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Table Of Contents
- 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 1.2.1 Taking an image of the master system
- 1.2.2 Deployment to specific machines (immediate, manual, and scheduled deployment)
- 1.2.3 Deployment to any ready machines (event-driven deployment)
- 1.2.4 Stand-alone deployment
- 1.2.5 Deployment with individual deployment settings
- 1.2.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment)
- 1.2.7 Deployment of a disk volume and MBR
- 1.2.8 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE
- 1.3 Features of Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 1.3.1 New: List of machines
- 1.3.2 New: List of deployment tasks
- 1.3.3 New: Per-deployment licensing
- 1.3.4 New: Support for the VHD format
- 1.3.5 New: Graphical user interface in WinPE
- 1.3.6 New: E-mail notifications about deployment
- 1.3.7 New: Compatibility with Acronis True Image, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, and Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 backups
- 1.3.8 New: Support for multiple network adapters
- 1.3.9 Multicast TTL and network bandwidth throttling
- 1.3.10 New: Falling back to unicast
- 1.3.11 Encrypted communication
- 1.3.12 Password protection
- 1.4 Supported operating systems for imaging and deployment
- 1.5 Licensing policy
- 1.6 Upgrading to Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 1.7 Technical Support
- 2 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 3 Getting started with Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 4.1 Supported operating systems
- 4.2 Used ports and IP addresses
- 4.3 Typical installation
- 4.4 Custom installation
- 4.4.1 Installation procedure
- 4.4.2 Common installation configurations
- 4.4.3 Installation of components
- 4.4.3.1 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console
- 4.4.3.2 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server
- 4.4.3.3 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server
- 4.4.3.4 Installation of Acronis PXE Server
- 4.4.3.5 Installation of Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy
- 4.4.3.6 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Agent
- 4.4.3.7 Installation of Acronis Universal Deploy
- 4.5 Other ways of installation
- 4.6 Upgrading Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 4.7 Uninstalling Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 5 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console
- 6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server
- 7 Deployment tools
- 8 Creating a master image
- 9 Validating a master image
- 10 Deploying a master image
- 10.1 Files supported as master images
- 10.2 Licenses for deployment
- 10.3 Deployment templates
- 10.4 Deployment through a deployment task
- 10.5 Stand-alone deployment
- 10.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment)
- 11 Managing the list of machines (the Machines view)
- 12 Individual deployment settings
- 13 Managing deployment tasks (the Deployment tasks view)
- 14 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE
- 15 Collecting system information
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12. Review the task summary, and then click Create to create and save the task.
The task appears in the Deployment tasks view. When the task is started, the connected machines’
IP addresses and the task progress are displayed in that view.
When the task is finished, its log entries will be available in the log of the deployment server.
10.4.2.3 Deployment in another subnet
Machines in another subnet (behind a network switch or router) can be woken up through the
Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy component.
If Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server is installed in one subnet (Subnet 1) and the target
machines in another subnet (Subnet 2), prepare deployment as follows:
1. Install Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy in Subnet 2.
2. Prepare Acronis PXE Server in either of these ways: