Operation Manual

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3.5.1 Installation ................................................................................................................... 26
3.5.2 Adding licenses using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console .................................... 27
3.5.3 Adding licenses in command line mode .......................................................................... 28
3.6 Installation of Acronis OS Deploy Server .............................................................................. 28
3.7 Installation and setup of Acronis PXE Server......................................................................... 29
3.7.1 Installation of Acronis PXE Server .................................................................................. 29
3.7.2 Setting up a computer to boot from PXE ........................................................................ 29
3.7.3 Setting up the PXE to work in other subnet .................................................................... 30
3.8 Installation of Acronis WOL Proxy ........................................................................................ 30
3.9 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent ........................................................ 30
3.10 Installation of Acronis Universal Deploy .............................................................................. 31
3.11 Extracting the Acronis Snap Deploy components ................................................................. 31
3.12 Using Acronis License Server ............................................................................................. 32
3.12.1 Understanding Acronis License Server .......................................................................... 32
3.12.2 Viewing information about licenses .............................................................................. 32
3.12.3 Removing licenses ...................................................................................................... 34
3.12.4 Using the Acronis License Server Management Tool, ..................................................... 34
4. Using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console .......................................................... 35
4.1 Connections ....................................................................................................................... 35
4.1.1 Connect to a local machine ........................................................................................... 35
4.1.2 Connect to another computer ........................................................................................ 35
4.2 Installation and update of Acronis components on remote computers .................................... 36
4.3 Browsing logs ..................................................................................................................... 37
5. Creating Acronis bootable media .................................................................................... 38
6. Configuring PXE Server ................................................................................................... 42
7. Taking an image .............................................................................................................. 43
7.1 Preparation of the master OS .............................................................................................. 43
7.2 Online vs. offline imaging .................................................................................................... 43
7.3 Starting offline imaging ....................................................................................................... 43
7.4 Starting online imaging ....................................................................................................... 46
7.5 Steps of the Master Image Creation Wizard .......................................................................... 46
7.5.1 Disks or partitions to image ........................................................................................... 46
7.5.2 Image name and location ............................................................................................. 47
7.5.3 Setting options ............................................................................................................. 48
7.5.4 Comments and summary .............................................................................................. 50
8. Checking the master image ............................................................................................ 51
9. Deployment templates .................................................................................................... 52
9.1 Why save templates? .......................................................................................................... 52
9.2 Creating templates ............................................................................................................. 52
9.2.1 Master image selection ................................................................................................. 52
9.2.2 Disk/partition selection ................................................................................................. 53
9.2.3 Target disk and partition selection ................................................................................. 55
9.2.4 User accounts .............................................................................................................. 56
9.2.5 Computer names and domain/workgroup ....................................................................... 56
9.2.6 Network settings .......................................................................................................... 58
9.2.7 Security identifiers ........................................................................................................ 59
9.2.8 Transferring files .......................................................................................................... 59
9.2.9 Executing applications .................................................................................................. 59
9.2.10 Using Acronis Universal Deploy .................................................................................... 59
9.2.11 Deployment options .................................................................................................... 61
9.2.12 Comments and summary ............................................................................................ 65