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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
15 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2011
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Yes Yes Server
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Yes Yes Server
Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Yes Yes Server
Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Yes Yes Server
Windows 7 Home Basic (x86, x64) Yes Yes Workstation
Windows 7 Home Premium (x86, x64) Yes Yes Workstation
Windows 7 Professional (x86, x64) Yes Yes Workstation
Windows 7 Ultimate (x86, x64) Yes Yes Workstation
Windows Vista Home Basic (x86, x64) Yes Yes Workstation
Windows Vista Home Premium (x86, x64) Yes Yes Workstation
Windows Vista Business (x86, x64) Yes Yes Workstation
Windows Vista Ultimate (x86, x64) Yes Yes Workstation
Windows XP Home Yes Yes Workstation
Windows XP Professional Yes Yes Workstation
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Yes Yes Workstation
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 Yes Yes Workstation
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 Yes Yes Workstation
Windows 2000 Server Yes No Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Yes No Server
Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 Yes No Workstation
Windows NT/4.0 Server Yes No Server
Windows 98/Me Yes No Workstation
Linux (kernel: 2.4.9 – 2.6.x) Yes No Server
Acronis Snap Deploy 4 enables, with certain limitations (some operations or options will not be
available), imaging and deployment of any PC-based operating system. For example, Windows
98/NT/ME, NT/4.0 Server, Windows 2000, and Linux (kernel: 2.4.9 – 2.6.x) can be deployed only as is;
on-the-fly settings adjustment is not performed.
The Acronis Universal Deploy option is not applicable to the Windows 2000, Windows 98/NT/ME,
and Windows NT/4.0 Server operating systems.
1.5 Licensing policy
Acronis Snap Deploy 4 licensing is based on the number of machines (servers or workstations) that
you deploy. For example, to deploy a system on 100 machines, you need 100 licenses.