be installed on a networked computer either locally, by running the setup
program, or remotely. To install Acronis Universal Deploy remotely, extract the setup file (.msi) to a
network share (see below) and install Acronis Universal Deploy in the same way as other Acronis Snap
Deploy components (see
4.2 Installation and update of Acronis components on remote computers
).
When installing Acronis Universal Deploy on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer, either disable
the User Account Control (UAC) or run the installation file as an administrator (right-click on the file,
then select “Run as administrator”).
After installation Acronis Universal Deploy automatically plugs in Acronis OS Deploy Server.
You do not need a license to install Acronis Universal Deploy. However, do not forget to add
the Acronis Universal Deploy licenses to the license server before starting deployment. If the
licenses are not found during deployment, the Acronis Universal Deploy step will be skipped.
3.11 Extracting the Acronis Snap Deploy components
During Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console installation, all Acronis Snap Deploy components’
setup (.msi) files will be placed in the \Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\RemoteInstall folder.
Thus, you will be able to remotely install, modify or repair the components using Acronis Snap Deploy
Management Console or msiexec.exe utility.
When installing Acronis Snap Deploy components on a local computer, you can save setup files for
each component separately on a local or network drive. This will help when modifying or recovering
the existing component installation on a local computer.
To save a component’s setup file:
1. Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup file
2. In the Install Menu, right-click on the component name and select Extract
3. Select a location for the setup file and click Save.