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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12. Event-driven deployment
Deployment can be configured to start when the predefined number of computers is ready. The
Acronis OS Deploy Server counts how many computers have connected to the server and starts
multicasting when the desired number of computers is reached.
The administrator can specify a time-out period. On time-out, deployment will start on the computers
that are ready despite that the predefined number is not reached.
This decouples configuring the deployment operation from booting up the target computers. With
manual deployment, you boot up the targets first, configure deployment for these targets and start
the operation manually. With event-driven deployment, you configure the deployment first, no matter
if the targets are ready or not, and then boot up the targets. The operation will start as soon as the
targets are ready or (optionally) on time-out.
The administrator is able to skip these events and initiate deployment manually.
Scenario:
An organization receives 100 computers from a manufacturer. The IT department has to deploy
systems, preconfigured according to the employees’ roles, to a predefined number of computers.
For example, 10 computers for accountants, 10 computers for the marketing department, 70
computers for sales and 10 for the managers.
Steps:
1. Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console and Acronis License Server. Import licenses to
the license server. Install Acronis OS Deploy Server.
2. Create bootable media with Acronis Master Image Creator.
3. Configure and image the master system.
4. Create and save a deployment template. The template includes a path to the master image. Let’s
say the master image is configured for sales people.
5. Do one of the following:
Create bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent
or
Install Acronis PXE Server, connect the console to the PXE server and upload Acronis Snap Deploy
Agent.
6. Connect to the Acronis OS Deploy Server and click Event-Driven Deployment on the sidebar.
7. Select the condition that triggers the deployment.
Enter the number of computers you need to deploy, say, 70 computers for sales.
If the time-out is not specified (the check box is not checked), the deploy server will wait until any
70 computers boot into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent and connect to the server.
If you specify the time-out (check the box and set the time), the deployment will start either when
any 70 computers connect, or when the time runs out and at least one computer is connected.