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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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2.5.1 Offline imaging .............................................................................................................................................. 23
2.5.2 Online imaging ............................................................................................................................................... 24
2.5.3 Deployment ................................................................................................................................................... 24
2.6 What is Acronis Universal Deploy ............................................................................................25
2.6.1 Acronis Universal Deploy purpose ............................................................................................................... 26
2.6.2 Acronis Universal Deploy general principles ............................................................................................... 26
2.6.3 Acronis Universal Deploy and Microsoft Sysprep ....................................................................................... 26
2.6.4 Getting Acronis Universal Deploy ................................................................................................................ 26
2.7 How to .....................................................................................................................................27
3 Getting started with Acronis Snap Deploy 4 .......................................................................... 28
4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4.................................................................................... 39
4.1 Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................39
4.2 Used ports and IP addresses ....................................................................................................39
4.3 Typical installation ...................................................................................................................40
4.4 Custom installation ..................................................................................................................40
4.4.1 Installation procedure ................................................................................................................................... 41
4.4.2 Common installation configurations ........................................................................................................... 42
4.4.3 Installation of components ........................................................................................................................... 43
4.5 Other ways of installation ........................................................................................................46
4.5.1 Installing components remotely .................................................................................................................. 46
4.5.2 Extracting the components of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 ............................................................................... 48
4.6 Upgrading Acronis Snap Deploy 4 ...........................................................................................48
4.6.1 Upgrading from a previous product version ............................................................................................... 48
4.6.2 Upgrading from the trial to full product version ......................................................................................... 49
4.7 Uninstalling Acronis Snap Deploy 4 .........................................................................................49
5 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console .............................................................. 51
5.1 Connecting to a machine .........................................................................................................51
5.1.1 Connect to a local machine .......................................................................................................................... 51
5.1.2 Connect to another machine ....................................................................................................................... 51
5.2 Browsing logs ...........................................................................................................................53
5.3 Checking for software updates ................................................................................................53
6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server .......................................................................... 54
6.1 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server ............................................................54
6.2 Adding licenses by using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console .................................54
6.3 Viewing information about licenses ........................................................................................55
6.4 Removing licenses....................................................................................................................56
6.5 Adding licenses in the command-line mode ...........................................................................56
6.6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server Management Tool.............................................57
7 Deployment tools ................................................................................................................ 59
7.1 Bootable components .............................................................................................................59
7.2 Creating a bootable media ......................................................................................................59
7.2.1 Creating an Acronis bootable media ........................................................................................................... 60
7.2.2 Creating a WinPE-based bootable media .................................................................................................... 63










